Journal The Rookery Building One of my favorite buildings in Chicago is the Rookery Building‚ which was built in 1888 by Daniel Burnham and John Root on the South-East corner of LaSalle and Adams streets. Eleven stories tall and 181 feet high‚ it is the oldest high rise building still standing in Chicago. The building is commonly called the “Rookery” because of the crows and pigeons that roosted in the roof and walls of the temporary city hall that previously stood at that site and the corrupt
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If I were building a house on Mars it would be... If I were to build a house on Mars it would be a house like the Martians built except‚ it would have American style appliances. The house would be on a hill‚ so I could look over the country side without interference from trees and plants. Another option would be to have the house right by a lake so I could build a miniature theme park in it. There would be a ride that I would have around two G’s worth of force applied on me as I twist through
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Homes ® IGBC Green Homes Rating System Ver 1.0 Abridged Reference Guide April 2009 Confederation of Indian Industry CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre Copyright Copyright © 2008 by the Indian Green Building Council. All rights reserved. The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) authorises you to view the IGBC Green Homes Version 1.0 Abridged Reference Guide for your individual use. You agree not to sell or modify the IGBC Green Homes Reference Guide or to reproduce‚ display or
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WHAT IS SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS)? Throughout human civilization‚ humans have been determined to create indoor environments which get us out of the natural elements and protect us from sickness and other hazards. We have created buildings which do just this by creating building envelopes which mechanically‚ or less commonly naturally‚ take in outdoor air. Unfortunately through this practice‚ instead of the buildings getting us away from sickness‚ the buildings it seems may be causing sickness
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Business Inc.) DATE: November 17‚ 2006 SUBJECT: Green Building Benefits INTRODUCTION There is a problem with the buildings created today because they are not environmentally-friendly. The solution to this problem is green buildings. Green building is the term used to describe the selection of environmentally-friendly building materials‚ as well as an environmentally-conscious building design. There are many kinds of available building materials on the market today that are less-toxic‚ create
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commercial buildings in the city are healthy and safe. As part of these efforts‚ they have implemented some new energy-efficiency standards in an effort to help improve the city as a whole. Take a look at some of these groundbreaking efforts. New Building Codes The City of Denver has recently adopted some new building codes that were initiated by the International Code Council (ICC). These codes are designed to make buildings safer and more energy-efficient. They will affect both new buildings as well
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project. 17 4. Software‚ GUI‚ and communication protocols. 25 5. Drawbacks of the overall system. 25 6. Discussion. 25 BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM PROJECT- ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF TRELLEBORG LANKA (PVT) LTD 1.0 PROJECT DETAILS A Building Management System (BMS) is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building’s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation‚ lighting‚ power systems‚ fire systems‚ and security
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Critical Feedback Systems for BAS………….…………………….75 4.4. Building Energy Ratings…….……………………………………………81 Introduction: Welcome back‚ the following document will complement this year’s module content and hopefully provide relevant information for you in the future. Following the same format from last year’s notes this document again contains many extra documents and links which will guide you to a successful completion of Building Automation 3. This semester we will concentrate on the
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believe that team-building activities such as mountain climbing increase productivity? Why or why not? What other factors might be responsible for increases in profitability following a corporate retreat? I believe that team-building activities such as mountain climbing or trust-building exercises can motivate employees to increase their productivity as a whole. The reason is that colleagues can build trust‚ promote communications‚ and alleviate workplace conflicts through team-building activities
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Effective Team Building DREUser 5/1/2014 In today’s work environment‚ building teams and working as a team is important as organizations are increasingly becoming more and more virtually based. In the business world‚ it takes managers and employees to run a corporation‚ but it as a team they need to often work together for a common goal to plan‚ organize‚ lead and control. These organizations have learned to enable employees and establish teams to solve problems‚ develop plans‚ and make
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