... was developed to assess buildings’ performance in providing NEAT-promoting opportunities through building design features and management, in relation to building users’ propensity for NEAT behaviours. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual model was developed by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers...

... processes of buildings and ships, identifies differences, too (Knotten et al., 2016). In regard to building design, the design team and the construction team are rarely from the same company. In regard to ship design, the design team and the construction team are often from the same company...

...Pan Lee; Edwin H.W. Chan; Queena K. Qian; Patrick T.I. Lam Purpose Design teams have difficulties in assessing building carbon emissions at an early stage, as most building energy simulation tools require a detailed input of building design for estimation. The purpose of this paper is to develop...

... to ensure the use of operational knowledge in building design. Hereafter, the paper presents, analyses and discusses two studies: a case study of current practices at a university campus organisation and a survey of five swimming facilities. All cases are from Denmark. Findings In all, 31 initiatives...

...Lee H. Fisher; David John Edwards; Erika Anneli Pärn; Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact that building design has upon the quality of life for residents of a care home who have dementia. To present a balanced perspective, carers within the care home also...

... risk-ranking table was devised to prioritise risks (see Table I). © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Fire safety Building design Structural engineering Internal environment The British Museum Queen Elizabeth II Great Court Project Fire Engineering: enabling effective design...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Health and safety Building design Legislation Designer duties made clear in new CDM regulations Keywords: Health and safety, Building design, Legislation New regulations which came into force recently will clarify that designers do have...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Awards Cleaning industry Building design Costs The 1999/2000 Building Cleanability Awards Keywords: Awards, Cleaning industry, Building design, Costs A number of commercial buildings in the London area have just received a rather...

...Rod Webb The big "If only's" of building design At Dexion, we often find ourselves in an "If only" position with our customers, where we are faced with a fait accompli in the shape of the empty shed of an already-built warehouse which now needs to be fitted in the optimum way...

... costs, value engineering methodology, and considers the issues of the composition of the value engineering team and problem solving. Concludes that value engineering offers a fundamentally different approach to cost control during the design stage. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Building design...