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Ventilacion Natural De Edificios/ Natural Ventilation of Buildings (Spanish Edition)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7416″] For some decades in the twentieth century the energy required for a development accelerated, which increased its consumption exponentially, was available in seemingly unlimited amounts and at reasonable prices, so it is not they appreciated reasons to reduce their consumption. Durante algunas décadas en el siglo XX la energía requerida para un desarrollo…
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eco-housing guidelines for the tropical religions of asia
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7414″] The design, construction, and maintenance of houses have a major impact on our environment and on the stock of natural resources. Huge amounts of natural resources, and energy are consumed in a building’s life cycle, polluting air, water, and land. The rapid growth of the global economy, and the rising trends in population,…
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PRINCIPIOS DE ARQUITECTURA DOMESTICA EN EL TROPICO
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7407″]FORMS FOLLOWS CLIMATE To live in the Third World is to respond to dimate. We simply cannot afford to squander the kind of energy required to air condition a glass tower under a tropical sun. And this, of course, is an advantage For it means that the building itself must, through its very form,…
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Building America Best Practices Series Volume 1
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7403″]This best practices guide is the first of a series produced by Building America. The guide book is a resource to help builders large and small build high-quality, energy-efficient homes that achieve 30% energy savings in space conditioning and water heating in the hot and humid climate. The savings are in comparison with the…
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ARQUITECTURA BIOCLIMATICA
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7399″]La arquitectura bioclimática puede definirse como la arquitectura diseñada sabiamente para lograr un máximo confort dentro del edificio con el mínimo gasto energético. Para ello aprovecha las condiciones climáticas de su entorno, transformando los elementos climáticos externos en confort interno gracias a un diseño inteligente. Si en algunas épocas del año fuese necesario un…
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_Bioclimatic_Housing_Innovative_Designs for_Warm_Climates
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7394″]In the search for sustainable architecture, there is growing interest in the relationship between nature and design. In this vital new book, the term �bioclimatic�, relating to the dynamic between climate and living organisms, is applied by the authors in focusing on countries where housing requires cooling for a significant part of the year.…
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_Architecture_Comfort and_Energy
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7390″]In this book we seek to approach the architecture-energy combination and its relationship to human comfort and the environment .There are chapters on thermal comfort, low energy architecture dealing with various criterion for comfort in different parts of the World. The book also seeks to understand how previous generations lived in harsh climates and…
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_Introduction to _Architectural_Science 2nd Ed
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7386″]Introducing the basics of architectural science, this book is an ideal reference, providing an understanding of the physical basis of architectural design. The knowledge gained from this book equips the reader with the tools to realize the full potential of the good intentions of sustainable, bioclimatic design. All sections have been revised and updated for…
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_Design with_Climate_Bioclimatic_Approach to_Architectural_Regionalism
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7382″] Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying climate control and building functionality, of securing a managed environment within a natural setting―and combating the harsh forces of wind, water, and sun―presented a new set of obstacles to architects and engineers in the mid-twentieth century.…
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_Tropical_Sustainable_Architecture
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7377″]The tropical belt – where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located – forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable…
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_Reviewing and_Changing_Contracts of_Employment (_Thorogood Reports)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7356″]This new report will ensure that you have a total grip on what should be in a contract and what should not. It explains step-by-step how to achieve changes in the contract of employment without causing costly problems and enable you to protect clients’ sensitive business information. It also enhances your understanding of potential…
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_Oxford_Handbook of_Commercial_Correspondence
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7351″]Shows how to handle enquiries, banking, insurance, personnel, and social correspondence. Improves written style by explaining the language of business correspondence.
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_Contracting with_Companies (_Contemporary+Studies in_Corporate Law)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7347″]Contracting with Companies surveys the main rules of company law governing the making of contracts with companies. It adopts an economic perspective, examining these rules in terms of the risks they apportion between companies and parties contracting with them. It reviews the use that has been made of economics in the analysis of company…
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_Confidentiality in_International_Commercial_Arbitration_A_Comparative_Analysis of the_Position under_English, US, German and French_Law
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7343″]Arbitration is an essential component in business. In an age when transparency is a maxim, important issues which the laws governing arbitration currently fail to address are the extent to which disclosure of information can be constrained by private agreement along with the extent to which the duty to preserve confidentiality can be stretched.…
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_New_Developments in_International_Commercial and_Consumer_Law
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7338″]This volume contains original and practical papers on many areas including banking law, the UNIDROIT principles of international commercial law, competition law, electronic fund transfers, products liability, and international commercial arbitration.
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_Commercial_Law (Briefcase)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7334″]The Briefcase series is designed specifically with the time-pressed student in mind. It provides concise case summaries within each subject area of an undergraduate law degree, accompanied by relevant legislation. A handy reference tool, the book assists the reader to commit the content of each subject to memory. This book critically interrogates the principle…
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The_Principles and_Practice of_International_Commercial_Arbitration by_Margaret L._Moses
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7330″]Arbitration has become the dispute resolution method of choice in international transactions. This book provides the reader with immediate access to understanding the world of international arbitration, explaining how and why arbitration works. It provides the legal and regulatory framework for international arbitration, as well as practical strategies to follow and pitfalls to avoid.…
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_Commercial_Law( _Principles of_Law)
[ebook_store ebook_id=”7326″]The first edition of this book formed part of the Lecture Notes series, which was intended to help students by giving them a clear outline of the material to be covered in the course, so as to enable them to concentrate on the lectures and other reading within a framework which was easy to…