WHY GREEN BUILDINGS ARE IMPORTANT TODAY ? I Introduction Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle: from siting to design‚ construction‚ operation‚ maintenance‚ renovation‚ and demolition. This practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy‚ utility‚ durability‚ and
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The Seagram Building is prime example of the international style of design in the 20th century. The building is a true landmark of the city having an open plaza at the base of the building with high ceilings‚ floor to ceiling tinted windows and bronze mullions. Its imperious design‚ set in a plaza with fountain‚ was imitated many times and became an icon of North American corporate design. Mies is known as the father of the steel and glass structure. Mies designed many buildings during his life however
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Introduction Building effective‚ cohesive teams has never played such a pivotal role in a company’s success as it does today. As the economy recovers‚ many organizations are working with newly formed groups and teams as a result of corporate downsizings‚ mergers and restructurings. Other organizations throughout the world have deliberately adopted team-based work structures to meet their business objectives. Many models of the organization of the future are premised on teams surpassing individuals
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Sustainable building" is the design and construction of buildings using methods and materials that are resource efficient and that will not compromise the health of the environment or the associated health and well-being of the building’s occupants‚ construction workers‚ the general public‚ or future generations. Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient
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group assignment NO: 2 presentation topic: team building SECTION: a course: effective training SUBMITTED BY: aqifa WARIS L1F09BBAM2239 SALMAN ASIF L1S09BBAM2053 FAHAD TARIQ BUKHARI L1S09BBAM0002 SUBMITTED TO: prof. US RANA Team building Team building refers to a process of developing team work. It brings together different groups who work for a common goal. Team building refers when individuals with a common taste come together on a common platform to achieve a predefined
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belong is to understand the tacit codes of the people you live with”‚ meaning that in order to be suitably linked to a specific crowd‚ you must understand their implicit codes and know to abide by them. Although some believe these tacit codes cease to exist among groups‚ I feel as though they have been implanted into every group within our society no matter what its size or purpose is. For example‚ one of the tacit codes I know far better than any other is girl code. Not all girls understand the
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1 (Page 1) 1.1 Team building definition. (Page 1) 1.2 Reasons why people don’t believe in team building. (Page 2) 1.3Motivation for team building. (Page 2) 1.4 Benefits from team building.
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Introduction I. In preparing for this speech I decided to choose something related to my field of study. After searching through several journals I came across one titled: Sustainable Buildings‚ Applying Prevention Through Design. A. The journal article was published by Professional Safety. Jun2013‚ Vol. 58 Issue 6‚ p76-80. 5p. B. This article was contributed to by three authors: Mohammed Albattah‚ a graduate student from the University of Colorado at Boulder who is a LEED Green Associate
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A BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR A 3-STOREY BUILDING ABSTRACT This paper discusses the structure and features of the modern day Building automation system (BAS). Building automation describes the functionality provided by the control system of a building. The control system is a computerized‚ intelligent network of electronic device designed to perform the maintenance of the mechanical systems in a building. The field technology used in this is a distributed control system with Lonworks technology
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INTRODUCTION: Capacity building and Community Development models to formulate programs and projects that is not only sustainable but can also benefit the community in the long term with self-reliance and make a positive difference in community. There are different social and political ideologies and perspectives of community development‚ these ideologies and perspectives make different assumptions of how society functions and the need and level of interventions in the society (Ife‚ 1995‚ p 119)
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