Report (M. Eng.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 75). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1990. / Typescript. References: leaf 324.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lund University, 1998. / Questionnaires in English and Japanese. Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-161).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lund University, 1998. / Questionnaires in English and Japanese. Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-161).

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Detroit Mercy, 2005. / "2 May 2005". Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-112).

This thesis examines the costs and benefits of energy management in office buildings and investigates the relationships between operating costs, space lease contracts, and building value. Energy Management by building owners and managers begins with monitoring and analysing building energy use and continues by reducing energy consumption through operating procedure changes, equipment replacement and control, personnel training, and continued monitoring. The cost to complete energy management projects in 12 office buildings is analysed. The average, before tax, internal rate of return for the 12 energy management programs was 22.1%, on total expenditures of roughly $1,200,000. Nine of the office buildings are publicly owned and occupied by the provincial government of B.C. The return on the investments in these buildings directly benefits the citizens of B.C. However, in the three privately owned and tenant occupied buildings, the owners have a less direct method of receiving the benefits due to net lease contracts with tenants, under which the tenants pay the energy costs and would normally receive the energy cost savings. If only the energy cost savings in vacant areas acrue to the owner, the after tax returns to the owner from the investments in energy management for the three privately owned buildings are all negative. However, because building value is determined by the net income of a property, and net income is dependent on revenues and operating costs, a statistical analysis of revenues and costs was completed on a 140 building sample of office buildings in the Vancouver, B.C. metropolitan area. The results of that analysis provided support for the hypothesis that energy cost reductions could result in increased lease revenues at the time of lease expiries because tenants are concerned primarily about the total space cost, not the lease payment to the owner. In that case, the returns to the building owners were significantly improved, were all positive, and were as great as 80%. / Business, Sauder School of / Real Estate Division / Graduate

This thesis project began with an interest in how architecture provides for both permanence and temporality and how contemporary conditions may impact upon architectural form. An, office building was chosen as the subject of exploration due to its ubiquitous nature and the requirement that it be adaptable to the changing needs of its occupants. The need for a flexible and economic architecture also presented the problem of anonymity and a lack of experiential richness. The intention of the investigation was to discover in what ways, if any, the permanent and temporal elements of a building might act in conjuction to create an enduring artifact which could respond to and register the complexities of everyday life. The project was inspired by observations in the city of Vancouver where development has occurred in a rapid and often irregular manner. The eastern part of the downtown centre and Yaletown were identified as particular areas of study. Patterns of development exhibit many smaller sites left empty or used as parking until being developed. These sites revealed an opportunity for the design of a medium-sized building which might maintain the smaller grain characteristic of these areas. As a "type", it could be adapted to the particularities of its location as well as the changing requirements of its occupants. A number of sites from four to six lots in width were identified in the study area. Various configurations were then devised to adapt the building model to particular site conditions including double party-wall versus corner locations and different orientations. The final project consists of the adaptation of this type to a site located on Homer Street near Pender Street. It is adjacent to an alley which marks the change in grid orientation in the area and allows three elevations of the building to be explored . The building employs an asymmetrically situated atrium and a core divided into two separated pods which would allow for increased penetration of natural light and ventilation. Structure, envelope and space dividing elements operate independently. The building envelope is separated out into two layers: the interior layer consists of a four foot wide grid of openings which may be filled with birch clad panels, bookcases or glazed panels or fitted with operable louvered windows. Random placements of panels allow the human inhabitation to be registered on the exterior of the building. The exterior skin then superimposes a composition of glazed panels which responds to the scale and order of the city and deals with environmental elements. A carved out entry lobby and two storey terrace along with landscaped roofdeck provide gradations of public and private common areas. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate

published_or_final_version / Economics and Finance / Master / Master of Economics

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / A forty story commercial office tower in Tampa, Florida was redesigned for daylighting. The methods are outlined and results illustrated, A cooling load comparison is done to determine the economic feasibility of such a strategy. It was found that the smaller cooling plant and greater perimeter office space could offset the increased building expense. Energy savings were also significant, especially for cooling. / by Robert F. Roscow. / M.Arch.

Fung Chi Ho Michael. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Preface / Acknowledge / Chapter 1.0 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Design Mission / Chapter 1.2 --- Design Objectives / Chapter 1.3 --- Client/users / Chapter 1.4 --- Need / Chapter 1.5 --- Brief / Chapter 1.6 --- Site Issues / Chapter 1.7 --- Planning(Statutory)Constraints / Chapter 2.0 --- DESIGN/PLANNING/ZONING STRATEGY: / Chapter 2.1 --- Design Concept / Chapter 2.2 --- Zoning Strategy / Chapter 2.3 --- Transport: Pedestrian / Vehicular Access / Chapter 2.4 --- Office Space Organization / Chapter 2.5 --- Design Development / Chapter 2.5 --- Final Design Solution / Chapter 3.0 --- ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN: / Chapter 3.1 --- "Microclimate Concept (acoustics, ventilation, lighting, energy strategy)" / Chapter 3.2 --- Services Layout / Chapter 3.3 --- Computation Fluent Analysis (CFD) / Chapter 4.0 --- LIFE SAFETY: / Chapter 4.1 --- Means of Escape / Chapter 4.2 --- Fire Fighting Strategy / Chapter 5.0 --- STRUCTURE: / Chapter 5.1 --- Structural Concept / Chapter 5.2 --- Computation Structural Analysis / Chapter 5.3 --- Option Studies / Chapter 6.0 --- CONSTRUCTION: / Chapter 6.1 --- Construction Sequence / Chapter 6.2 --- Approach to External Skin / Chapter 6.3 --- Approach to Maintenance / Chapter 7.0 --- MATERIAL SELECTION: / Chapter 7.1 --- Insulating Mechanism / Chapter 7.2 --- Material Properties / Chapter 8.0 --- COST: / Chapter 8.1 --- Source of financial / Chapter 8.2 --- Cost Analysis / Chapter 9.0 --- SPECIAL STUDY: DAYLIGHTING: / Chapter 9.1 --- Day Lighting / Artificial Lighting Concept / Chapter 9.2 --- Design Criteria / Chapter 9.3 --- Computation Day Lighting Analysis