Download or read book Good Practice Guidance for Refurbishing Occupied Buildings written by William Fawcett and published by CIRIA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the experience of refurbishing many occupied buildings, these good practice principles should help to ensure an efficient refurbishment that causes minimum disruption to business continuity.
Download or read book Building Services Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment written by Nick V. Baker and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The refurbishment of existing buildings is a neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is usually focused on new buildings. Old buildings can use large amounts of energy and provide poor internal conditions for occupants. They may have high heating demand, poor lighting, poor ventilation, solar penetration and glare, and poor control of heating and cooling. Demolition is an option but the alternative of refurbishment is starting to be seen as more sustainable in terms of architectural value, materials use, neighborhood disruption and waste disposal. Building new is more carbon intensive and carries many wider environmental impacts. In addition, the potential impact of low energy refurbishment is much greater than that for new build since there are many more existing buildings than will be built in the next 10 - 20 years, the period over which many CO2 emission targets apply.
Download or read book Building Adaptation written by James Douglas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-11 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As existing buildings age, nearly half of all construction activity in Britain is related to maintenance, refurbishment and conversions. Building adaptation is an activity that continues to make a significant contribution to the workload of the construction industry. Given its importance to sustainable construction, the proportion of adaptation works in relation to new build is likely to remain substantial for the foreseeable future, especially in the developed parts of the world. Building Adaptation, Second Edition is intended as a primer on the physical changes that can affect older properties. It demonstrates the general principles, techniques, and processes needed when existing buildings must undergo alteration, conversion, extension, improvement, or refurbishment. The publication of the first edition of Building Adaptation reflected the upsurge in refurbishment work. The book quickly established itself as one of the core texts for building surveying students and others on undergraduate and postgraduate built environment courses. This new edition continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to all the key issues relating to the adaptation of buildings. It deals with any work to a building over and above maintenance to change its capacity, function or performance.
Download or read book Refurbishing Occupied Buildings written by Bev Nutt and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1998 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based around the CDM regulations, this guide draws information from Health and Safety Executive data, to develop a profile of construction activities, enabling readers to identify and prioritise health and safety risks during the refurbishment of occupied buildings.
Download or read book Building Maintenance written by Brian J.B. Wood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintaining a building is expensive: it costs many times more to run a building than to build it, yet maintenance is often accorded a low priority. Building Maintenance covers the technical aspects of maintenance for undergraduate students on built environment courses, particularly building surveying and facilities management. It addresses the major questions regarding maintenance activities and shows that maintenance should be considered seriously at the design stage. Extensive case studies illustrate what can go wrong, how to put matters right and how to get it right first time.
Download or read book Good Practice Guide written by Richard Brindley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professionalism is not automatic with qualification. It is decided by the manner in which you carry out your professional life – the conduct and qualities that you bring to your role. In architecture, it is founded on the principles of honesty, integrity and competence, and a concern for the environment and others. As a trusted expert, it is essential that you gain respect for your skills and knowledge while maintaining veracity and transparency in your relationships and dealings with clients, end users, design and construction professionals and the wider public. With a focus on professional judgement, this book is a personal guide on how to be a self-aware and successful practitioner, aspiring to best practice. It will give you the confidence to create meaningful industry connections and handle contractual disputes, insurance and negligence claims while maintaining a high standard of conduct. By paying attention to business planning, financial processes, good management and effective communication, it will help you to protect your practice’s reputation and increase profitability and cashflow. Ultimately, it will enable you to not only avoid professional pitfalls but to benefit from positive working relationships.
Download or read book Brigham and Women s Hospital Boston Massachusetts written by Melody M. Kawamoto and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to LEED 2009 Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies written by Thomas A. Taylor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide walks the reader step by step through the LEED 2009 for New Construction process, offering advanced techniques for estimating the actual costs, in time and money, for building green. It serves as an essential primer to price-assessment strategies for high-performance commercial and institutional projects, which include office buildings, high-rise residential buildings, government buildings, recreational facilities, manufacturing plants, and laboratories. Written by an author with more than twenty years of green construction experience on more than 80LEED registered or certified projects, the book provides real-world case studies used to demonstrate the techniques and concepts revealed in the book, covers project documentation, and provides strategies to help the reader understand the real costs and scheduling implications associated with sustainable building.
Download or read book Sustainable Retrofitting of Commercial Buildings written by Simon Burton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst sustainability is already an important driver in the new building sector, this book explores how those involved in refurbishment of commercial building are moving this agenda forward. It includes chapters by developers, surveyors, cost consultants, architects, building physicists and other players, on the role they each can play in enabling refurbishment to be commercially, environmentally and socially sustainable. Case studies from northern climates show real examples of different building types, ages and uses and will demonstrate what action has been taken to create more sustainable buildings. The chapters raise and discuss all the relevant issues that need to be considered in retrofitting decision making. Changing standards, planning, process management, financing, technical issues, site organisation, commissioning and subsequent building management are all considered. The book demonstrates that buildings can be made comfortable to occupy, easy to manage and low in energy demand and environmental impact.
Download or read book LEED GA Exam Guide 3rd Large Format Edition written by Gang Chen and published by ArchiteG, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From this book, you will learn how to: 1. Pass the LEED Green Associate exam; 2. Use LEED exam preparation strategies, study methods, tips, suggestions, mnemonics, and exam tactics to improve your exam performance; 3. Effectively understand, digest, and retain your LEED knowledge; 4. Understand the process of registering and certifying a building for LEED; 5. Understand the scope, main intent, core concepts and strategies, as well as identify the regulations, recognition, and incentives for each major LEED category; 6. Identify the strategies for case studies; 7. Identify the synergy in case studies; 8. Implement the most important LEED related codes and building standards; 9. Get points for categories not yet clearly defined by the USGBC"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book RIBA Health and Safety Guide written by Dieter Bentley-Gockmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of health and safety knowledge and the life safety of building users, the RIBA has introduced an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum to test for competency. This guide is designed to improve industry understanding of issues in accordance with CDM Regulations and prepare architects for the health and safety test. It provides practitioners with the required knowledge regarding site safety, hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely. The 2nd edition features an update to the content relating to design risk management and statue to reflect the changes proposed by the Act and the Regulations, as well as a review of the relationship between these and the existing regime under the CDM Regulations. It includes a new chapter that sets out some of the detail of duties under the Act and the Regulations, including practical examples of how designer/architects might discharge their duties as designers and lead designers, considering how it compares to existing duties under the CDM Regulations.
Download or read book Clay s Handbook of Environmental Health written by Stephen Battersby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic, definitive reference work for all those involved in environmental health is now available in its 19th edition. Significant changes include those made to chapters on food safety and hygiene, environmental protection, the organisation and management of environmental health in the UK, port health, and waste management. New chapters have been added on health development, an introduction to health and housing, contaminated land, and environmental health in emergency planning, as well as a new glossary of abbreviations and acronyms. New material on training and standards, IT, practical risk assessment, and investigatory powers is also included. Each chapter reflects the wider background against which the subjects must be studied and the new concepts and approaches that have emerged over the past few years.
Download or read book Proceedings of The 12th MAC 2018 written by group of authors and published by MAC Prague consulting. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 12th Multidisciplinary Academic Conference in Prague 2018
Download or read book RIBA Health and Safety Guide written by Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To ensure chartered architects are reaching a higher standard of knowledge in health and safety and the life safety of building users, the RIBA will be introducing an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum for all members to demonstrate their competence. This guide is designed to improve the safety of practitioners on site and their understanding and application of health and safety processes to create buildings that are safe to build, operate and use. It will help prepare architects for the forthcoming RIBA health and safety test, providing practitioners with the guidance they require regarding site safety, both before and during construction, significant hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely.
Download or read book Faber Kell s Heating and Air Conditioning of Buildings written by Doug Oughton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 70 years, Faber & Kell's has been the definitive reference text in its field. It provides an understanding of the principles of heating and air-conditioning of buildings in a concise manner, illustrating practical information with simple, easy-to-use diagrams, now in full-colour. This new-look 11th edition has been re-organised for ease of use and includes fully updated chapters on sustainability and renewable energy sources, as well as information on the new Building Regulations Parts F and L. As well as extensive updates to regulations and codes, it now includes an introduction that explains the role of the building services engineer in the construction process. Its coverage of design calculations, advice on using the latest technologies, building management systems, operation and maintenance makes this an essential reference for all building services professionals.
Download or read book An Introductory Guide to EC Competition Law and Practice written by Valentine Korah and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
