Browsing by Subject "residential"
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Encouraging Interaction: Neighbourhood-Specific Computational Design
(2019-04-05)Most high-density urban housing, while successful in meeting escalating population and financial demands, fails to sustain the local identity and community that make cities desirable. While high density typologies tend to ... -
An Estimation of the Rebound Effect in the Halifax Regional Municipality
(2016-04-21)This paper analyzes the existing body of literature concerning the rebound effect, and attempts to synthesize region specific data about the rebound effect in the Halifax Regional Municipality. By using pre-existing ... -
New Profiles of Occupancy Driven Appliance, Lighting, Plug Loads and Hot Water Use for Residential Sector Energy Demand Modeling
(2016-12-14)Energy modeling is used by researchers to estimate aggregate energy consumption and time-step load (power) of buildings. However, researchers often rely on a limited number of occupant load profiles that are repeated for ... -
Urban Resilience: Re-Designing Existing Architecture for the Community of Maynard Lake
(2012-08-10)This thesis proposes the renovation of existing rental units in ten low-rise apartment buildings in order to foster urban and ecological resilience. Existing ex-military apartments on the north shore of Maynard Lake in ...