• Advanced Use of EPBD based Standards 

  Roman, Rabenseifer (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  The set of European standards on EPBD is a wealth of computational procedures and methods for assessment of the indoor environment quality and energy performance of buildings. Not only in assessing the energy performance ...
• A Visionary Approach Study about the Member Construction Firms of Turkish Contractors Association (TCA) 

  Latif Onur, Uğur; Ali, Ateş; Serkan, Subaşı; Yılmaz, Koçak (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  In this study Turkish Contractors Association (TCA) members construction fims’ visionary approaches were investigated. A questionnaire has applicated to technical and administrative elements who works in 56 construction ...
• Cost of Quality in Construction Sector 

  Recep, Kanıt; Latif Onur, Uğur (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  In this study, to determine the quality management praftices, to ensure lack of the regulation quality, the cost of quality is to determine the ratio of the total Project cost of the construction firms investigated. Fort ...
• The Effect of the Rate of Waste Tire Powder Substitution on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of CEM II Cement 

  Yılmaz, Koçak; Serkan, Subaşı; Yasemin, Yaman; Latif Onur, Uğur; Ali, Ateş (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  Recycling of waste has a great importance in preservation of the energy and decreasing the global impact that has been created by production of new materials. There is an increasing debate about the use of waste tires ...
• Importance of Green Construction Rating System for Sustainable Management of Constructions in Kosovo 

  Violeta, Nushi; Ferhat, Bejtullahu (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  The aim of the paper work is to provide a research that forms the basis for the Sustainable Environmental Management in general, its appliances within overall progress cities, with intention to encourage responsible authorities ...
• Green Building Technologies and Environment 

  Vera, Pechenkina (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  Scientists believe that buildings construction and maintenance consume up to 50% of the total energy resources. We damage the environment by using non-renewable energy resources. Sustainable development paradigm promotes ...
• A critical case study of decision criteria in architectural competitions 

  Ulrich, Pont; Kristina, Kiesel; Matthias, Schuss; Bernhard, Sommer; Kristina, Orehounig; Ardeshir, Mahdavi (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  This paper analyzes a number of design proposals submitted within the framework of a large architectural competition in view of their eco-efficiency. As all new or refurbished buildings in Central Europe need to meet ...
• Making Use Of The Wind Tribunes With The Little Power In The Requirement Of The Electricity Energy Need 

  Selim Sarper, Yılmaz; Ibrahim, Aydın; Mehmet, Uzkut (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  In this study it has been aimed that a little amount of the electricity energy need of Celal Bayar Universty Golmarmara Vocational high school in the city Manisa will be covered by the wind tribunes with the little ...
• MOST - Designing a vendor and technology independent toolkit for building monitoring, data preprocessing, and visualization 

  Robert, Zach; Ardeshir, Mahdavi (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)
• Rehabilitation of Schools Damaged by Earthquake in Kraljevo on Sept.3th ,2010 

  Zoran, Petraskovich; Jasminka, Petraskovich Dzuklevski (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  Over forty schools are analyzed and solutions of seismic rehabilitation are given by technology of System DC90. Masonry schools up to four floors and reinforced concrete skeletal structures are analyzed. The paper shows ...
• Short-term occupancy implications of digitally provided outside views in window-less rooms 

  Kristina, Orehounig; Ulrich, Pont; Ardeshir, Mahdavi (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  This paper investigates the perception and performance of occupants in rooms with and without visual connection to outside. Thereby, experiments were conducted with two groups of participants in a laboratory containing two ...
• The Determination of Dominant Wind Speed to Increase Efficiency of Wind Energy in Manisa Province 

  Ibrahim, Aydin; Selim Sarper, Yılmaz (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  Renewable energy resources is seen as an important source with an increasing interest all over the world in covering the energy requirement owing to the fact that the envoronmental problems increase every other day and the ...
• Shifting practice: Metal, Zumthor, the Baroque, Deleuze, Foucault 

  Harold, Fallon (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  In 2009, while the office's first larger scale project was under construction (Metal), my partner researched Zumthor's approach of materiality, and I was interested by Baroque paintings and architecture, read Foucault's ...
• Monitoring-based optimization-assisted calibration of the thermal performance model of an office building 

  Farhang, Tahmasebi; Ardeshir, Mahdavi (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  This paper reports on a case study of monitoring-based optimization-assisted calibration of a thermal simulation model for an office building. Such a calibrated model could effectively support the operation of the building. ...
• Green building tendencies and materials: Home for Modern Generation 

  Eugenija, Vaitkevičiūtė (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  An object is modern tendencies and materials of green/sustainable design as new form of social, economical and individual life; examples of modern tendencies of green/sustainable design in Lithuania; conclusions, based on ...
• From “Advertising Architecture” to “Media Façade”: Communication through Digital Display Skin 

  Esra AYDOĞAN, MOZA (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  There is a growing trend to design buildings with colourful and dynamic outer skins through the integration of digital media tools, particularly LED systems. Discussing the intersection of media, technology, art, ...
• Double Skin Facade - Why Not? 

  Endrit, Tuzi; Florian, Nepravishta; Etleva, Bushati (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  For centuries architects focussed their artistics skills on the creation of a successful external appearance for their structures. This was often the subject of what the style to be chosen, but was also exploited as a ...
• Exploring daylighting design optimization and its energy impact in office buildings for different shading systems. Case study: Tirana 

  Edlira, Çoku; Sokol, Dervishi (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  The focus of this research is the enhancement of daylighting design in office buildings and the lowering of energy consumption. This study systematically explores and analyzes the visual performance of two different ...
• On the Flexibility of Deployable Dome Structures and their Application in Architecture 

  Dimitrije, Nikolic; Radovan, Stulic; Predrag, Sidjanin (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  In this paper we discuss flexibility and applicability of deployable dome structures in contemporary architecture. A deployable dome is a spatial structure derived from appropriately connected planar polygonal panels. ...
• Impacts of participants on rbSC performance 

  Zeliha, Banu; Yavuz, Pelvan (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2012-04-19)

  As material costs account a high percentage of overall cost, the success of projects are heavily dependent on material related factors and processes. In Turkey because of extensively using in-situ concrete in construction, ...

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