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Editorial
Masa NoguchiIn response to growing global warming issues and the constant increase of energy prices, housebuilders and housing manufacturers today are becoming more responsive to the delivery…
Design Issues for Net Zero-Energy Buildings
Laura Aelenei, Daniel Aelenei, Helder Gonçalves, Roberto Lollini, Eike Musall, Alessandra Scognamiglio, Eduard Cubi, Massa NoguchiNet Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEBs) have received increased attention in recent years as a result of constant concerns about energy supply constraints, decreasing energy resources…
Mass-Customized Net Energy-Positive Housing For the Great Lakes Region
Geoffrey Thün, Kathy Velikov, Mary O'Malley, Colin RipleyThis paper presents the Latitude Housing System, a speculative model for a means of imagining multi-scalar nested considerations for the development of a mass-customized net…
Casazeroenergy: An Italian Prototype of Zero Energy Building
Antonio FrattariCasaZeroEnergy is the prototype for a building that does not use energy produced from non-renewable sources, but produces its require energy by using alternative energetic…
Mass Housing and Sustainability
Harald N. RøstvikThe world population just passed 7 billion. Fear of growth towards 35 billion, if the “high fertility rate scenario” was maintained, is reduced. The “stable fertility rate…
Modular, Sustainable and Customized: Projects for the Contemporary Dwelling
Alessandra De Cesaris, Domizia MandolesiThe home is the place where the intimacy of living is manifested and where relationships with the outside world are formed. The truest sense of domestic space is expressed in the…
Configuring Product Variants in Customisation Strategies for House-Building
Cecília Gravina da Rocha, Carlos Torres FormosoMass customisation involves the provision of product variants that fulfil clients' specific requirements seeking to increase product values. The configuration process involves a…
Sustainable Measures and Economic Value in Green Housing
Chihiro ShimizuAs interest grows in environmentally friendly buildings, or “green buildings,” the real estate industry is expected to play an increasingly active role in the realization of a…
Measured Home Environment and Energy Consumption Compared to Accepted Standards
Hasim Altan, Mohamed Refaee, Liangxiu Han, Masa NoguchiEnergy usage of households accounts for a significant portion of total energy consumption and carbon emissions. Scottish homes today are highly energy consumers emitting on…
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0168-2601e-ISSN:
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hybridEditors:
- Dr. Chaham Alalouch
- Prof. Yonca Hurol