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Browsing Book Chapters by Author "Gibberd, Jeremy T"

Browsing Book Chapters by Author "Gibberd, Jeremy T"

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  • An alternative rainwater harvesting system design methodology
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    Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2020 Climate change and rapid urbanisation have meant there is increasing pressure on water supplies in human settlements in South Africa. This has led to unreliable water supplies and outages. It is therefore important to understand whether there ... Read more
  • Building envelope
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    Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Jan 2009 This chapter describes the way building envelopes can contribute to developing green buildings and sets out some objectives that could be aimed for. It also proposes a number of approaches that can be used to help design green building ... Read more
  • Climate Change: Implications for South African Building Systems and Components
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    Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Dec 2017 Despite increasing awareness of climate change, there is little evidence of this being addressed in built environments in South Africa. Events such as flooding in Houston, USA, landslides in Free Town, Sierra Leone, and water shortages in La ... Read more
  • Local Content
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    Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Oct 2016 Local content refers to materials and products made in a country as opposed those that are imported. There is an increasing interest in the concept of local content as a means of supporting local economies and providing jobs (Belderbos & ... Read more
  • Water conservation
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    Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Feb 2009 This chapter describes water systems used in green buildings and sets out some objectives that could be aimed for. It also outlines some calculations that can be used to design water systems in green buildings. Finally, aspects of green ... Read more