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Designing and Building an Energy Efficient Home

range (Passive). The "building envelope" is a term that is used to denote how the roof, walls, windows, floors and internal walls ...

Building Energy Efficient Homes

How did the society come to a place people are seriously concerned about the environment? After all, humans have a long history. I...

Environmental and Cost Effectiveness of Energy Efficient Homes

In eleven pages energy efficient homes are examined in terms of various types that are the most environmentally friendly and cost ...

The Performance Gap

The writer looks at the performance gap in the context of energy usage and sustainability. The gap between the design and expected...

Geothermal Energy

the footprint we leave on the world. Geothermal energy is made possible because of the heat differential that exists betwee...

Overview of Home Energy Production Issue

could equal out. More importantly, though, the use of this type of equipment would have a marked impact on the overall dependence...

Architecture of a Hawaiian Home for an Irish Japanese Family

human being and the human beings relationship to both community and structure. Sissons (1998) explains that in many circumstances ...

Alternative Construction Materials for Homes

In nine pages this research paper focuses on unusual home construction building materials that promote energy efficiency such as r...

Options in Green Building

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED is one option in accomplishing a green building initiative. There are three so...

Expansion of a Healthcare Facility

facility is a healthcare facility it is highly likely that these aspects will already be seen as an essential part of the design. ...

PDAs as a Home Nursing Boon

In a research paper consisting of nine pages the ways in which personal digital assistance can be used as home nursing support are...

Environmental and Energy Tax Provisions

the fact that a "tax credit reduces tax dollar-for-dollar," while a deduction "only removes a percentage of the tax that is owed" ...

Energy Crisis

send oil prices soaring to unprecedented levels" (Leeb and Strathy, 2006, p. 19). The end results may well be the end of civiliza...

Chinese Energy Needs and Supply

From this it is possible to see China will not be alone with increasing energy needs, but the pace of that...

The Concept of an Efficient Market

of evidence for investment managers and investors gaining consistent above average profits, there is evidence that abnormal return...

Architect Raymond Hood's Works

In five pages the New York City Skyline, Rockefeller Center, and the American Radiator Building are among the buildings which show...

Design Philosophies Architects Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei

been considered a disciple of Walter Gropius, due to his reliance on abstract form and materials, such as stone, concrete, glass a...

Reliability and Validity in Research

the recession it is important to look at the shopping process and how customers patterns of purchases are taking place and changi...

Bauhaus and Architectural Design

but remains a symbol of modernism. When consider the term modern, until recently the use of the term modern, and the associated m...

Current Major Influences on Design and Architecture

designing of building, but in realty it is much broader than this, in addition to the need for creative knowledge and the practica...

Raising Capital For Renewable Energy Investments

In order to consider this difficulty the first stage is to consider the concept of project finance. Project finance is a structure...

Research into Real Estate Agent Services

in addition to the basic property details (locations, bedrooms, facilities, construction etc)? ___________________________________...

Considerations in Energy

than non-renewable energy. Renewable energy sources can take a variety of forms but ethanol, alcohol produced from plants is one ...

Two Economics Questions

more due in 2012 (ConEdison, 2012). This information was found out by looking at the firms web site and reading their annual repor...

The Problem of Energy Security

The writer looks at the concept and problems associated with energy security. The influences including but not limited potential d...

Green Buildings and Sustainable Design

The built environment has a significant impact on general ecological environment, causing damage and pollution with the construct...

Examination an Energy Diet Product Supplement

In five pages this paper considers the GNC energy supplement product Energy Fuel® in terms of its marketing as a fitness packa...

Need for Energy Alternatives

In ten pages the necessity for making the transition to an energy source that is sustainable is considered in this overview....

Energy: Electricity

involves the fact that energy contained in one place will ultimately disperse outward. As one author notes, "Energy spontaneously ...

Making Hospitals Eco-Friendly

2008). The hospital eventually spend over $1 million to change packaging to non-petroleum based materials and to make the facility...