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Floor-supply displacement ventilation system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Research on indoor environments has received more attention recently because reports of symptoms and other health complaints related to indoor environments have been increasing. Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning ...
Demand for serviced office space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The work environment has experienced tremendous change in the past few decades. The need for global communication, enabled by technology, has been the prime catalyst to transform the traditional demand for office space ...
Site design for urban water management in Mexico City
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
As the world becomes aware of the scarcity of water resources and cities struggle to meet a growing demand, we face the challenge of finding more efficient ways to manage this vital resource. Cities in developing countries ...
Natural ventilation possibilities for buildings in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
In the United States, many of the commercial buildings built in the last few decades are completely mechanically air conditioned, without the capability to use natural ventilation. This habit has occurred in building designs ...
Real estate investment in Taiwan : an examination of the recent opening of real estate markets to foreign entities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
In hope to revitalize the slumping real estate markets and sluggish economy, the government of Taiwan, Republic of China, has recently opened up direct real estate investment opportunities to foreign entities. In conjunction ...
Urban Pilot : a dynamic mapping tool for personalizing the city through collective memory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis investigates the use of handheld mobile devices as exploratory personalized tools for dynamic navigation of the cityscape that go beyond cartographic limitations and yellow-page directory services. One needs ...
Prolegomenon to an investigation of inhibition in design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis is a preliminary investigation of the phenomenon of inhibition in the design process. My interest stems from observations of the vagaries of my own success as a designer. Sometimes things have gone well, or ...
Informed home energy behavior : developing a tool for homeowners to monitor, plan and learn about energy conservation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Rocky Mountain ski resort residential real estate : mile high profits or downhill returns?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Is investing in residential properties located in Rocky Mountain ski resorts a prudent financial decision? That is the central question this paper will address. The author examined sales data from almost 3,000 residential ...
Ivory towers to office towers, Wall Street to Main Street : a study of the relationship between modern portfolio theory and private equity real estate
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis attempts to relate the principal elements of Modern Portfolio Theory ('MPT') to real estate, recognizing that MPT was built not for real estate, but for stocks and bonds. It is split into two parts; the first ...