Essays about: "Green buildings"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 263 essays containing the words Green buildings.
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21. ”The Sea City” in Trelleborg: A climate-adapted design proposal to combat flooding from cloudbursts and rising sea levels
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Scientific studies indicate that the effects of the ongoing climate crisis negatively affect and sometimes also threaten the built environment, humanity and nature in many ways. Cloudbursts and rising sea levels are two examples of such effects, which result in complex dilemmas and interesting challenges that planners and urban designers face within their field of work. READ MORE
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22. Ribersborgs strandstråk : hållbar upprustning av urbana stråk utifrån besökares olika hastigheter
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : På obebyggd mark finns potential att utveckla städer. Här konkurrerar grönområdens attraktivitet med behovet av bostäder. På områden mellan husen tenderar efterfrågan på fler funktioner öka liksom variationen av trafikslag som ska samsas där. READ MORE
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23. Wholesale market + - a transformation of the wholesale market Munich in a water sensible mixed district
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : There is always talk of climate change in the future, but climate change is already present in all its facets. Intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, floods, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms, and the decline of biodiversity are already visible. READ MORE
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24. SUSTAINABILITY OF MULTI-STORY WOOD BUILDINGS : Can the Swedish forestry keep up with the demand?
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Wood has been traditionally used as a construction material in Nordic countries such as Sweden dating back to the 12th century. Using wood as a building material for the construction of buildings with more than two stories became the norm around the 1850s and has only increased with the pressing need for more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to materials such as concrete. READ MORE
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25. Den gröna infrastrukturens värde i staden : en studie om klimatåtgärder för stigande medeltemperatur med observation från Barcelona
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : This essay is written with the background of the ongoing global warming and urbanization. The essay is a deepening of the current situation in the example of the city of Barcelona with concrete examples of solutions for Swedish cities against urban heat islands. READ MORE