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Ndërtesa Banesore ,,Villa Priview’’, Dienis Bytyçi 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Ndërtesa Banesore ,,Villa Priview’’, Dienis Bytyçi

Theses and Dissertations

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Projektimi I Objekteve Të Banimit-Villa, Rrahim Latifi 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Projektimi I Objekteve Të Banimit-Villa, Rrahim Latifi

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Ndërtesë Kulturore - Muzeu I Luftës, And Kërnja 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Ndërtesë Kulturore - Muzeu I Luftës, And Kërnja

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Objekt Banesorë-Afarist, Albert Mustafa 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Objekt Banesorë-Afarist, Albert Mustafa

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Ndërtesa Shoqërore: Shtëpi E Pleqëve, Ahmet Gashi 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Ndërtesa Shoqërore: Shtëpi E Pleqëve, Ahmet Gashi

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Ndertes Banimi-Villa-“Neta”, Agon Januzi 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Ndertes Banimi-Villa-“Neta”, Agon Januzi

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Objekt Banimi Vill Për V.I.P, Arben Lushi 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Objekt Banimi Vill Për V.I.P, Arben Lushi

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Prrojektimi I Ndertesave Ekonomike: Bank Afariste, Ardian Zymeri 2014 University for Business and Technology - UBT

Prrojektimi I Ndertesave Ekonomike: Bank Afariste, Ardian Zymeri

Theses and Dissertations

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Discussion Of The Contradictions Of The Contemporary Urban Landscape: The Case Of Caracas, Fabio Capra-Ribeiro 2014 Louisiana State University

Discussion Of The Contradictions Of The Contemporary Urban Landscape: The Case Of Caracas, Fabio Capra-Ribeiro

Faculty Publications

In the ongoing debate between seemingly conflicting conditions, the author contrasts several features of urban landscape to dig deeper into the understanding of the current Caracas. An interpretative process allows viewing the city from a daily perspective of joy and suffering. The process takes into account different scales of approach, the relationship between buildings and emptiness, and the role of green in the city. Gradually the carelessness of Caracas’s urban landscape becomes evident, fed by little attention to the small scale, the clustering of individualistic interventions and the neglect of the natural component. Final considerations will show the urban landscape …


Assessment Of Noise-Induced Annoyance By Tones In Noise From Building Mechanical Systems, Joonhee Lee, Lily M. Wang 2014 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Assessment Of Noise-Induced Annoyance By Tones In Noise From Building Mechanical Systems, Joonhee Lee, Lily M. Wang

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Prominent tones in noise generated by mechanical equipment in buildings can cause complaints from occupants in buildings. The ISO 1996-2 and ANSI S1.13 standards describe methodologies and metrics to quantify tonality perception, but the influence of tones in noise on human annoyance and performance is not fully understood yet. This paper investigates annoyance responses of humans while exposed to background noise with tonal components. Twenty participants completed digit span tasks while exposed to noise signals with differing levels of tones and overall loudness. Subjects were also asked to rate their annoyance after completing tasks under each noise signal. The subjective …


The Impact Of Building Acoustics On Speech Comprehension And Student Achievement, Lily M. Wang 2014 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

The Impact Of Building Acoustics On Speech Comprehension And Student Achievement, Lily M. Wang

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

The movement for improved classroom acoustics has primarily been grounded on studies that show how building acoustics (i.e. background noise levels and room reverberation) affect speech intelligibility, as determined by speech recognition tests. What about actual student learning, though? If students do not understand each spoken word in the classroom perfectly, can they still manage to achieve high scholastic success? This presentation will review two recent studies conducted at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, linking classroom acoustic conditions to student learning outcomes and speech comprehension (rather than simply recognition). In the first, acoustic measurements in two public school districts …


Effects Of Room Acoustics On Comprehension Of Foreign-Accented Speech By Native And Non-Native English-Speaking Listeners, Zhao Peng, Kristin E. Hanna, Brenna N. Boyd, Lily M. Wang 2014 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Effects Of Room Acoustics On Comprehension Of Foreign-Accented Speech By Native And Non-Native English-Speaking Listeners, Zhao Peng, Kristin E. Hanna, Brenna N. Boyd, Lily M. Wang

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

In a previous study by the authors, reverberation time (RT) and background noise level (BNL) were both found to have negative effects on native and non-native English-speaking listeners in comprehending English speech produced by native American-English-speaking talkers. Comprehension scores were adjusted for listeners’ baseline English proficiency levels. In the present study, instead of native English-speaking talkers, two native Mandarin Chinese talkers (one male, one female) with similar English spoken proficiency were recruited to produce the same speech materials used in the previous study. A similar methodology was adopted to conduct speech comprehension tests on three groups of listeners: 1) native …


Bs News November/December, 2014 Technological University Dublin

Bs News November/December

Building Services Engineering

No abstract provided.


Detroit Works Long-Term Planning Project: Engagement Strategies For Blending Community And Technical Expertise, Toni L. Griffin, Dan Cramer, Megan Powers 2014 CUNY City College

Detroit Works Long-Term Planning Project: Engagement Strategies For Blending Community And Technical Expertise, Toni L. Griffin, Dan Cramer, Megan Powers

Publications and Research

In January 2013, civic leaders, community stakeholders, and residents came together to release Detroit Future City: 2012 Detroit Strategic Framework Plan, a guiding blueprint for transforming Detroit from its current state of population loss and excessive vacancy into a model for the reinvention of post-industrial American cities. Three years prior, the U.S. Census had reported that the city had lost 24% of its population over the last decade and had experienced a 20% increase in vacant and abandoned property, bringing total vacancy to roughly the size of Manhattan. In addition to physical and economic challenges, Detroiters had also acknowledged significant …


The Lake View Cemetery: Photographs From Cleveland's Historic Landmark, Barney Taxel, Laura Taxel 2014 The University of Akron

The Lake View Cemetery: Photographs From Cleveland's Historic Landmark, Barney Taxel, Laura Taxel

University of Akron Press Publications

The Lake View Cemetery, founded in 1869, was modeled after the great garden cemeteries of Victorian England and France. Over 107,000 individuals are interred on the sprawling 285 acre expanse that is located four and one-half miles from Cleveland's Public Square. According to a Plain Dealer report in 1870, the cemetery was designed to combine all the attractive features that "nature and true art can produce" to harmonize nature's alphabet-"stone, earth, wood and water." The landscape was laid out with broad avenues and shady walks "near the fountains in view of many a rustic pile [edifice] and quiet grave and …


Ua66 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Newsletter, Cheryl Stevens, Dean 2014 Western Kentucky University

Ua66 Ogden College Of Science & Engineering Newsletter, Cheryl Stevens, Dean

Ogden College of Science & Engineering Publications

No abstract provided.


Arduino Microcontroller + Adaptive Architecture Responsive Illuminance Device, Portland State University. School of Architecture 2014 Portland State University

Arduino Microcontroller + Adaptive Architecture Responsive Illuminance Device, Portland State University. School Of Architecture

Research-Based Design Initiative

The project focused on light-responsive architecture.


Computational Fluid Dynamics For Early Stage Architectural Design, Russell Wisniewski, Corey T. Griffin, Mark Stroller, Lona Rerick, Erika Colvin, Jeanne Jameson, Stephen Colin 2014 Portland State University

Computational Fluid Dynamics For Early Stage Architectural Design, Russell Wisniewski, Corey T. Griffin, Mark Stroller, Lona Rerick, Erika Colvin, Jeanne Jameson, Stephen Colin

Research-Based Design Initiative

This project set out to evaluate the validity and usefulness of CFD within the contemporary Design Practice. Initially attempting to analyze a specifi c design it became clear a more general study was needed. Analyzing natural ventilation is an infi nitely complex process, to determine the level of simplication required for use involved breaking the natural process down and analyzing the pieces seperately and then together. By using this process it become clear how the process can be used by architecture fi rms within their design process.


Energy Use Intensity And Infrared Thermography As A Tool In Building Assessments, Carrie Dickson, Sean Newberry, Blake Reynolds 2014 Portland State University

Energy Use Intensity And Infrared Thermography As A Tool In Building Assessments, Carrie Dickson, Sean Newberry, Blake Reynolds

Research-Based Design Initiative

Understanding a building’s energy usage has become more important over recent years. The building sector uses nearly half of the energy produced in the United States. By identifying ways to reduce a building’s energy usage, it can have major impact on reduced carbon emissions.


Cross Laminated Timber Building Performance, Portland State University. School of Architecture 2014 Portland State University

Cross Laminated Timber Building Performance, Portland State University. School Of Architecture

Research-Based Design Initiative

Current standard construction techniques play an increasing role in greenhouse gas emissions, so the need for exploration into alternative methods are a requirement for future products and construction. 47% of the CO2 emissions delivered into our atmosphere are due to building construction and materials. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) and other varied wood products are an emerging, viable source of sustainable, alternative building methods. The presented body of research explains the benefits of utilizing CLT, and other wood products, by expressing their embodied energy calculations and how that is determined by a process known as “Cradle-to-Gate”.


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