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Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

This book presents a methodology for the design construction monitoring optimization and post-occupancy evaluation of net-zero and positive-energy communities based on the experiences gained in the EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project. It describes the steps tools and methods developed during the project providing practical information for the energy and construction sector that will be of interest to students engineers architects developers and professionals working around high performance architecture and sustainable communities. Through the ZERO-PLUS project a consortium of 32 partners from eight countries including academic institutions technology providers architects and construction companies designed four communities covering completely different geo-climatic regions construction practices and cultural backgrounds in Cyprus Italy France and the UK. The communities were designed optimized constructed monitored handed over to tenants post-occupancy evaluated and troubleshooted through a system of continuous collaboration and data acquisition. This book presents these case studies and shows how the project targets of reducing electricity consumption below 20 kWh/m2/y increasing electricity production from Renewable Energy Systems to over 50 kWh/m2/y and at cheaper costs when compared to current zero-energy buildings were reached and surpassed. These cases demonstrate that a holistic and interactive approach to design and construction can bring communities a high standard of sustainability. The key features of the book include: Practical guidance drawn from the interdisciplinary international and remote cooperation between experts from academia and industry across the construction sector A survey of the state-of-the-art on net-zero and positive-energy communities including the experience and the lessons learned from previous projects and from the ZERO-PLUS project Descriptions of novel emerging renewable energy technologies integrated into real case study communities to achieve the energy generation target of the communities A comprehensive set of approaches tools guidelines best practices challenges and lessons learned from the five-year ZERO-PLUS project and the completion of four residential case studies to inform the reader of how to achieve affordable net-zero energy communities Four typologies of residential communities located in different climatic conditions are presented touching on the critical aspects of the design construction monitoring and occupancy phase A discussion of future trends for developing communities that are more liveable accessible and sustainable and which can comply with new energy policies in a way that is affordable for the owners and residents. | Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

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Designing Zero Carbon Buildings Using Dynamic Simulation Methods

The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice Established and Emerging Trends

The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice Established and Emerging Trends

The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice provides an overview of established and emerging trends in architecture practice. Contributions of the latest research from international experts examine external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture. Each chapter contains up-to-date and relevant information about select aspects of architecture and the changes this information will have on the future of the profession. The Companion contains thirty-five chapters divided into seven parts: Theoretical Stances Technology Sustainability Behavorism Urbanism Professional Practice and Society. Topics include: Evidence-Based Design Performativity Designing for Net Zero Energy The Substance of Light in Design Social Equity and Ethics for Sustainable Architecture Universal Design Design Psychology Architecture Branding and the Politics of Identity The Role of BIM in Green Architecture Public Health and the Design Process Affordable Housing Disaster Preparation and Mitigation Diversity and many more. Each chapter follows the running theme of examining external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture in order to uncover the evolving theoretical tenets of what constitutes today’s architectural profession and the tools that will be required of the future architect. This book considers architecture’s interdisciplinary nature and addresses its current and evolving perspectives related to social economic environmental technological and globalization trends. These challenges are central to the future direction of architecture and as such this Companion will serve as an invaluable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students existing practitioners and future architects. | The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice Established and Emerging Trends

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Automated Lighting The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights

Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry Principles of Sustainable Operations

Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change

Reaffirming Juvenile Justice From Gault to Montgomery

Global Organized Crime A 21st Century Approach

Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction

Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction

Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction is the most wide-ranging textbook on genocide yet published. Designed as a text for undergraduate and graduate students from a range of disciplines it will also appeal to non-specialists and general readers. Fully updated to reflect the latest thinking in this rapidly developing field this unique book: Provides an introduction to genocide as both a historical phenomenon and an analytical-legal concept including the concept of genocidal intent and the dynamism and contingency of genocidal processes. Discusses the role of state-building imperialism war and social revolution in fueling genocide. Supplies a wide range of full-length case studies of genocides worldwide each with a supplementary study. Explores perspectives on genocide from the social sciences including psychology sociology anthropology political science/international relations and gender studies. Considers the future of genocide with attention to historical memory and genocide denial; initiatives for truth justice and redress; and strategies of intervention and prevention. Highlights of the new edition include: New case studies of the Uyghur genocide in the People’s Republic of China the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and Muslims in India. The historical and archaeological legacy of genocide. New and vivid testimonies of survivors and witnesses to genocide. This significantly revised fourth edition will remain an indispensable text for new generations of genocide study and scholarship. An accompanying website (www. genocidetext. net) features a selection of supplementary materials teaching aids and Internet resources. | Genocide A Comprehensive Introduction

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Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting

Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting

As economic crimes continue to increase accountants and law enforcement personnel must be vigilant in expanding their knowledge of ways to detect these clandestine operations. Written by a retired IRS agent with more than twenty years of experience Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting Third Edition offers a complete examination of the current methods and legal considerations involved in the detection and prosecution of economic crimes. Explores a range of crimes Following an overview of the economic cost of crime the book examines different types of offenses with a financial element ranging from arson to tax evasion. It explores offshore activities and the means criminals use to hide their ill-gotten gains. The author provides a thorough review of evidentiary rules as well as the protocol involved in search warrants. He examines the two modalities used to prove financial crime: the Net Worth Method and the Expenditure Theory and presents an example scenario based on real-life incidents. Organized crime and consumer fraud Additional topics include organized crime and money laundering — with profiles of the most nefarious cartels — consumer and business fraud and the different schemes that befall the unwary computer crimes and issues surrounding banking and finance. The book also presents focused and concrete advice on trial preparation and specific accounting and audit techniques. New chapters in the third edition New material enhances this third edition including new chapters on investigative interview analysis and document examination as well as advice for fraud examiners working on private cases including the preparation of an engagement letter.

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Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport

Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport

Doping has become one of the most important and high-profile issues in contemporary sport. Shocking cases such as that of Lance Armstrong and the US Postal cycling team have exposed the complicated relationships between athletes teams physicians sports governing bodies drugs providers and judicial systems all locked in a constant struggle for competitive advantage. The Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport is simply the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of social scientific research on this hugely important issue ever to be published. It presents an overview of key topics problems ideas concepts and cases across seven thematic sections which include chapters addressing: The history of doping in sport Philosophical approaches to understanding doping The development of anti-doping policy Studies of doping in seven major sports including athletics cycling baseball and soccer In-depth analysis of four of the most prominent doping scandals in history namely Ben Johnson institutionalized doping in the former GDR the 1998 Tour de France and Lance Armstrong WADA and the national anti-doping organizations Key contemporary debates around strict liability the criminalization of doping and zero tolerance versus harm reduction Doping outside of elite sport in gyms the military and the police. With contributions from many of the world’s leading researchers into drugs and sport this book is the perfect starting point for any advanced student researcher policy maker coach or administrator looking to develop their understanding of an issue that has had and will continue to have a profound impact on the development of sport.

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Planning in the USA Policies Issues and Processes

Planning in the USA Policies Issues and Processes

Extensively revised and updated Planning in the USA fifth edition continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies theory and practice of planning. Outlining land use urban planning and environmental protection policies this fully illustrated book explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues are identified defined and approached. The new edition incorporates new planning legislation and regulations at the state and federal layers of government and examples of local ordinances in a variety of planning areas. New material includes discussions of • education and equity in planning; • the City Beautiful Movement; • Daniel Burnham’s plan for Chicago; • segregation; • Knick v. Township of Scott; • reforming single-family zoning and regulatory challenges in zoning and land use; • Daniel Parolek’s ‘Missing Middle Housing’; • climate change mitigation adaptation and resiliency; • the drinking water crisis in Flint Michigan; • sharing programs for cars bicycles and scooters; • hybrid electric and autonomous vehicles; • Vision Zero; • COVID-19 relief for housing; • Innovation Districts Promise Zones and Opportunity Zones; • the sharing gig and creative economies; • scenic views and vistas monuments statues and remembering the past; and • healthy cities Health Impact Assessment and active living. This detailed account of urbanization in the United States reveals the problematic nature and limitations of the planning process the fallibility of experts and the difficulties facing policy-makers in their search for solutions. Planning in the USA fifth edition is an essential book for students of urban planning urban politics environmental geography and environment politics. It will be a valuable resource for planners and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary urban and environmental problems. | Planning in the USA Policies Issues and Processes

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