This study, The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Building, represents the most definitive cost benefit analysis of green building ever conducted. It demonstrates conclusively that sustainable...
An eight-page building simulation paper. DElight is a simulation engine for daylight and electric lighting system analysis in buildings. DElight calculates interior illuminance levels from daylight,...
ATC TechBrief 2 is a brief, concise report containing guidance on how long inspection teams should occupy damaged buildings, as a function of time since the main-shock, the magnitude of the main...
Provides books, videos, building plans and conferences that promote an integrated approach to home design, emphasizing energy efficiency, self sufficiency, cordwood construction, renewable energy,...
An eight-page building simulation paper. External shading devices have been utilized very extensively in residential buildings in the tropics to reduce the amount of solar radiation entering into the...
This is the slide version of the Webinar titled "Energy Efficiency & Retrofit Jobs in the Buildings Industry ? Workforce Overview," originally presented on August 27, 2009. Also available in text a...
An eight-page building simulation paper. A new parameter å (0?å?1), called coefficient of performance, is introduced, whose value quantifies the suitability of the distribution of resistive and c...
The way buildings are typically designed, constructed and operated offers little incentive for energy efficiency. Architect/Engineer firms are often paid a flat fee or a percentage of construction...
Tod and Marti LeFevre didn?t want a half-baked home ? they wanted to do it right the first time. PV, solar space heat, rainwater catchment, solar hot water, composting toilets, energy efficiency, nat...
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