LIGHT AND ARCHITECTURE CÉSAR PORTELA Architect There is no need to define what natural light is‚ but we do need to remember that this light allows us to define what is around us‚ by day and night: the changing perception of the things or the bodies on which it impacts‚ and the space that contains them. Light‚ or absence of light‚ can also transform this space in each season‚ each day of the year‚ each hour of the day‚ each moment. With regard to Architecture‚ What is Architecture? Lao-Tse said
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LED Lighting Business Case Study – Raleigh‚ NC Convention Center Underground Parking Deck (Raleigh‚ NC) The City of Raleigh‚ NC was building a new downtown convention center as part of a downtown revitalization plan. The City had an objective to implement many elements of sustainable design in the design and construction of this new complex. The construction project included a new three-level underground parking deck serving the convention center as well as a new hotel across the street from the
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ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING lecture notes Dr. Habil. András Majoros Figures‚ images and tables by Levente Filetóth Budapest University of Technology and Economics Faculty of Architecture Department of Building Energetics and Services www.egt.bme.hu 2011. Prof. András Majoros: Artificial Lighting – www.egt.bme.hu 1. LIGHTING AND THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT THE COMPONENTS OF THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT The goal of lighting is to make the environment visible‚ the visual environment is a visible environment. The
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The Dim Lighting Company Case Analysis Mgt 311 May 14‚ 2013 Abstract Dim Lighting Company is a subsidiary of a major producer of electrical products. They are in a dilemma with either going ahead with a new product or update the equipment they have now. At the board meeting Mr. Spinks presents his case to go forth with the new idea of micro-miniaturization of lighting source. But after Ms. Preston‚ the accountant‚ and Mr. Boswell‚ the production manager‚ spoke a heated debate started between
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Cost Leadership By definition‚ a cost leadership strategy involves placing great emphasis on efficiency in all organizational activities in order to reduce the overall costs of products delivered to customers. Low cost leadership strategy will work effectively when the organization can provide products/services at a lower cost than the competition. The followings are the realms that we identified as factors for IKEA’s pursuit for “Cost-Leadership” 1. Mail-Order Service‚ Distribution of Catalogue
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10. The current technology‚ x-ray fluoroscopy‚ is embedded in several products of Philips Healthcare. For example the MultiDiagnost Eleva or the Juno DRF (http://www.healthcare.philips.com/us_en/products/xray/products/fluoroscopy/psg_diagnostics_index.wpd‚ 2012). In these products the current technology plays a very important part. In fact‚ it is the centre part of where the rest of the product is built around. The production process of these products is arranged so that the current technology is
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CESD LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ONLINE ACCESS An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Computer and Engineering Studies Department Bicol University Polangui Campus Polangui‚ Albay In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Peñaredondo‚ Macjoy Y. Broqueza‚ Hardy N. Ante‚ Paul Kent B. Pinto‚ Jeffrey M. Nabia‚ Ryan O. 2014 CHAPTER 1 The Problem Introduction
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Assignment 2: Case Study: Calgary Oil Shale Technologies‚ Inc. (COST) 1.0 Introduction: the back ground of the COST‚ Inc. The Calgary Oil Shale Technologies‚ Inc. (COST)‚ which is a subsidiary company of an international oilfield services company. The subsidiary company aims to supplying the technology and managing the data which is to optimize the recovery of the oil from oil shale formation in Alberta‚ Colorado‚ and Utah. COST Company could distinguish oil-bearing rock layers which could help
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TYPES OF COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES Apple Inc. Cost Leadership Strategy Cost leadership strategy has been highly adopted by Apple Inc in its endeavors of ensuring competitiveness and success in the technology industry. The company’s management has been able to draw policies and strategies that are aimed at ensuring that the company is the lowest cost producer and distributor. • By lowering the cost of production and management‚ Apple Inc has been given golden opportunities on determining prices
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The Lighting Thief By: Rick Riordan This book is about a young boy who learns that he has superpowers and is destined to be a hero enters a new school where he makes fast friends with a brainy girl and a geeky boy‚ makes fast enemies with an entire section of the school‚ and excels at their unique sport. No‚ I’m not talking about Harry Potter. The hero in question is Percy Jackson‚ who may not have a lightning scar‚ but does set out on a quest to
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