ZEMCH 2012 International Conference Proceedings - page 7

C o n t e n t s
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CONTENTS
ii Credits
iii Preface
1REALL Housing Research: Riccarton
Ecovillage and Living Laboratory
Susan Roaf and Gary Clark
13Configuring Product Variants in
Customisation Strategies
Cecília Gravina da Rocha and Carlos
Torres Formoso
25Adaptation to Environmental
Preventive Regulation by Automobile
Manufacturers and Components
Suppliers
Jesús Ángel del Brío, Beatriz Junquera
and Esteban Fernández
37Design Issues for Net Zero-Energy
Buildings
Laura Aelenei, Daniel Aelenei, Helder
Gonçalves, Roberto Lollini, Eike Musall,
Alessandra Scognamiglio, Eduard Cubi
and Massa Noguchi
49Technological Dimension in the
Processes of Habitat Transformation:
the Conscious Approach
Francesco Girasante, Gianmichele
Panarelli, Carlo Lufrano and Andrea
Scorrano
61The Application of BIM in Volumetric
Construction
Amar Seeam, Tianxin Zheng, Yong Lu,
Asif Usmani and David Laurenson
73Mass Housing and Sustainability
Harald N. Røstvik
87Search for a Sustainable City:
Application of the Model of Metabolic
Indicators to Human Settlements
Municipal Balneário Camboriú/Sc
Aline Estela Largura and Arnoldo
Debatin Neto
99Design and Verification of an
Environmentally Symbiotic Building
in the Tropical City
Yoshiki Higuchi, Mitsuhiro Udagawa,
Takafumi Kusunoki, Takahiro Yamada
and Akira Yoshida
109Accessibility and Social
Sustainability: Assessment Methods
for Italian Universities
Valentina Giacometti
121Will Green Buildings be
Appropriately Valued by the Market?
Chihiro Shimizu
131Energy Savings in Building
Restoration - An Applicative Case
Silvia Pennisi and Gianluca
Scaccianoce
143Simulation of Temperature and Wind
Field in the Neighborhood of The
“Glasgow School Of Art”, Glasgow
City
Patricia Drach and Rohinton Emmanuel
153BENIMPACT Suite: A Tool for ZEB
Performance Assessment
Silvia Demattè, Maria Cristina Grillo,
Angelo Messina and Antonio Frattari
167Promoting Energy Conscious
Behaviour of Occupants through
Monitoring Energy Usage Patterns
Liangxiu Han, Hasim Altan and Masa
Noguchi