Planning a building site for solar access is essential for implementing a successful passive solar design. The objective is to make sure a building has good unobstructed access to the sun during the winter season. The importance of site planning ...
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What is Thermal Mass in Passive Solar Building?
Thermal mass is a property of construction materials to absorb, store, and release heat energy. It is an important element of passive solar house design and can be utilized for passive solar heating, passive solar cooling, or both. Some of ...
Energy Efficiency in Buildings and its Importance
The value of reducing energy consumption in buildings has increased worldwide. This is because the consumption of fossil fuels for the full-fledged operations of a building is as high as it is in other industries. Therefore, the adoption of energy ...
What to Consider Before Building Your Dream Custom Home
A dream home may mean many things for many people, but customizing it based on the construction and design may be a real challenge. First, you need to imagine the realistic aspect of your dream home and then decide how ...
Glass Railings: Design Considerations, Types, and Advantages
A glass of appropriate thickness, when used as a railing, can provide transparency and, when engineered properly, can provide structural performance too and is generally sought in commercial applications (such as in malls) and certain domestic villas. The basic requirement ...
Design Considerations for Precast Structure
Precast concrete construction offers several key features such as dimensional accuracy, better finishes, and faster erection, which is absent when other concrete construction methods are considered. The design of precast structures involves: The design of precast members for all the ...
The A-to-Z of Building Your Dream Home
On the surface, building a home might seem a product of physical labor and material expenditure. In reality, it entails much more than that. A home is an embodiment of a myriad of emotions and can be understood with the ...
All You Need To Know About Commercial Fit-Outs
Creating a new office space requires several things to come together. And one of the important aspects that influence the overall appeal of your office is the commercial fit-outs. Also known as fit-outs, these are the designs and other additions ...