Browsing College of Engineering & Architecture by Subject "Sustainability"

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Integrated modeling agenda for sustainable communities via reconfigurability

Laefer, Debra F. ; O'Brien, William J. ; Steiner, Ruth Lorraine (American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), 2004)

Sustainability in the construction industry can only be achieved through a radical rethinking of building construction and reuse. This paper outlines the problems and offers innovative solutions that embrace technological ...
A Methodology to Develop Judgment Skills in Sustainable Architectural Education

Kenny, Paul ; Brophy, Vivienne (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 2011-10-18)

Students of sustainability, in particular architectural students, are faced with a vast body of published work that forms an important part of their reference library. The idea of the precedent study is, traditionally, ...
Urban drainage in Ireland - embracing sustainable systems

O'Sullivan, J. J. ; Bruen, Michael ; Purcell, Patrick J. ; Gebre, F. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-06)

The current approach to stormwater management in Ireland requires that outflows from new developments are restricted to greenfield values that would have occurred prior to development. This typically involved the use of ...