Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………….1 I. Improving Energy Efficiency…………………………1 II. Environmental Benefits of Building Green………..9 III. Social Benefits………………………………………..12 IV. LEED Certification…………………………………...12 Conclusion……………………………………………….15 Work Cited……………………………………………….16 Figure 1…………………………………………………... 3 Figure 2…………………………………………………....5 Figure 3…………………………………………………....5 Figure 4…………………………………………………....6 Figure 5…………………………………………………....7 Figure 6…………………………………………………
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pruh-jekt]- a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product‚ service‚ or result. The construction of the Hoover Dam is an example of a project. It is considered a project because it was a temporary endeavor and it had to go through the five stages of a project. There was an initiation phase. This phase defines the needs and of the project. The Hoover Dam construction project was initiated due to the flooding of the salt mines in the area. By damming the Colorado River‚ flooding could
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Elopement goes with a huge price I could still recall that when I was still a little child I would always admire the hero and heroine eloping together from their unreasoning families. I was filled with the admiration for their bravery to challenge the social ideas and defend their romantic love. Such stories always end up with”They lived happily together ever after” in my naïve mind. However‚ after reading My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather and Shangshi by Lu Xun‚ I started to reflect on the real sense
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Vol. I – Intelligent Buildings - Show-Ling Wen‚ Chiang-Pi Hsiao‚ Ching-Tzu Chen INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS Show-Ling Wen Department of Architecture and Urban Design‚ Chinese Culture University‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan Chiang-Pi Hsiao Architecture and Building Research Institute (ABRI)‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan Ching-Tzu Chen College of Environmental Design‚ Chinese Culture University‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan U SA NE M SC PL O E– C EO H AP LS TE S R S Keywords: intelligent building‚ design specifications
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DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY BLDG 501 ASSIGNMENT BY MOHAMMED O. MUBARAK U05BD1041 2010 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY 2010 Q1-CONCEPT OF GREEN BUILDING/ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUILDINGS G reen Building is a holistic approach to programming planning‚ designing‚ and constructing (or renovating) buildings and sites. Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes
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Environmental protection and economic development have become enemies in recent years. We all know that both of them are important. But we often can’t strike a balance between them. Some people hold the belief that economic development should never be at the cost of the environment‚ whereas many others are of the opinion that economic development is the most important‚ no matter how much it costs. As far as I am concerned‚ environmental protection is much more important than economic development
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The Three Gorges Dam: Enviornmentally Ruining China? Source: http://faculty.washington.edu/nemati/3gorges/ By: Jonathan Folsom World Issues April 22nd‚ 2014 Introduction/Background In the aftermath of Mao Zedong‚ China was viewed as a powerless and developing nation. In 2009‚ the Chinese executed the record-breaking world’s largest engineering and hydropower project on the Yangtze River.1 This 23 billion (US) dollar project is known as the Three Gorges Dam.2 The dam stands at 607 feet
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human induced factors may act together to create a hazard‚ sites Dilley et al‚ (2005). For example‚ earthquakes are normally considered to be natural hazards‚ but they can also be triggered by mining activities or the impoundment of large dams. A landslide can be caused by a combination of heavy rains‚ light earth tremors‚ and deforestation. A ‘disaster’ has been defined by Dilley et al.‚(2005) as an event that causes serious disruption‚ leading to widespread human‚ material‚ or economic losses beyond
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The hoover dam wasbeen plannedplanded to be builtd for years to stop floods from the river.The Hhoover Ddam is one of America’s greatest civil engineering marvels. John L. Savage the engineer who supervised the design of the Hhoover Ddam and many other dams in the Uunited Sstates.The Hhoover Ddam It was originally known as Boulder Dam but was renamed in 1947 in honor of Herbert Hoover who was U.S. secretary of commerce and the 31st U.S. president proved instrumental in getting the dam built. The
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com/locate/postcomstud Resettlement for China’s Three Gorges Dam: socio-economic impact and institutional tensions Sukhan Jackson b a‚* ‚ Adrian Sleigh b a Department of Economics‚ University of Queensland‚ St Lucia‚ Queensland 4072‚ Australia Australian Center for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition‚ Medical School‚ University of Queensland‚ Herston‚ Queensland 4006‚ Australia Abstract Large dams have been an important component of infrastructure development in
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