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Structural Survey of Domestic Building

1985
This chapter is devoted to a description of the work involved and the details recorded in carrying out a structural survey of a dwelling house, accompanied by supporting explanatory notes for clarification and amplification. The procedure and sequence of operations follows the approach described in chapter 2.
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DAYLIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES IN NON-DOMESTIC BUILDINGS

International Journal of Solar Energy, 1994
Abstract Natural daylight is an inexpensive and very efficient light source provided that the amount of daylight entering a building is controlled according to demand. In commercial buildings electricity for lighting can be cut by 50-75% using daylighting design techniques in combination with efficient artificial lighting.
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Passive Solar Design In Non-Domestic Buildings

1984
The main purpose of the work reported here was to make a broad assessment of the potential contribution which passive solar design might make to the demand for energy in both new and existing non-domestic buildings in the UK. It was found that the basic definition of a passive solar system requires extending when applied to non-domestic buildings, in ...
I. P. Duncan, D. Hawkes
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THE NEST‐BUILDING BEHAVIOUR OF DOMESTICATED CANARIES

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1958
SUMMARY The nest‐building behaviour of domesticated canaries was studied. The principal activities, or groups of activities, studied were inspecting, gathering, carrying and sitting (building). The latter includes a number of stereotyped motor patterns functioning in shaping the cup. The nest‐site is selected by the female as or before building begins.
R. A. Hinde, L. Harrison Matthews
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Domestic building density estimates for network planning

Twenty-Second Domestic Use of Energy, 2014
Domestic building density estimates per living standards measure (LSM) in South Africa was needed to produce energy density estimates for network planning by means of the Eskom Geo Load Forecasting system (GLF). Building density estimates for domestic buildings was calculated by linking complex spatial data, using spatial filtering and algorithms to ...
J Booysen, M Dekenah, L Sethlogo
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Domestication—Including Animals in Building Virtue

2019
Abstract In this chapter, an alternative understanding of justice is provided, one that bears on indigenous views as connected closely with restoration of relationships. The case is also made for the virtues of compassion, wisdom, and justice to be essential in consideration of how individuals are related to each other in a multispecies ...
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Chapter Three: Domestic politics and state-building

Adelphi Series, 2011
As the international security forces prepare to depart from Afghanistan, this Adelphi turns attention to the ability of a ravaged country to tackle its myriad security problems, overcome crippling poverty and corruption and somehow revive its devastated economy.
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Domestic Capacities for Building Post-Conflict Peace

2008
The existing democratization and peacebuilding literature often neglects the important role the domestic realm plays in post-conflict peacebuilding. To explain why some post-conflict peacebuilding operations have a greater likelihood of success than others, some scholars have examined the impact of factors such as international coordination, external ...
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Predictability analysis of domestic hot water consumption with neural networks: From single units to large residential buildings

Energy, 2021
Louis Gosselin
exaly  

Economic viability of building integrated photovoltaics: A review of forty-five (45) non-domestic buildings in twelve (12) western countries

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021
Ron Wakefield
exaly