Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone / The goal of this study is to address the issues of sustainable residential housing in the United States, more specifically Tucson and the arid climate of the southwest. Until recent years the lack of awareness for sustainable practices has not damaged society, but currently, mankind’s impacts on the planet are unprecedented. As we progress into the future, acknowledgment of this problem needs to be addressed with innovation and solutions to secure a guaranteed healthy future for humanity, the species that humanity coexists with, and planet Earth. This study examines the principles of development that best produce sustainability and addresses building form and material use, solar orientation and shading, and land-use efficiency and governmental policy. These aspects of development are examined in detail by contrasting a typical University of Arizona rental development and a development that was constructed with sustainable consciousness for Tucson’s local population. Sustainable residential development is an issue that must begin on large scale with government policy and lawmakers, and end with individual home residencies and educated personal environmental decisions. The study found that, while there are many different aspects of sustainable development that are influenced by countless variables, a sense of cooperation among all phases of construction is the most effective way to guarantee a smooth transition into a more sustainable future.

Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone / The subject matter of this report regards the overall efficiency of two University of Arizona Dormitories from a cost, energy, materials, and construction techniques point of view. Essential to this study was also the social habits of residents within the dormitories, and how they effected the energy use. The two dormitories are considered “pre – LEED” as they were built prior to the recent certification system. Both Manzanita – Mohave, and Coronado Residence Halls were examined in a case study, and interview with the Director of Residence Life, Alex Blandeburgo. In the case study portion, the dormitories’ refrigeration, electricity, steam, and water consumption rates were investigated and compared. These 4 energy types were then looked at from a cost perspective. Lastly, the use of sustainable materials was compared, as well as the construction techniques, and design of each dormitory, and how this could affect social habits, as well as energy use in the dorms. There were some very interesting findings that can be taken from this report. To begin, Manzanita – Mohave was deemed the more sustainable dorm, as its overall energy consumption rates per square foot were much lower than Coronado’s (refrigeration, steam, electricity, and water). In addition to this, Manzi – Mo had less of a cost burden on energy, and its construction methods facilitated less energy use. Additionally, the social habits of Coronado’s residents seem to favor much higher energy uses, which were attributed to their response to the construction methods of the Coronado. These essential results and theories were supported by the experiences of Alex Blandeburgo, and quintessentially mean that a residence hall’s energy efficiency is effected more by the residents that live in it and their habits, rather than its construction techniques, or LEED certification.

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Foundation is one of the most important part of construction. Is it a connection between the a structure and a ground that support it. Even in ancient times it was known that most carefully designed structure will fail if the foundationi do not give sufficient support. Thus the proper design of foundation and selection of adequate kind of foundation allow to avoid later constructional problems. Early foundation design was based mostly in intuition and common sense. Builders developed rules for sizing and constructing foundation through trial-and-error method.

This essay will discuss the process of drawing a restaurant – the position of the house lot, requirements from the authority and architectural quality. During the summer months are many people celebrating their spare time in the beach in Jönköping, by the shore of Lake Vättern. There is some existing buildings in this area that is not used by a general public. In cooperation with the municipality of Jönköping and a person who wants to operate a restaurant on the beach, is this essay a proposal of how this part of the shore of Lake Vättern can look in the future. The focus of the work is to design a restaurant. This is made on the basis of the interviews that have been made with the operators of the area and a thought building, and from the existing rules of the performing and designing of a restaurant. The planned restaurant is placed in an area where it today is a public toilet. A demand from the municipality for building a restaurant here is to make new public toilets here, which can be better looked after than the existing ones. The restaurant will approximately have places for 70 eating persons inside, and 100 persons outside. Since a lot of people are in this area during the summer is a kiosk placed connected to the restaurant kitchen that easily can be reached from the beach walk. The restaurant has to be flexible to serve many necessary purposes – you can both make fast purchases from a kiosk, as well as being there eating a fancy Christmas dinner. To draw consumers during colder seasons is it necessary to have a restaurant that gives a proper impression for that kind of business too.

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Bygg- och fastighetssektorn står för ungefär halva miljöbelastningen i Sverige och 40 procent av energianvändningen. Att minska den skulle därför bidra mycket till att minska miljöbelastningen och nå ett mer hållbart samhälle. I skånska Glumslöv har AB Landskronahem byggt kvarteret Nornan, som består av 35 lägenheter i form utav 11 rad- och parhus med vision om en bra inomhusmiljö och hög komfort utan fast uppvärmningssystem. I den här studien har byggnaderna granskats och miljöbedömts, framför allt ur energi- och innemiljösynpunkt. De metoder som använts för analysen är Miljöklassningsmetoden och EcoEffect-metoden. Till grund för dessa ligger fältstudier i form av mätningar på plats, ritningsunderlag samt en enkätundersökning bland de boende. Resultatet av miljöbedömningen visar på en överlag god innemiljö i kvarteret. Miljöklassnings-metoden gav kvarteret högsta betyg för byggnaderna som helhet och även EcoEffect visade på hög miljöeffektivitet. De största bristerna som påträffades var problem med rumstemperatur och med allergier efter inflyttning. / The building and housing sector in Sweden contributes to approximately half of the nations environmental load. It also uses up 40 percent of the countries energy consumption annually. An effort to reduce this would not only decrease the environmental impact but also contribute to a more sustainable society. In the village of Glumslöv, Skåne in the southern region of Sweden, AB Landskronahem has built Nornan, a 35-apartment complex consisting of 11 twin- and terracehouses. Nornan is built with a vision of excellent indoor comfort and convenience without the use of a traditional heating system. This study reviewed the buildings environmental status with special focus on energyconsumption and the resident’s indoor environment. The methods used for the analysis are The Environmental Classification Method and The EcoEffect Method. The basis for analysis were studies of floorplans and on site fieldstudies conducted at the Nornan complex as a follow up to a questionnaire study among the residents. The result of the environmental evaluation shows in general a positive indoor environment for the residents. The Environmental Classification Method gave Nornan the highest possible mark, as did The EcoEffect Method in showing high energyefficiency. The main concerns were minor problems with indoor temperatures and allergies among some residents after moving in.

Dating back to the 13th century, the community originated and grew alongside the river. Halmstad was an important city, with an important port, and the largest on the West Coast during the Middle Ages. The area around the river has been always an important place for the trade. From XIX century all the area has been also full of industries. The trade sailboats have been sailing around the Nissan for long time making Halmstad one of the best interesting and important trade centre a cause of that it is close to important cities like Göteborg, Malmö and Copenhagen.

The method of Design/Build is known for its practicality and skillful designers and builders. However, high quality buildings produced by this method suggest there is an intellectual wealth hidden beneath this technical practicality. To uncover this wealth, a definition for the processes of design used in this method must be constructed to clarify its intellectual aspects. Such a definition begins with the assumption that design is an intelligent process through which people arrange their environment. To uphold the intelligence of design, the interaction between human (designer, tradesperson, client, or inhabitants) and architecture must be maintained throughout the process. The unique conditions in the method of Design/build allow the human intellect to freely interpret and intervene in the processes of architecture. To fully exploit these conditions, a designer must develop a particular view, seeing architecture as combined processes rather than as an end-result. Via this view, it becomes evident that the arrangement of lines, forms, and structures of buildings is just a material manifestation of a deeper reality, i.e. the agreed values that an individual or society holds. These values are translated into two groups of design principles in architecture. The first group is geometrical and includes proportion, symmetry, order, and unity. The second group is relational and leads to consideration of adaptability, nature, need, tradition, and material. These principles define the relationships of architecture, humans, and the environment, expressing the role of intelligence in man-made settings. In Design/Build, these principles can be incorporated into the processes of design far more than in any other method, because architecture is intimately connected to environment (social and natural), and there is a dynamic interaction between designing and building. This method sees architecture as a combination of processes, considering design not as rules and regulations, but as a process that is empowered and motivated by the events of everyday life. This method arrives at the rules and regulation of architecture only after recognizing this fact. Without the attendance of life in an architectural process, the geometrical and relational principles of design are dull and meaningless. By establishing this view, this paper hopes to construct a definition for the design process of Design/Build, a definition that does not deal solely with the technicality and practicality of this method but rather with the intellectual aspects of the process.