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BOOK> BIM IN SMALL SCALE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Francoise Levy

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A booklet providing a useful guide to small- and medium-sized firms that a commitment to undertake a transition to a Green BIM

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BOOK> GREEN AND SMART BUILDINGS. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS [excerpt]

Nilesh Y. Jadhav

An excerpt concerning BIM applied to energy simulation and Passive Design Strategies.

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GUIDE> DESIGN ENERGY SIMULATION FOR ARCHITECTS.

Kjell Anderson

A guide to an in-house energy design simulation to help make more sustainable design decisions.

Written by a practicing in the LMN Architects -Seattle, Washington, USA this software-agnostic book shows environmental aspects influencing architectures and how to approach them with smart tools. Examples are related to shading, daylighting, airflow and energy modeling applied in the early decision phase.

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BOOK> SITE ANALYSIS. A CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE LAND PLANNING AND SITE DESIGN

James A. La Gro Jr.

A book focused on site planning process and the organization, analysis, and communication of information throughout the process. Tools, techniques and methods are widely explained with examples covering visual of spatial information; site inventory, analysis and selection; programming, design and project implementation,

BOOK> HIGH PERFOMANCE SCHOOL. BEST PRACTICES MANUAL 

James A. La Gro Jr.

MAGAZINE ISSUE> CLADDING, HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY 

Irene Paoletti et alii

A collection of articles on evolution, role and technological devices of cladding. Different paradigmatic architectures from history to the Contemporary  are analyzed showing passive approach and high energy solutions.

REPORT> BEST PRACTICE FOR DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE

Wolfang Streicher (ed.)

The first report of a European research concerning the state of art of double skins facades. The report contains analysis on architectural aspects,  case studies, technical descriptions, and standard protocols of information based on selected case studies.

FILESTACK> SMART & GREEN FROM RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURES

A selection of resources collected and accessible  in Ridolfi’s ISSUU Stack