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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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A glasshouse to bridge the centuries : nineteenth century "winter garden" to twenty first century "green"

Jackson, Nancy A. January 2005 (has links)
This creative project develops a conceptual plan for a "green", Ball State University Field Study Environmental Education Center, LandLab and Dormitory. The proposed design is ecologically responsible in construction and operation, relying upon natural qualities and resources of the site, as sources of renewable energy.In addition to enabling formal environmental education, the proposed facility is intended to foster within its students and guests, a love of life and nature, and an environmental ethic. Strategic and environmentally responsible use and placement of facility systems, variously composed of infrastructure, building, winter garden, and landscape components, results not only in interdisciplinary, experiential learning opportunities, and in replications of natural biomes; but, inherently provides healthy living conditions, in an interior environment ideally suited for human occupancy, with lush vegetation, gushing, gurgling, and splashing water, naturalistic scenery, fresh air, abundant sunlight, and warm temperatures. / Department of Landscape Architecture
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Linking the design of facilities, recycling, and curriculum : applying a design method inspired by experiences in Latin America and South Asia to a BSU residential hall renovation

Dettbarn, Dorothee January 2003 (has links)
In this thesis, an environmentally sound and human scale set of design principles, which values ideas like environmental friendliness, human comfort and locality, is formulated, examined and justified. These principles are inspired by experiences in Latin America and South Asia and their universal significance is illustrated through case studies from several countries around the world.In the design project, these principles are applied in a local setting, in this case a residential hall on the Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana. The design embraces a ‘green’ approach to campus facility renovation as part of the holistic movement to make the campus more sustainable.The design focus will be on the reuse and revitalization of materials thrown away on campus. Projects in which economic limitations enhance this specific creativity serve as role models. Through the reuse of material, the renovation process of campus facilities can be linked to the recycling program and the curriculum of the university. / Department of Architecture
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A new profile for a familiar building : a carbon-neutral public library branch in Union Township in Anderson, Indiana

Montgomery, Shirley A. January 2008 (has links)
Buildings can be built that use no energy from external power grids. They can be essentially carbon neutral in their environmental load, and they can be built and operated at fair market values. Although this may sound like a dream of the future, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is working toward making that dream a reality today. The Council announced on March 26, 2006 (Environment News Service) that it is forming an alliance of global companies to ensure that by 2050 all new buildings meet these standards.1The profession of architecture, at the beginning of the 21st century, finds itself in a position where architectural philosophies and methodologies must respond to the world changing events that are impacting our planet. This creative project outlines some of the methodologies used to create a carbon-neutral public library. Within a public library, architects respond to two of the primary concerns of this young century; the global need for a clean, livable planet and the proliferation of digital media and methods that are driving globalization as we are beginning to know it.The proposed new Union Township Branch of the Anderson Public Library seemed a logical subject for this Creative Project because much of the past work of our firm and much of my personal experience involved the design of public libraries. The carbon neutral concepts evolved gradually, after much study, and the goal of this creative project is that this particular library and many other sustainable libraries in the future will benefit from the concepts and methodologies outlined here, as those new buildings approach carbon neutrality. / Department of Architecture
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Building materials in a green economy : community-based strategies for dematerialization.

Milani, Brian, January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.
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Greenometer-7 a tool to assess the sustainability of a building's life cylce at the conceptual design phase /

Mer'eb, Muhammad Musa. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (D.Eng.)--Cleveland State University, 2008. / Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 8, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-343). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in in print.
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The cost effective redesign of an apartment building using LEED standards

Wehrli, Sara E. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Ball State University, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 01, 2010). Creative project (M.A.), 3 hrs. Includes bibliographical references (p. [27]-30).
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Hur kan hållbarheten utökas för Storsjö Strand?

Olsson, Caroline, Rudeklint, Hanna January 2017 (has links)
Det här   examensarbetet har Östersunds kommuns nya stadsdel Storsjö Strand i fokus,   där arbetet går ut på att utvärdera hur kommunens hållbarhetsprogram har   fallit ut för de två första husen på Storsjö Strand och varför, samt att   undersöka vilka drivande faktorer som finns bakom byggnadernas miljöbelastning.   Hållbarhetsutvärderingen görs genom intervjuer med berörda byggherrar samt   Östersunds kommun, och drivande faktorer till miljöbelastning undersöks genom   att utföra en livscykelanalys där ingående material kopplas till en   resulterande miljöbelastning för respektive hus. Då   hållbarhetsutvärderingen utgår från intervjuer finns risk att   intervjuobjekten kan försköna fakta, vilket är en viktig begränsning vid   utläsning av resultatet. Resultatet från hållbarhetsutvärderingen   visar att trots att Östersunds kommun helt släppt sin egen utvärdering av   byggherrarna har byggherrarna ändå följt hållbarhetsprogrammet till stor del.   Slutsatserna avseende hållbarhetsprogrammet gäller främst kommunen, där dessa   hade gagnats av att förtydliga krav och mål, och kontraktera dessa krav i   markanvisningsavtal för att ge önskad effekt. För livscykelanalysen begränsas   denna främst av att alla steg i en livscykel inte är inkluderade, utan   primärt analyseras de inledande stegen. Resultatet visar för båda husen att   det till allra största del är metaller och legeringar som driver   miljöbelastning i störst grad per kubikmeter material, medan de   material som driver minst miljöbelastning är rena icke processade   naturmaterial såsom skiffer, grus och kalksten. Därutöver resulterar   konstruktionsmaterialen i den största miljöbelastningen   när hela mängden tas hänsyn till, vilket hade kunnat undersökas djupare med   snävare livscykelanalyser. / This thesis revolves around the district Storsjö   Strand, an area in Östersund which is developing to a new residential area   with high sustainability visions. The work consist of two parts; one where   the outcome of the municipality’s sustainability program is evaluated and one   where the two first buildings in the area is investigated regarding what   causes their environmental impact. The evaluation of the sustainability   program is made by interviews with the constructors and representatives from   the municipality, and the two buildings environmental impact is investigated   by performing a life cycle analysis where building material is connected to a   resulting environmental impact for each house. Since the evaluation of the   municipality’s sustainability program is based on interviews, there could be a risk for bias. The results from the   evaluation shows that both constructors have followed the sustainability   program to great extent, even though the municipality itself have dropped all planned follow-up. The conclusions   from the evaluation is that the municipality would be benefit from clarifying   goals and demands in the sustainability program, and transfer the clarified   demands to their land agreements. The limitations for the life cycle analysis is   mainly that all steps in the life cycle of a building is not included in the   analysis – only the initial steps are included. The   results for both buildings show that it is mainly metals and alloys that   drives environmental impact per cubic meter of material. The materials that   causes the smallest environmental impact per cubic meter is natural materials   that have not been processed, i.e. shale, limestone and gravel. The   construction materials will always result in the largest environmental impact   for the total quantity, simply because these materials are the largest   quantities represented in the building, and alternations of these   construction materials should be further investigated. / <p>Betyg 170707, H14.</p>
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Proposta de diretrizes para o desenvolvimento da arquitetura em terra no Rio Grande do Sul, a partir da interpretação de estratégias uruguaias / Proposal of guidelines for the development of earth architecture in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, through the interpretation of Uruguayan strategies

Bayer, Ana Paula January 2010 (has links)
A construção civil é, atualmente, apontada como responsável pela extração de grande parte dos recursos naturais do planeta consumidos pela humanidade. Nesse sentido, a utilização de materiais construtivos nãoconvencionais, como a terra, surge como alternativa para construir edificações mais amigáveis com o meioambiente e, assim, também, modos de vida mais saudáveis, mais sustentáveis. Entretanto, a falta de informações, por parte de grande parte da população, inclusive de instituições de ensino e de profissionais atuantes no ramo da construção civil, em relação ao tema, faz com que o preconceito para com esse tipo de bioconstrução seja considerável. Surge, pois, a possibilidade de promoção da utilização da terra enquanto material construtivo, para que esse método de construção amigável com o meio-ambiente possa, aos poucos, recuperar o importante papel que desempenhava no passado, quando tais construções eram tidas como convencionais por nossos ancestrais. Através da investigação das técnicas de construção em terra e dos programas que favorecem esse tipo de iniciativa, o presente estudo tem como meta estabelecer um conjunto de diretrizes para orientar profissionais do ramo da construção civil e entidades interessadas em contribuir com a promoção da arquitetura em terra. Além disso, pretende prover de informação a sociedade em geral, para que haja o resgate da técnica e uma maior conscientização, no sentido de gerar edificações mais saudáveis e, portanto, menos prejudiciais ao meio-ambiente. Como no Uruguai, país que se limita com o Rio Grande do Sul e que tem clima semelhante a este, a utilização da terra enquanto componente construtivo ocupa papel de destaque, o presente estudo fundamenta-se nas edificações desta natureza, construídas no país vizinho. De tal modo, o objetivo principal deste trabalho é formular diretrizes para o desenvolvimento da arquitetura de terra no Rio Grande do Sul, a partir da interpretação de estratégias uruguaias, para bioconstrutores gaúchos e instituições financeiras / administrações municipais. Como objetivos secundários, têm-se: identificar programas de apoio do governo uruguaio e incentivos de instituições financeiras, além de outras iniciativas visando a promoção da arquitetura de terra naquele país; identificar bioconstrutores uruguaios, obras recentemente edificadas em terra naquele país e verificar quais são as técnicas construtivas utilizadas e como as mesmas são executadas; identificar bioconstrutores gaúchos que trabalhem com terra, bem como suas obras recentemente edificadas, além de verificar quais as técnicas utilizadas e como as mesmas são executadas; identificar possíveis programas de incentivo à utilização da terra enquanto material construtivo, bem como eventuais instituições financeiras que aprovem esse tipo de solução no Rio Grande do Sul. Como estratégia de pesquisa, utiliza-se o estudo de casos múltiplos, desenvolvido no Rio Grande do Sul e no Uruguai, sempre apoiado na bibliografia. Por final, as contribuições deste trabalho atingem os objetivos propostos, na medida em que se proporcionam ferramentas de informação à população em geral, auxílio a construtores interessados em desenvolver o tema e orientação a instituições financeiras e administrações municipais que permitam e apóiem esse tipo de solução inovadora e ambientalmente responsável, aplicada ao ramo da construção civil. / Civil construction is identified as the sector of human activities that more extracts natural resources from the Earth´s crust. On this way, the use of non conventional building materials, like earth, comes as an alternative towards the construction of more environmentally friendly buildings and, also, more sustainable and healthy ways of life. However, the lack of information by a large fraction of the population, including Educational Institutions and professionals working in the civil construction area, in relation to the subject, causes considerable prejudice to such type of bioconstruction . It’s therefore necessary to promote the use of earth as a building material. In this way, this building technique, friendly to the environment, can gradually recover the role it played in the past, when such type of construction was considered conventional by our ancestors. Through the investigation of earth building techniques and programs, which encourage this type of initiative, this study aims to establish a set of guidelines to guide professionals in the field of construction and the entities interested in support the promotion of earth architecture. Furthermore, it aims at providing information to society, so that the rescueying of this technology and the increase of the awareness on the subject, can contribute to a healthier environment in buildings. As in Uruguay, a country that borders the Rio Grande do Sul, with a similar climate, the use of earth as a building material, plays a leading role, this study is based on buildings built with such technology in the neighboring country. In this way, the main objective of this study is to formulate guidelines for increasing the use and the awareness on the benefits deriving from the use of earth buildings in the State Rio Grande do Sul, that may arise from the interpretation of Uruguayan strategies. This may be of interest both to builders interested in work with earth as a building material in the State of Rio Grande do Sul and to financial institutions or different levels of local government. The following secondary objectives were aimed at: to identify support programs, offered by the Uruguayan government as well as incentives by financial institutions, in addition to other initiatives aimed at promoting earth architecture in that country; to identify Uruguayan builders that work with earth architecture, their most recent works and also to check what techniques are being used in that country and how they are implemented; to identify builders in Rio Grande do Sul that work with earth architecture,their most recent works and to check what techniques are being used in that country and how they are implemented; to identify possible programs to encourage the use of earth as a building material, and any sort of financial institution that encourage this solution in the State Rio Grande do Sul. The research strategy used is the study of multiple cases and was developed in Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay, always supported by the literature. Finally, the study intends to verify whether the resulting guidelines can achieve their objectives, to the extent that they may constitute tools of information to the general population, and to aid to builders interested in enrolling with the theme and to guide financial institutions and municipal governances to allow and support this type of innovative and environmentally responsible solution, in its application to the civil construction field.
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Avaliação de objetivos de sustentabilidade: estudo de caso de duas instituições educacionais / Sustainability targets analysis: case study of two educational buildings

Muñoz Navarrete, Santiago January 2011 (has links)
Proposta: O desenvolvimento de empreendimentos mais sustentáveis no Brasil apresenta desafios para o setor da construção civil, devido à incorporação de parâmetros inovadores, que a maioria de intervenientes na cadeia produtiva dos empreendimentos não coordena adequadamente. Embora exista uma quantidade considerável de estudos que apontem as vantagens das edificações sustentáveis, poucos referem as exigências e as novas atividades na gestão desses empreendimentos, que surgem em decorrência da necessidade de atender aos objetivos de sustentabilidade propostos e da complexa interação entre eles. Ainda, uma das melhores formas para disseminar os princípios da construção sustentável, é através das instituições educativas. Assim, esta pesquisa insere-se no contexto da discussão do processo de projeto de edificações educacionais, com foco na sustentabilidade. Objetivos: O objetivo principal desta pesquisa foi: avaliar como a interação sistêmica afeta o atendimento aos objetivos de empreendimentos com foco na sustentabilidade. Esse objetivo foi desdobrado nos objetivos específicos: propor uma forma de explicitar os objetivos de sustentabilidade; identificar as interações mais importantes no atendimento aos objetivos de sustentabilidade; identificar as causas do não atendimento aos objetivos de sustentabilidade. Método: A estratégia de pesquisa adotada foi o estudo de caso, realizado sobre dois empreendimentos já executados e em operação no Rio Grande do Sul. A pesquisa foi realizada em três etapas principais: compreensão, desenvolvimento e análise. A primeira etapa teve como objetivo caracterizar os estudos de caso, entender o processo de desenvolvimento e identificar os objetivos de sustentabilidade. Nesta etapa foram empregadas técnicas de análises de documentos, visitas e entrevistas com os diferentes intervenientes. A segunda etapa teve como objetivo a avaliação dos objetivos de sustentabilidade, contando com a ajuda de especialistas externos para a validação das análises. Nesta etapa foi proposta uma ferramenta gráfica para a estruturação dos critérios de sustentabilidade. Na última etapa foram discutidas as possíveis causas que levaram ao não atendimento dos objetivos propostos, e as recomendações para o desenvolvimento de futuros projetos desse tipo. Resultados: Os resultados da avaliação mostraram uma forte semelhança entre ambos estudos de caso, expondo o baixo atendimento dos objetivos de sustentabilidade. Foi percebido que a maior ocorrência das causas está relacionada à etapa de planejamento e projeto, considerando como aspecto importante, a definição efetiva do projeto, de modo que possibilite a mudança dos objetivos e a forma como eles serão atendidos, ao longo de todo o processo de projeto. / The development of sustainable projects in Brazil introduces challenges to the construction industry, on account of new variables that most stakeholders don’t manage properly. A fair amount of studies show the green building advantages, but just a few points out the new activities and demands on the project management, emerging by the existence of sustainable targets and the complex relations between them. Moreover, educational buildings are a good way to disseminate the sustainable construction principles. Thus, this study approaches the project development process of educational buildings with sustainability focus. The main objective of this study was to assess the influence of systemic relations on the achievement of sustainable project targets. This main objective was unfolded in three secondary objectives: propose how to (a form) make explicit the sustainable targets; identify the most important relations to the sustainable targets achievement; and identify the causes of failure in the sustainable targets achievement. The strategy followed was a case study research, developed on two building projects already built and in use in the Rio Grande do Sul state. The research was divided in three main phases: the first phase comprised the cases characterization, development process understanding and sustainable targets identification. The second phase consisted of sustainable targets assessment, supported by specialist validations. In this phase was proposed a graphic tool for organize the sustainable targets. The third phase comprised the discussion of failure causes in the sustainable targets achievement, and suggestions for future projects development. The assessment results showed a strong similarity between the two cases, having a poor achievement of the sustainable targets. Was concluded that most failure causes occurs at the programming and design phase, and a key aspect in this kind of projects is an early and effective definition of sustainable targets, to allow possible modifications along the project development process.
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Proposta de diretrizes para o desenvolvimento da arquitetura em terra no Rio Grande do Sul, a partir da interpretação de estratégias uruguaias / Proposal of guidelines for the development of earth architecture in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, through the interpretation of Uruguayan strategies

Bayer, Ana Paula January 2010 (has links)
A construção civil é, atualmente, apontada como responsável pela extração de grande parte dos recursos naturais do planeta consumidos pela humanidade. Nesse sentido, a utilização de materiais construtivos nãoconvencionais, como a terra, surge como alternativa para construir edificações mais amigáveis com o meioambiente e, assim, também, modos de vida mais saudáveis, mais sustentáveis. Entretanto, a falta de informações, por parte de grande parte da população, inclusive de instituições de ensino e de profissionais atuantes no ramo da construção civil, em relação ao tema, faz com que o preconceito para com esse tipo de bioconstrução seja considerável. Surge, pois, a possibilidade de promoção da utilização da terra enquanto material construtivo, para que esse método de construção amigável com o meio-ambiente possa, aos poucos, recuperar o importante papel que desempenhava no passado, quando tais construções eram tidas como convencionais por nossos ancestrais. Através da investigação das técnicas de construção em terra e dos programas que favorecem esse tipo de iniciativa, o presente estudo tem como meta estabelecer um conjunto de diretrizes para orientar profissionais do ramo da construção civil e entidades interessadas em contribuir com a promoção da arquitetura em terra. Além disso, pretende prover de informação a sociedade em geral, para que haja o resgate da técnica e uma maior conscientização, no sentido de gerar edificações mais saudáveis e, portanto, menos prejudiciais ao meio-ambiente. Como no Uruguai, país que se limita com o Rio Grande do Sul e que tem clima semelhante a este, a utilização da terra enquanto componente construtivo ocupa papel de destaque, o presente estudo fundamenta-se nas edificações desta natureza, construídas no país vizinho. De tal modo, o objetivo principal deste trabalho é formular diretrizes para o desenvolvimento da arquitetura de terra no Rio Grande do Sul, a partir da interpretação de estratégias uruguaias, para bioconstrutores gaúchos e instituições financeiras / administrações municipais. Como objetivos secundários, têm-se: identificar programas de apoio do governo uruguaio e incentivos de instituições financeiras, além de outras iniciativas visando a promoção da arquitetura de terra naquele país; identificar bioconstrutores uruguaios, obras recentemente edificadas em terra naquele país e verificar quais são as técnicas construtivas utilizadas e como as mesmas são executadas; identificar bioconstrutores gaúchos que trabalhem com terra, bem como suas obras recentemente edificadas, além de verificar quais as técnicas utilizadas e como as mesmas são executadas; identificar possíveis programas de incentivo à utilização da terra enquanto material construtivo, bem como eventuais instituições financeiras que aprovem esse tipo de solução no Rio Grande do Sul. Como estratégia de pesquisa, utiliza-se o estudo de casos múltiplos, desenvolvido no Rio Grande do Sul e no Uruguai, sempre apoiado na bibliografia. Por final, as contribuições deste trabalho atingem os objetivos propostos, na medida em que se proporcionam ferramentas de informação à população em geral, auxílio a construtores interessados em desenvolver o tema e orientação a instituições financeiras e administrações municipais que permitam e apóiem esse tipo de solução inovadora e ambientalmente responsável, aplicada ao ramo da construção civil. / Civil construction is identified as the sector of human activities that more extracts natural resources from the Earth´s crust. On this way, the use of non conventional building materials, like earth, comes as an alternative towards the construction of more environmentally friendly buildings and, also, more sustainable and healthy ways of life. However, the lack of information by a large fraction of the population, including Educational Institutions and professionals working in the civil construction area, in relation to the subject, causes considerable prejudice to such type of bioconstruction . It’s therefore necessary to promote the use of earth as a building material. In this way, this building technique, friendly to the environment, can gradually recover the role it played in the past, when such type of construction was considered conventional by our ancestors. Through the investigation of earth building techniques and programs, which encourage this type of initiative, this study aims to establish a set of guidelines to guide professionals in the field of construction and the entities interested in support the promotion of earth architecture. Furthermore, it aims at providing information to society, so that the rescueying of this technology and the increase of the awareness on the subject, can contribute to a healthier environment in buildings. As in Uruguay, a country that borders the Rio Grande do Sul, with a similar climate, the use of earth as a building material, plays a leading role, this study is based on buildings built with such technology in the neighboring country. In this way, the main objective of this study is to formulate guidelines for increasing the use and the awareness on the benefits deriving from the use of earth buildings in the State Rio Grande do Sul, that may arise from the interpretation of Uruguayan strategies. This may be of interest both to builders interested in work with earth as a building material in the State of Rio Grande do Sul and to financial institutions or different levels of local government. The following secondary objectives were aimed at: to identify support programs, offered by the Uruguayan government as well as incentives by financial institutions, in addition to other initiatives aimed at promoting earth architecture in that country; to identify Uruguayan builders that work with earth architecture, their most recent works and also to check what techniques are being used in that country and how they are implemented; to identify builders in Rio Grande do Sul that work with earth architecture,their most recent works and to check what techniques are being used in that country and how they are implemented; to identify possible programs to encourage the use of earth as a building material, and any sort of financial institution that encourage this solution in the State Rio Grande do Sul. The research strategy used is the study of multiple cases and was developed in Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay, always supported by the literature. Finally, the study intends to verify whether the resulting guidelines can achieve their objectives, to the extent that they may constitute tools of information to the general population, and to aid to builders interested in enrolling with the theme and to guide financial institutions and municipal governances to allow and support this type of innovative and environmentally responsible solution, in its application to the civil construction field.

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