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Straw insulation materials to address heating fuel requirements, thermal comfort, and natural resource depletion in developing regions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
In modem society, major stresses are placed on the natural environment in an attempt to make the location comfortable for the human occupants. For many developing regions with cold winters such as northern Pakistan, new ...
Construction of history : Mohammad-Reza Shah revivalism, nationalism, and monumental architecture of Tehran, 1951-1979
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
This Master's thesis focuses on modem Iranian national/revival architecture under the Pahlavi royal dynasty, in particular the reigning period of Mohammad-Reza Shah. I analyze and interpret three specific monuments: the ...
Kinetic wall : an exploration into dynamic structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
The existence and survival of an organism in any given environment is the ability to adapt and change to that environment. Living entities are far more adaptable to a changing environment than anything produced by human ...
Who is financing development and how? : a survey of the 100 largest projects in the U.S.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
In response to huge losses incurred from real estate investments, private capital withdrew from the market in the early 1990's, creating severe illiquidity. Wall Street, recognizing this lack of capital presented a potential ...
Information/knowledge design in contextual hypermedia systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
As we begin to comprehend the ways we interact with the data/information/knowledge structures which construct our individual perception of reality, we see a shift from the dyadic Cartesian method of reading our environment, ...
Data synthesis : a comprehensive visual approach to material selection in architecture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The condition of information overload has become a common problem facing contemporary designers. This has resulted in a critical need for the development of "intelligent decision support" systems. One such system would ...
Innovative accessible sunken floor systems for multi-story steel buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
With the demands of telecommunications and computer equipment, building owners and designers are facing an increasingly difficult problem for wire management in today's electronic workplace. This thesis is to investigate ...
Energy and first costs analysis of displacement and mixing ventilation systems for U.S. buildings and climates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
In the past two decades, displacement ventilation has been increasingly used in Scandinavia and Western Europe to improve indoor air quality and to save energy. By using a detailed computer simulation method, this study ...
Lighting a building with a single bulb : toward a system for illumination in the 21st c.; or, A centralized illumination system for the efficient decoupling and recovery of lighting related heat
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997)
Piping light represents the first tenable method for recovery and reutilization of lighting related heat. It can do this by preserving the energy generated at the lamp as radiative, departing from precedent and avoiding ...
Income growth and pricing of REITs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Office REITs have been doing well recently in terms of exhibiting high dividends and total returns. Since the payout dividend depends on a REIT's income, positive income growth can increase shareholder wealth and therefore ...