design
The art guided by knowledge, experience, and opinions of practitioners.
Impetus believes consideration should also be given to embodied energy, raw material extraction, toxicity levels, use of ozone depleting chemicals and recyclability.
Enclosure Design Strategies by Ted Kesik "Enclosure design strategies is a topic that continues to seriously challenge practitioners and researchers alike. Fundamental considerations for building envelopes advanced by Neil Hutcheon in 1953 are now widely accepted, as is the predominant role of moisture in building enclosure performance problems. However, this has not appreciably simplified enclosure design strategies in a world where innovative materials and assemblies are emerging at an ever increasing rate. Heightened expectations by clients for distinctive innovation, combined with compressed project timelines and budgets, often limit the attention needed to fully consider enclosure strategies at the schematic design stage. Before architects can take full advantage of today's sophisticated tools for analyzing and predicting the performance of enclosures, it is necessary to first select an appropriate strategy or concept that addresses parameters associated with physical phenomena, site and occupancy influences. Otherwise, the time and resources allocated to performance assessment may be ineffectively deployed."
Sustainable Design
"Sustainability is basically a concept about the interconnectedness of the environment, the economy, and social equity. It is a journey - a path forward - through which we demonstrate responsibility for our future legacy. It is a vision ¡ª an aspiration ¡ª for a better life for our children and our children's children."
¡ªLANL Sustainable Design Guide, Dec 2002 (http://www.lanl.gov/environment/risk/p2_sd.shtml)
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- AEI - Architectural Engineering Institute
- ".. a place to examine issues and exchange views and information with one another, .. to facilitate the crucial communication among these members of the building team, both on a technical basis and in the professional arena.... technical literature, professional advocacy, and educational opportunities."
- Architectural record
- Very good. descriptions of many projects on building designs
- BDCMag- online magazine Building Design & Construction
- a "magazine published for the building team ¡ª architects, engineers, contractors, building owners and facilities managers involved in design and construction of nonresidential buildings"
- Builder Online
- news, trends, building products, marketplace, and resources
- Building Science Insights
- A series of publications arising from a series of seminars offered by IRC: Institute for Research in Construction between 1982 and 1992. Each deals with a specific topic and provides scientific and technical information of a practical nature for construction professionals, on: Windows, roofs, walls, fire safety, noise transmission, sealants, coatings and protection systems, lighting, general.
- Canadian Architect
- "a magazine for architects and related professionals practicing in Canada.
- Energy Design Guidelines for High Performance Schools
- To design buildings to save 25% of the $6 billion of energy used by schools. Downloadable guideline for all five climate types, i.e.: Hot and Dry Climates, Temperate and Humid Climates, Cool and Dry Climates, Hot and Humid Climates, Cool and Humid Climates , Temperate and Mixed Climates, Cold and Humid Climates
- Green Building Materials-A WATgreen / ERS 285 study
- "a cursory assessment of the need and feasibility for the integration of green building materials into current and future on-campus construction projects, specifically the residence building for which construction is scheduled to begin later this year"
- Guide to Wood Design Information
- excellent "bibliography of technical wood design information available from the associations of the Wood Products Promotion Council and other cooperating organizations."- by Scott McVicker 1999
- Norwegian State Housing Bank
- Chistophersen, 2004, Universal design ¨C with contribution from Asia, Australia, North America and Europe
- Technical Manual - construction and building design
- An Australia site "show how to design and build a more comfortable home that has less impact on the environment."
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- A holistic approach to materials selection in component design, by Carlsson, B., Virtanen, Y., N?kleby, J.O. and Sandstr?m, R., 2001
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- A methodology for design of environmentally optimal buildings by variable grouping , by Pushkar, S. and Katz, A., 2005
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- An electronic monograph:modelling and measuring the structure and properties of cement-based materials, by Garboczi, E. J., Bentz, D. P., Snyder, K. A., Martys, N. S., Stutzman, P. E., Ferraris, C. F. and Bullard, J. W., 2002
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- An information model for managing design changes in a collaborative multidisciplinary design environment , by Mokhtar, A. H. M., 1998
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- Analysis of uncertainty in building design evaluations and its implications , by de Wit, S. and Augenbroec, G., 2002
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- Applying object-oriented database technologies in concurrent design processes, by Kung, H. K., DU, T. C. and Weng, C.H., 1999
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- Before You Design, Build Or Renovate. Healthy and Affordable Housing:practical Recommendations for Building, Renovating and Maintaining Housing, by DOE, 0
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- Builder's guide: cold climates, by Lstiburek, J., 2004
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- Climate adapted design of masonry structures, by Kvande, T. and Liso, K.R., 2009
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- Climate change, thermal comfort and energy: Meeting the design challenges of the 21st century, by Holmes, M. J. and Hackera, J. N., 2007
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- Design and costing workbook a guide to single storey commercial wood structures, by CWC, 1999
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- Development of design strategies for rainscreen sheathing membrane performance in wood frame walls, by Burnett, E. F. P., 2004
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- Educating the designer: An operational model for visualizing low-energy architecture, by Hamza, N. and Horne, M., 2007
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- Limiting conditions for decay in wood systems, by Morris, P. I. and Winandy, J. E., 2002
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- Moisture management of EIFS walls. Part 1.The basis for evaluation, by Bomberg, M., Kumaran, K. and K. Day, 1999
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- Performance indicators as a tool for decisions in the building process, by Yver?s, V., 2002
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- Priorities in Building Envelope Design, by Hassanain, M. A. and Harkness, E. L., 1998
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- Review and framework for large-scale laboratory studies on wetting and drying of building envelopes, by Fazio, P., Derome, D. and Rao, J., 2001
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- Sustainable building technical manual: green building design, construction, and operations, by Public Technology Inc and U.S. Green Building Council, 1996
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- The limits of intelligence in design, by Papamichael, K. and Protzen, J., 1993
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- The need for an integrated computer-based tool to support building envelope design, by Sathyanarayanan, R., Derome, D. and Rivard, H., 2003
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- Universal design -- with contribution from Asia, Australia, North America and Europe, by Chistophersen, J. (Ed), 2004