Essays about: "High-performance buildings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words High-performance buildings.

  1. 1. Design of high performance buildings : Vulnerability of buildings to climate change from an energy perspective

    University essay from KTH/Hållbara byggnader

    Author : Robin Gobert; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate Change; High Performance Buildings; Dynamic Thermal Simulations; Thermal Regulation; Environmental Regulation; Cooling Needs; Heating Needs; Representative Data; Big Data; Clustering;

    Abstract : The challenge of climate change is twofold: to mitigate (prevent) the causes of climate change and to prepare (adapt) to the inevitable effects and consequences. Building and construction are key sectors for decarbonisation (mitigation). READ MORE

  3. 2. Dynamic Performance of a Tall Building to Earthquake Loading : Finding the optimum mass and stiffness

    University essay from KTH/Bro- och stålbyggnad

    Author : Andrés Alonso San Segundo; [2022]
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    Abstract : With the increasing cost of land, the development of ultra-high performance concrete, and the technological advancements in equipment and machinery, we are able to construct and refurbish skyscrapers like never before. How they are built, what materials they use, or what structural system defines them, all affect their dynamic response, which in the end is the combination of the stiffness and mass, two key parameters in engineering of tall buildings. READ MORE

  4. 3. Risk Management in Sustainable Projects in the Construction Industry : Cases of Swedish Companies

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Anete Apine; Francisco José Escobar Valdés; [2017]
    Keywords : sustainable construction; risk management; construction companies; project life cycle; green buildings; high performance buildings.;

    Abstract : Sustainable construction projects are expanding in the market and green codes andstandards are advancing giving the ground for development of technology and materialsapplied. With every new material and technology utilised in the field, also risks aregrowing. READ MORE

  5. 4. Solar Cooling : -A study of two thermal systems

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Energivetenskap

    Author : Anton Åhlund; [2015]
    Keywords : solar cooling; thermal cooling; absorption cooling; adsorption cooling; tropics; sub-tropics;

    Abstract : Electricity-driven air-conditioning is energy-intensive and puts a strain to many grids during hot periods in warm climates. Solar thermal cooling could be an alternative to conventional cooling, using a renewable energy source and supplying the most energy during peak demand periods with insignificant effect to the electric grid. READ MORE

  6. 5. Voluntary building certification schemes in São Paulo: Strengthening the LEED certification process for existing buildings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Henrique Andre Morgado Simoes; [2014]
    Keywords : High-performance buildings; certification; application process; LEED; São Paulo; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The building sector is one that can be accounted for numerous impacts on the environment, both by extremely high consumption of resources, and by emitting green house gases to the atmosphere on a large scale. Retrofitting existing buildings tackles energetic and emission related issues and one way to go about such projects is through the process of high-performance building certification, within which the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) scheme is establishing itself as the trend to follow. READ MORE