For instance, adaptation may occur through improved building design and better city planning and land-use patterns, such as green roofs, reflective surfaces on roads and buildings, tree planting, and preservation of regional green space (Luber and McGeehin 2008; Younger et al. 2008).
Adaptation to heat events can be improved by adjusting indoor temperature through improved building design so that the indoor temperature is more often in a comfortable range regardless of the outdoor temperature.
This paper describes an integrated passive design approach to reduce the cooling requirement for high-rise apartments through an improved building envelope design.
Automated code checking through linked STEP and XML could be enhanced through collaboration business, more completed code, improved building performance, and reduced construction costs.
The aim of the project is to bring together design and decision making tools and innovative building fabric manufacturers to collaborate and improve building performance through low impact retrofitting interventions to achieve energy reduction in the region of 50%.
This study identified how to improve building runoff mitigation through quantitative analysis of an extensive green-roof system.
Improving building management and efficiency through data is an evolving trend on campus and industry-wide.
In recent years, researchers and companies have been exploring new ways to improve buildings through analytics software, prefabrication, connected devices, new materials and construction automation.
Together with relevant national authorities, UNICEF is working to strengthen systems and services for children at risk of abuse, exploitation, and violence; collecting evidence on the extent of the problem through improved research and knowledge building; raising awareness on violence; and developing legislation and policies to prevent and address this issue.
In addition, food security programming has potential spill-over effects and opportunities that are wider than addressing hunger and malnutrition in affected populations; improved food security and nutrition can contribute to sustainable peace-building through improved social cohesion, capacities, trust, legitimacy, amongst others.
The performance of wood residential construction to earthquake effects was apparent in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, and underlines the need for new approaches to enhance building performance through improved prediction, evaluation and design methods.
