Browsing by Subject "Architecture and energy conservation"

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    A Solar Townhouse Complex
    (Texas Tech University, 1975-05) Renfroe, Tom
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    Earth integrated housing: an educational program
    (Texas Tech University, 1979-05) Ireland, Carrie Huffman
    The purposes of the study were (1) to develop a presentation on earth integrated housing, including slides and a script to accompany the slides; (2) to record an audio tape of the script; (3) to design a brochure on earth integrated housing; (4) to develop, validate, and determine the reliability of a four-part instrument dealing with earth integrated housing for the collection of data from participants; (5) to present a program on earth integrated housing to a sample of intact groups; (6) to determine which of the four methods of information dissemi nation used resulted in significantly higher attitude and cognitive postassessment scores for earth integrated housing; and (7) to determine whether significant changes in knowledge of and attitudes toward earth integrated housing occurred as a result of slide presentations on earth integrated housing.
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    [Solar energy residence]
    (Texas Tech University, 1976-12) Dawson, Hank
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    Tools for evaluating the financial value of energy efficient alternatives in architecture
    (Texas Tech University, 1993-05) Akinwunmi, Oluseun A.
    Financial investment analysis models can be applied to determine the financial value of energy-efficient alternative architecture designs. The application of energy-efficient alternatives in architecture is important, because it helps in the conservation of energy in buildings. "Buildings are known to consume one-third of the total United States energy- use" (Griffin, 1974 p. 5) and at the time when the building industry is faced with the continuous increase in the cost of energy. This is why architects need to start realizing the importance of these energy-efficient alternatives and their associated benefits. Architects will be required to make design decisions regarding the effective utilization of these energyefficient alternatives in architecture. Before making such design decisions, the architect must be able to identify and evaluate the unrealized financial value of these energy-efficient alternatives as they relate to energy conscious designs and translate their associated benefits (energy-cost savings) as value in the overall design.
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    What is the impact of a soft energy value system on an architectural design?
    (Texas Tech University, 1993-12) McCuish, Daniel Robert
    As the title suggests, this thesis examines the impact of a soft energy value system on a particular architectural design. Soft energy refers to renewable environmentally compatible energy sources (Lovins, 1977). The soft energy value system is established by consideration of the social and environmental benefits avaílable through the replacement of non-renewable energies with renewable energy sources and conservation. Prevlous research has shown that by approaching the design of architecture in a systems approach, these soft energy issues can be more aesthetically and economically met (Ternoey and Ehrenkrantz,1984). Therefore, appropriate energy-related issues and technologies, as they pertain to this thesis, are to be integrated into the building design process at each level of inquiry. The vehicle for this inquiry will be the design of a new Government Office Building located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.