Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Solar energy is free, abundant and sustainable, with many methods existing to harness it. This guide is the essential introduction to the subject, explaining how the technologies work, how best they should be employed, and the costs and benefits of using them. It provides detailed yet accessible coverage of:

• passive solar building
• solar water heating
• solar space heating
• other solar thermal applications (such as cooling and desalination)
• grid-connected photovoltaics
• stand-alone photovoltaics.

It also introduces the reader to larger scale applications such as concentrating solar power. Highly illustrated in full colour, this is the perfect primer for anyone who wants to work with or simply learn more about solar technologies.

Hundreds of thousands of us renovate, convert, extend and improve our homes each year, and one-third of all new detached homes are self-built. If you're looking to build your own home from scratch or work on your existing property, this is the one and the only book that you really need. Building Your Own Home has been updated and expanded by David Snell, acknowledged expert and guru in the field of self-build and it remains the best book on the subject. Packed with authoritative advice, charts, diagrams and photographs, this fully illustrated bible contains everything you need to know, from finding and buying a plot of land to explaining planning and building regulations, financing the project, buying materials and choosing the design. In addition, it also gives an insight into the costs and problems encountered by self-builders in a varied collection of case histories.

Dietmar Goldammer zeigt wie sich Architektur- und Ingenieurburos auf veranderte Arbeitswelten, soziale Verantwortung und Nachhaltigkeit als neue Herausforderungen einstellen mussen. Der Autor beschreibt Fruhwarnsysteme, Zertifizierungen und neue Organisationsformen, die dabei helfen. Er thematisiert auch, wie die Regelung der Nachfolge des Unternehmers ausgestaltet werden kann. So zeigt sich: Der gesellschaftliche Wandel ist auch in den Planungsburos angekommen. Es ware ein Leichtsinn zu glauben, dass dort alles so weiter geht wie bisher. Das Essential hilft kurz und pragnant, die richtigen Schritte anzustossen.

Have you recently hired a contractor to do some home improvements, but after careful inspection, you noticed the work was subpar? You are not alone. According to the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators and the Consumer Federation of America, home improvement contracting was the top complaint category reported by state and local consumer protection agencies during the last decade.
Randal Winter has met some very distraught homeowners over the years. Some of these people have been without kitchens for over two years and some without bathrooms for up to fourteen months. Others are stuck with leaking roofs after spending tens of thousands of dollars for what they thought was going to be a new roof.

John Gardners work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted.--WoodenBoat magazine

Deserves an honored place on the library shelf.--National Fisherman

Poses clear and impassioned means to go from the armchair to the open water via your own boat shop.--Sea History

This big, handsome legacy volume contains all the plans, measurements, and directions needed to build any of 47 beautiful small boats for oar, sail, or motor.

Im Buch werden die Standardleistungsbeschreibungen nach DIN 276, die fur den Rohbau relevant sind, detailliert dargestellt. Hinweise und einzelne Beispiele innerhalb der Standardleistungsbeschreibungen machen daruber hinaus den Anwender auf wichtige zu beachtende Punkte bei der Ausschreibung aufmerksam. Im Anschluss an jede Standardleistungsbeschreibung werden zu den Einzelpositionen Baupreise angegeben, die bei Berucksichtigung der angegebenen Korrekturfaktoren einen sehr guten und nachweisbaren Hinweis auf die anfallenden Kosten pro Position geben.
Zusatzlich liefert das umfangreiche Firmenverzeichnis die entsprechenden Hersteller zu den Produkten, die ausgeschrieben werden. Die Kontaktaufnahme wird dadurch erheblich vereinfacht.
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This book is the third in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, and structural and constructional conservation techniques and technology: Understanding Historic Building ConservationStructures & Construction in Historic Building ConservationMaterials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation

The series aims to introduce each aspect of conservation and to provide concise, basic and up-to-date knowledge for architects, surveyors and engineers as well as for commissioning client bodies, managers and advisors.

In each book, Michael Forsyth draws together chapters by leading architects, structural engineers and related professionals to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of conservation work. The books are structured to be of direct practical application, taking the reader through the process of historic building conservation and emphasising throughout the integrative teamwork involved.

The present volume - "Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation" - describes the characteristics and process of decay of traditional materials which inform the selection of appropriate repair techniques.

It provides essential information on the properties of the principal traditional external building materials. Their availability, sourcing and environmental impact is covered, as well as the causes of erosion and decay, and the skills required for their application on conservation projects.

It covers the main most commonly used materials and conservation techniques including stone, brickwork, lime products, concrete, iron and steel, timber, wattle and daub, and glass,

Thirteen chapters written by the experts present today's key issues in materials and skills for historic building conservation: Gus Astley, Patrick Baty, Charley Brentnall, Michael Bussell, Michael Forsyth, Tony Graham, Chris Harris, David McLaughlin, Brian Ridout, Mike Stock, Geoff Wallis, Ian Williams, Rory Young

Beim Abbruch von Betriebseinrichtungen sowie bei Baumassnahmen im Bereich ehemaliger Industriestandorte fallen in der Regel Abbruch- und Aushubmaterialien verschiedenster Verunreinigungsgrade an, die einer geeigneten Entsorgung oder Verwertung zuzufuhren sind. Unter Berucksichtigung der bislang weitverbreiteten Entsorgungspraktiken und den damit meist verbundenen Kosten, ist eine Wiedernutzbarmachung von Industriebrachen bzw. Altstandorten haufig wirtschaftlich nicht mehr durchfuhrbar. Hier werden praxisnah Losungswege zu einer okonomisch sinnvollen Inwertsetzung von Altstandorten auf Basis der Gesetzgebung aufgezeigt, wobei die Autoren auch auf Fragen zu moglichen Investitonsrisiken, Kreditwurdigkeitsuntersuchungen sowie staatlichen Forderungsmassnahmen eingehen.

2012 Reprint of 1959 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This manual is written especially to enable pipefitters to quickly solve problems involving pipe bending, layout or installation, either in shop or in the field. This second edition has 126 pages of additional material than published in the previous edition of 1953. A large part of the book is taken directly from the author's original tables which he has developed over a long period of time, as a result of his 35 years' experience as a pipefitter. These tables eliminate the necessity for making lengthy calculations by giving immediate answers to all kinds of pipe fitting problems. Information on: Pipe Bending, Offsets, Mitered Joints, Standard Pipe Dimensions and Thread Data, Screwed Fittings, Valves, Solder Joint Fittings, Plastic Pipe, Sheet Metal Data, Properties of Steam, Melting Points, Conversion Factors and a Dictionary Of Terms.

Die Komplexitat von Bauprojekten nimmt stetig zu. Neben innovativen Architektur- und Ingenieurleistungen mussen auch verstarkt Entscheidungen zu betriebswirtschaftlichen, baurechtlichen und managementorientierten Fragen beantwortet werden. Der Autor vermittelt in seinem Lehr- und Nachschlagewerk dazu ausfuhrlich alle erforderlichen bauwirtschaftlichen Kenntnisse.
Normen, Richtlinien und Gesetze wurden fur die 2. Auflage vollstandig aktualisiert, so zum Beispiel der Stand der VOB und des Tarifrechts. Neu sind die Themen Information und Kommunikation, moderne Wettbewerbs- und Organisationsformen wie auch Finanzierungsmethoden in der Bauwirtschaft. Damit ist das bereits erfolgreiche Buch eine unentbehrliche Grundlage fur alle Bauunternehmer.

2009 reprint of the 1956 second edition. This title made available for the first time an adequately organized, comprehensive analytical method for evaluating the stresses, reactions and deflections in an irregular piping system in space, unlimited as to the character, location or number of concentrated loadings or restraints. Profusely illustrated and meticulously detailed.

Also, The Manifold Uses Of The Steel Square. Part One, Stair-Building; Part Two, The Steel Square.

Sanierung und Bauen im Bestand sind die Aufgaben, mit denen sich der Planer gegenwartig und in der Zukunft vermehrt auseinandersetzen muss. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der vorhandenen Bausubstanz mit Erfassung aller relevanten Gebaudedaten bildet das Fundament fur eine fachgerechte und fehlerfreie Planung und Ausfuhrung.
Dieses Fachbuch fuhrt von den Grundlagen der Bauaufnahme uber die Methoden und Darstellungstechniken hin zu den Moglichkeiten der Weiterverarbeitung von Informationen und Gebaudedaten eigentlicher Bauaufgaben. Praxistypische Szenarien geben dem Leser Hilfestellung bei der Wahl der geeigneten Methode.
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Increase your roof framing knowledge and understanding as you follow veteran roof cutter Will Holladay through the process of calculating two custom-home roofs.

In The Complicated Roof A Cut and Stack Workbook, you'll see the principles of Holladay's A Roof Cutter's Secrets come alive. Accompany Will as he methodically builds two "real life" complicated roofs. You'll see firsthand how to determine angles and calculations for the actual cuts, based on the plans in the back of this book. When you complete the exercises presented, you'll not only know how to cut complicated roofs faster and more efficiently, you'll also be able to "think like a roof cutter" and formulate your own plan of approach to actual roof cutting based on a set of plans.

The roof framing details featured in The Complicated Roof A Cut and Stack Workbook expand on the descriptions found in A Roof Cutter's Secrets.

Before you drive that first nail, this is the guide you need--thousands of hints, tips, and professional tricks of the trade

Authoritative, detailed, and fully illustrated, Rules of Thumb for Home Building, Improvement, and Repair gives you all the inside information you need to make your home improvement project go faster and easier. For this all-in-one volume, do-it-yourself experts Gene and Katie Hamilton, founders of the online service HouseNet, have distilled the best professional home repair and remodeling information.

Rules of Thumb will help you avoid the costly headaches that can result from using the wrong materials, amounts, or measurements. Here in plain English are all the technical standards and specifications for lumber, fasteners and adhesives, carpentry, plumbing, electrical wiring, painting, walls, ceilings and floors, doors and windows, weatherizing and climate control, exteriors, asphalt, concrete, masonry, and more. Plus, you'll discover time-tested procedures that get you the results you want every time.

Whatever project you're about to begin, Rules of Thumb for Home Building, Improvement, and Repair is the first place to look for professional advice.

Acclaimed do-it-yourself experts Gene and Katie Hamilton are the authors of many successful books and magazine articles on remodeling and repair. In addition to their nationally syndicated newspaper column, "Do It Yourself--Or Not?" they are the creators of HouseNet, an online home improvement service on America Online (keyword: housenet) and on the Internet (www.housenet.com). They have been on the Today show, Dateline, and CNN and have been written about in Newsweek and other national publications. TheHamiltons live in Maryland.

Wattle and daub is possibly one of the oldest building methods in the world. Sticks (wattle) and clay or earth (daub) have long been used to fill in the gaps in the wooden framework to keep out wind and rain, the cold in winter, and the heat during the summer. Wattle and daub can be seen today as in-fill panels between the timbers of ancient timber-framed buildings throughout Britain.