Selected Papers from Building A Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference / Lois Easton, Adrian Bennett, George Baird

• Autore: Easton Lois
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Housing; Building materials - Standards; Low-income housing; City planning
• Soggetto geografico: New Zealand; New Zealand Wellington
• Soggetto non controllato: productivity; housing needs; improving the performance of existing buildings; sustainability; building better cities and communities
• Persona (resp. second.): BennettAdrian; BairdGeorge
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- About the Guest Editors -- Introduction and Editorial to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the Building a Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference" -- ; Part I: Achieving Better Buildings -- Heater Choice, Dampness and Mould Growth in 26 New Zealand Homes: A Study of Propensity for Mold Growth Using Encapsulated Fungal Spores / ikael Boulic, Robyn Anne Phipps, Malcolm Cunningham, Donald John Cleland, Pär Fjällström, Keiko Abe and Philippa Howden-Chapman -- Impacts of an Innovative Residential Construction Method on Internal Conditions / Roger Birchmore, Andy Pivac and Robert Tait -- Modern Housing Retrofit: Assessment of Upgrade Packages to EnerPHit Standard for 1940–1960 State Houses in Auckland / Paola Leardini and Manfredo Manfredini -- Measuring the Weathertight Performance of Flashings / Mark Bassett and Greg Overton -- Comparison of NZ’s Energy Efficiency Regulation and Verification Assumptions to Real Building Loads and Operation / Shaan Cory, Michael Donn and Andrew Pollard -- ; Part II: Productivity -- Marginal Productivity Gained Through Prefabrication: Case Studies of Building Projects in Auckland / Wajiha Shahzad, Jasper Mbachu and Niluka Domingo -- Building Information Modelling for Smart Built Environments / Jianchao Zhang, Boon-Chong Seet and Tek Tjing Lie -- Driving Innovative Thinking in the New Zealand Construction Industry / Mohammadali Noktehdan, Mehdi Shahbazpour and Suzanne Wilkinson -- A Production Model for Construction: A Theoretical Framework / Ricardo Antunes and Vicente Gonzalez -- ; Part III: Urban Issues -- Understanding the Importance of Urban Amenities: A Case Study from Auckland / Natalie Allen -- Aiming for a Better Public Realm: Gauging the Effectiveness of Design Control Methods in Wellington, New Zealand / Morten Gjerde and Brenda Vale -- A Framework of Thermal Sensitive Urban Design Benchmarks: Potentiating the Longevity of Auckland’s Public Realm / Andre Santos Nouri.
• Sommario/riassunto: Selected Papers from Building A Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference
• Titolo autorizzato: Selected Papers from Building A Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference
• ISBN: 9783038420965; 9783038420958; 3038420956
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910688213703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II