scholarly journals Enhancing Building Design Strategies to Contribute in Wireless Communications

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 3656-3661
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
System Failure ◽  
Wireless Technology ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Wireless System ◽  
Surrounding Space ◽  
Building Designs

Wireless communication in building application and design currently act as two separate platforms of communication for inhabitants. Users utilize information sent and received through wireless technology unaffected by the space they are residing. As a means of data exchange and transfer objective information this method of communication serves its expected purpose. On the contrary in the case of personal communication, the surrounding space becomes an insignificant contributor. Also in a situation of wireless system failure the built space does not act as back-up support to all running functions. This paper questions the extensive reviews and is based on focus expert interviews (Qualitative methods) on building designs with specific objectives i.e. a) To allow building design to act as a backup for effective communication in case of wireless system failure b) To assess the building design for enhanced communication. For the purpose of data collection ten expert Architects were called for a focused group interview. The themes and sub themes from the focused group interview were assessed through thematic analysis and the results are discussed below in section VI.

Low Energy Building Designs for Extreme Weather Conditions in Central Asia

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serik Tokbolat ◽  
Raikhan Tokpatayeva ◽  
Sarim Naji Al-Zubaidy
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Increase Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
End Use ◽  
Building Designs

Buildings account for nearly 40% of the end-use energy consumption and carbon emissions globally. These buildings, once built, are bound to be utilized for several decades if not longer. The building sector therefore holds a significant responsibility for implementing strategies to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions and thus contribute to global efforts directed toward mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. This paper presents an oversight of effective low-energy building design strategies for the extreme weather conditions in Kazakhstan (Astana), with temperature ranging between −35 and +40 C. Passive design features coupled with integration of renewable energy technologies have been identified for the next generation of buildings in Astana. The specific nature of the work is intentional, it is a continuing attempt to generate relevant know how that has direct relevancy to Astana’s system approach to energy conversation to meet its extreme winters.

scholarly journals How Lack of Knowledge and Tools Hinders the Eco-Design of Buildings—A Systematic Review

Urban Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Kikki Lambrecht Ipsen ◽  
Massimo Pizzol ◽  
Morten Birkved ◽  
Ben Amor
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Material Consumption ◽  
Building Sector ◽  
Environmental Consideration ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
Environmental Considerations ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

The building sector is responsible for extensive resource consumption and waste generation, resulting in high pressure on the environment. A way to potentially mitigate this is by including environmental considerations during building design through the concept known as eco-design. Despite the multiple available approaches of eco-design, the latter is not easily achieved in the building sector. The objective of this paper is to identify and discuss what barriers are currently hindering the implementation of eco-design in the building sector and by which measures building designers can include environmental considerations in their design process. Through a systematic literature review, several barriers to implementation were identified, the main ones being lack of suitable legislation, lack of knowledge amongst building designers, and lack of suitable tools for designers to use. Furthermore, two specific tools were identified that allow the inclusion of environmental consideration in building design, along with nine design strategies providing qualitative guidance on how to potentially minimize energy and material consumption, as well as waste generation. This paper contributes a holistic overview of the major barriers to and existing tools and method for the eco-design of buildings, and provides guidance for both future research and practice.

Knowledge management for library building design

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 2-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhixian Yi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – In the digital age, constant changes in libraries inform contemporary building design. An innovative library building design is a complicated process and can be viewed as a continuous process of the use of tacit and explicit knowledge and innovative tools and approaches. Knowledge management (KM) can bring about the much needed innovation, and transform tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. For the design of a library to be successful, it is necessary to apply KM to library building design. The purpose of this paper is to look at key change impacts, to explore how to manage knowledge in building design and to identify key design principles. Design/methodology/approach – This paper looks at key change impacts, explores how to manage knowledge in library building design and pinpoints design principles. Findings – This paper finds that KM can be vital to library building design, and it can be used in all stages: to examine the internal and external environments, transform tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge by using portals, and analyze existing and future issues and trends. When effectively used, KM will result in innovative design strategies and also will reduce the time and costs of the building design and plan processes. The main principles of library building design are flexibility, accessibility, safety and security, applicability, adaptability, efficiency, and sustainability. Practical implications – This paper provides a useful overview of how to manage knowledge in library building design and design principles. Originality/value – The views, discussions, and suggestions will be of value to improve the effectiveness of library building design.

scholarly journals Libraries with a Future: How Are Academic Library Usage and Green Demands Changing Building Designs?

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Wescott Loder
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Modular System ◽  
Book Collections ◽  
Building Designs

Support for the modular system of building construction, touted in the second half of the 20th century as the best basis for academic library building design, appears to be waning. A study of “green” libraries in 2008 revealed that not only has energy conservation become important, but that spaces designed for users rather than books have become paramount. The modular system worked particularly well for housing ever-expanding book collections, but collection growth is no longer a practical goal. Users want and need a greater variety of spaces, which purpose-built rooms are better at meeting.

Multiband Antenna for Modern Wireless Communication

2016 ◽  
pp. 123-144
Author(s):  
Nassrin Elamin ◽  
Tharek Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Multiple Antennas ◽  
Wireless Technology ◽  
Frequency Allocation ◽  
Wireless System ◽  
Multiband Antenna ◽  
Integrated Technology ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Wireless Device

Wireless technology lately became subjected to the rapid enormous changes in frequency allocation, policies and procedures of operations, and techniques in order to enhance the performance of the wireless system as whole. A lot of wired applications are converted into wireless, for example wired LAN is turned into a wireless, which due to the huge sophisticated researches. Currently due to the advanced of the integrated technology, engineers are able to fit many diversified applications working at different frequencies in one wireless device. Consequently an increased demand for multiple antennas covering different wireless communication bands on the same platform increased extremely.

EVALUATING THE WEIGHTED-SUM APPROACH FOR MEASURING BUILDINGS’ ADAPTABILITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna K. Becker ◽  
Brandon E. Ross ◽  
Dustin Albright
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
Expert Elicitation ◽  
Weighted Sum ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
Building Designs ◽  
Hierarchy Process

ABSTRACT As urban populations increase worldwide and more demands are placed on infrastructure and buildings, the topic of adaptable building design has experienced increased interest as a way to embed adaptability into the urban building stock and avoid unnecessary demolition and waste. Evaluation tools for judging building adaptability based on physical characteristics have recently been proposed. The most common approach for these tools is to use a weighted-sum of scores for different criteria. The primary purpose of this paper was to compare a weighted-sum measurement approach against a more rigorous, less abstract measurement that involved judgements about simulated adaptation projects (called an example-based approach). These measurements were performed through expert elicitation and an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) survey, where participants evaluated the relative adaptability of four case study buildings from the Clemson University campus. The results showed significant correlation between the weighted-sum approach and the example-based approach, supporting the reasonableness of using weighted-sum approaches to evaluate the adaptive potential of building designs. In addition, a separate group of experts rated adaptability of the case study buildings by providing qualitative reasons for their rankings. Unlike the other approaches, this group was not given a specific tool to guide their ratings. The qualitative data provided additional context for understanding results from the quantitative approaches.

scholarly journals Can Green Building Promote Pro-Environmental Behaviours? The Psychological Model and Design Strategy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohuan Xie ◽  
Shiyu Qin ◽  
Zhonghua Gou ◽  
Ming Yi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Walking Distance ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Resource Saving ◽  
Green Building Design ◽  
Personal Norms ◽  
Environmental Behaviours

A green building has a long lasting benefit through cultivating the occupants’ energy and resource-saving behaviours. To understand how green buildings can cultivate occupants’ pro-environment behaviours, the research applied the value–belief–norm model to investigate 17 pro-environmental behaviours which are related to a variety of green building design strategies. Two green and two non-green certified office buildings in the city of Shenzhen in China were surveyed, based on which structural equation modelling was established to confirm the relationship between personal values, environmental beliefs and norms that lead to pro-environment behaviours. Green and non-green building occupants showed significant differences in altruistic values, environmental awareness, personal norms, and pro-environmental behaviours. Green building users had more frequent pro-environmental behaviours than those in non-green buildings. The strategies that require fewer additional efforts were more likely to be adopted as pro-environmental behaviours, such as meeting daily needs within walking distance and adjusting sunshades, while the strategies that need extra physical efforts (taking stairs) or knowledge (garbage sorting) were less likely to be adopted as pro-environmental behaviours. This study pointed out important intervention opportunities and discussed the possible design implications for green building guidelines and programmes to cultivate green occupants and their corresponding pro-environmental behaviours.

scholarly journals Associations between Green Building Design Strategies and Community Health Resilience to Extreme Heat Events: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele Houghton ◽  
Carlos Castillo-Salgado
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Extreme Heat ◽  
Flow Diagram ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Green Building Design ◽  
Extreme Heat Events ◽  
Heat Events

This project examined evidence linking green building design strategies with the potential to enhance community resilience to extreme heat events. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method for a systematic review, it assessed the strength of the evidence supporting the potential for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) credit requirements to reduce the adverse effects of extreme heat events and/or enhance a building’s passive survivability (i.e., the ability to continue to function during utility outages) during those events. The PRISMA Flow Diagram resulted in the selection of 12 LEED for New Construction (LEED NC) credits for inclusion in the review. Following a preliminary scan of evidence supporting public health co-benefits of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, queries were submitted in PubMed using National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings Terms. Queries identified links between LEED credit requirements and risk of exposure to extreme heat, environmental determinants of health, co-benefits to public health outcomes, and co-benefits to built environment outcomes. Public health co-benefits included reducing the risk of vulnerability to heat stress and reducing heat-related morbidity and mortality. The results lay the groundwork for collaboration across the public health, civil society, climate change, and green building sectors.

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