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Sick building syndrome is for many of us an enigma. The legislative precedents currently being set in North America underline the need for rational examination of the problem. This collection of expert writing will help unravel the complex issues involved. The book explores sick building syndrome from ... more »

Order-Fulfillment and Across-the-Dock Concepts, Design, and Operations Handbook provides insights and tips that warehouse and distribution professionals can use to make their order fulfillment or across-the-dock operations more efficient and cost effective. Each chapter focuses on key aspects of planning ... more »

'Rethinking Progress provides a challenging reevaluation of one of the crucial ideas of Western civilization--the notion of progress. Progress often seems to have become self-defeating ... more » more »

Product Info Proceedings of a workshop held in Brussels, Belgium, 26-27 October 1988, under the auspices of COST European Cooperation in Scientific and Technology Research - COST 641 and 681. more »

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Proceedings of a contractors' meeting on wind demonstration projects, organized by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General for Energy, held in Mykonos, Greece, 25-26 April 19... more » more »

Now revised and updated, Industrialized and Automated Building Systems presents a detailed and balanced evaluation of the benefits and drawbacks of industrialized building systems, and covers: technological, managerial and economical aspects of industrialization automation in the industrialized building ... more »

Provides a comprehensive, practical examination of the wind loading of structures. Fundamentals of wind loading are described in detail, with the author discussing the nature of wind, prediction of wind speed and force, dynamic response of buildings, and successful design of buildings to counteract wind ... more »

Although research on general multidimensional systems theory has been developing rapidly in recent years, this is the first research text to appear on the subject since the early 1980s. The text describes the current state of the art of nD systems and sets out a number of open problems, and gives several ... more »

An original reassessment of Descartes' work which reinserts it in its contemporary context. Explores the notion of intellectual virtue in Descartes' inquiry and argues for a new approach to Descartes' ideas of scepticism and the sciences. more »

While there are many historical examples of successful naturally ventilated buildings, standards for indoor climate have tended to emphasise active, mechanical airflow systems rather than passive natural systems. Despite its importance, knowledge about the performance of naturally ventilated buildings ... more »