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With the expansion of the scale of urbanization, a large amount of energy consumption and human activities seriously affected the outdoor thermal environment and air quality. The study of green roof has been greatly taken into account by reducing the building energy consumption. This paper mainly introduces the influence of green roof on exterior surface temperature taking a residential area in Jinan as an example. This study analyzes the heat transfer model of a building, uses the PHOENICS software to establish 3D building model and simulates thermal environment under the different green conditions. The results show the differences of building surfaces temperature under the different conditions of green roof. It proves that green roof can reduce building energy consumption. It provides a theoretical basis for energy-saving design in hot-summer and cold-winter zone.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government planned a residential area with sixteen high-performance solar houses, for the purpose of reducing carbon dioxide emitted from houses in Tokyo. We collected data on energy consumption and room temperature for two and a half years and conducted a questionnaire survey on the awareness and lifestyle of the residents to investigate the performance of the houses. As a result, it was found that the energy consumption of solar houses is about half of the ordinary houses and the carbon dioxide emissions is over 75% lesser than the ordinary houses considering the contribution of PV generation sold. Also the issues for zero energy houses (ZEH) are clarified based on the characteristics of each type of house.

In order to analyze the feasibility of the solar heating system in rural areas of Jinan. The models without auxiliary heat source include heating load of building and solar heating system have been established by using TRNSYS software. The ordinary rural residential area of 102m2 in Jinan is taken as an example. The results of the solar heating system are obtained by means of simulation. The solar heat collection and water supply temperature of the tank are regarded as important reference factors. Considering both of them, the heating guarantee rate is about 59%. So it is necessary to open the electric heater of the storage tank to ensure that the indoor heating is effective in the special weather and early stages of heating.

At the present time the problem of organization permanent storage sites car is relevant due to the high growth rate motorization in the world. For example, over the past ten years the number of private vehicles in St. Petersburg increased by almost three times. Thus, dike parking is a solution to a number of problems associated with a lack of parking spaces in a residential area. This article achieved a complex assessment of the effectiveness a project of this parking.

Water scarcity is a current problem for many urban areas in the Mediterranean region due to the increasing water demand related to the population growth and the expansion of urban and industrialized areas. Climate change will intensify the pressure on water resources. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) may be an effective alternative water supply solution to face water scarcity. It has recently become a particularly important option in arid and semi-arid areas, mostly because of its many benefits and relative low costs. The present study aims to analyse the reliability of a RWH system installed to supply water for toilet flushing purpose with reference to a single-family house in a residential area of Sicily (Southern Italy). Historical water consumption data were analysed to obtain a flushing water demand pattern. A water balance simulation of the rainwater storage tank was performed, and the yield-after-spillage algorithm was used to define the tank release rule. The model's performance was evaluated using data from more than 100 different sites located throughout the Sicilian territory. This regional analysis provided results having practical applications, e.g. the identification of the optimal rainwater tank size and the annual system reliability curves as a function of mean annual precipitation. The uncertainty related to the regional model predictions was also assessed. Results showed that RWH systems can provide environmental and economic advantages in Sicily over traditional water supply methods. In particular, the regional analysis identified areas where the application of this system would be most effective.

World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium (WMCAUS) -- JUN 13-17, 2016 -- Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC WOS: 000387566500262 The city in Turkey now known as Konuralp was important during the Ottoman period, and is the site of the antique city of Prusias ad Hypium, with a rich historical past in the Hellenistic period. At present, the cultural landscape district of the ancient residential area of Prusias ad Hypium is threatened by growth of the university, and industrial plants are replacing surrounding farmlands. This study aimed to evaluate the natural and cultural resources of Konuralp, to assess the vulnerability of its urban legacy under socio-economic pressures, and to integrate urban heritage values using the historical urban landscape approach. For this study, urban conservation was regarded as the tool for the management of change by integrating it into the broader planning framework. This research examined the city's historical urban landscape by using survey methods and remote sensing to assess the landscape character exchange between the years 1982 and 2015. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Development of a multi-storey building is gaining popularity in modern conditions; however, the designers do not pay enough attention to the organization of the parking space. This leads to a chaotic “parking function” machines in intrayard territories. Cars are on the lawns, playgrounds and intradomestic driveways forming traffic congestion for special service cars. It can be noted in the result of analysis that different types of parking in residential complexes widely used both abroad and in Russia, in particular, there is a tendency to introduce the practice of mechanized and combined (ramp and mechanized) parking (underground and surface). Objective: to optimize the organization of a parking space in a congested residential area on the criterion of maximizing the use of intrayard space.

The goal of this study is to investigate how the global society's representing infra-based urban architectural space like airport has revealed contemporary life and the social relationship in a spatial way. In addition, through this analysis, this study attempts to rethink the changing nature of public place.The object of this research is the international hub airport architecture, gateway of the global city and symbol.Development of communication technology and transportation means enabled the society to communicate beyond locational boundary. This world is networking among cities and interaction of communities is also being replaced by networks. Spread of the traffic space amputated the existing city organization, expanded the city's boundary, and created the landscape which only observes movements. This is the process of de-territorialization, and the idea of fixed territory became an inappropriate concept in the global society. Rather than depending on the individual's social life close to the community, the trend is transforming to a concept of network membership.Airport architecture is a space where the weakness of boundary between the nation and the community of the modern social relationship “network membership” are clearly exposed. Airport architecture started in the outskirt area, compared to the urban residential area. The reason was its characteristic of simultaneously being the node of global network and connecting local areas.Furthermore, as the competition of international hub airport increased, airport industry became a macro-complex including tourism, with an equal status with the city. Thus, airport architecture became a place of mobility dominating infra-architectural space while being dominated with the logic of capital and technology.

We are present the conservation and development of old buildings. Chiang Khan, Loei is the urban residential area has a history. The man migrated from Laos who settled the area along the Mekong River from 100 years ago and expanded into other areas. Chiang Khan now, A residential building of traditional style buildings interspersed with modern shops and old wooden one that is used as a shelter. Brick wood building. Single storey building constructed of concrete. In the concept of conservation vernacular buildings in Chiang Khan is tenacious of the culture. This will promote tourism in the old town. These factors will result in a successful and sustainable. We can show in these guidelines. The first is conservation of building and second to state agencies and institutions that have an understanding of the target. The principle is to inspire people in the community. And the finally, the process of conservation and development must be carried out by people in the community are involved. Near future, the man community has the capacity building and starting a community area for Chai Khong road model. The buildings have conservation and improvement of old buildings, some of Chiang Khan, which can be used to develop a continuous and sustainable.

The wind and seismic design is a major requirement in oil and gas industries equipments design. Normally oil and gas plants are away from the residential area. However if heavy earthquake or wind emerge, that will cause disaster due to failure of equipments as these plants are handling many harmful toxic process fluids and gases. Many disasters have happened all over the world in these industries due to excess wind and seismic effects. In this paper we have investigated how horizontal pressure vessel need to be designed to withstand heavy external wind and seismic effects and what are all the important design steps needed to be considered for avoiding vessel failures. The finite element based design approach is recommended as this is not a normal industrial practice currently. Many of the fabrication industries are following analytical based approach. That may be the reason some times under designed pressure vessel fails. The disadvantage of analytical method is that we cannot see exact stresses during design, so the chances of over and under design is high in analytical methods. This is one of the major reasons for developing a firm solution through this research paper. Also there is no firm FEM based design procedure available in industries to follow. The code rules like ASME SECVUIDIV-I, ASME DIV-II, IS-875, and IS-1893 are used and the allowed stresses to determine the adequacy of this design under all required loading conditions are studied and presented. The obtained results are satisfactory in line with the requirement of international codes and standards and industry practices.

This article relies on the construction of new countryside background, with a view to exploring the new ways to promote ecological safety and social security in mining areas, takes into full account of regional mineral resources, rural settlements location, land resources, human environment conditions to partition the rural settlement within the domain of the town. In the case study of Cishan Town, Wu’an city, multi-index evaluation method and zones superposition method are used. And then differentiated reclamation measures for different regions were proposed. Scientific planning of mining residential area, not only benefits the mining areas’ resources security, but also promotes regional ecological security, social security building and protects the mining areas’ socio-economic sustainable development.

Urban residential land suitability evaluation is an important part in the general land use planning. Its result guides us to the optimum living environment. Grounded on evaluation features, the paper established an evaluation index system consisting of 32 indexes in 4 layers. A case study of a residential area in Wenzhou is made to further practice this comprehensive evaluation, the result of which helps improve the living environment in the related area.

Slopes in soils and rocks are found in nature and in-made structures. Highways, dams, levees, canals and stockpiles are constructed by sloping the lateral faces of the soil because slopes are generally less expensive than constructing the wall. Natural forces such as wind and water change the topography on Earth and other planets, often creating unstable slopes. In Malaysia, the number of slope failures includes existing slopes and newly completed slopes that caused damage and inconvenience to the public. Recently the landslide failures in Hulu Langat (2011) and Bukit Antarabangsa (2008) have been given due notice by the government to mitigate serious occurrence. As we live in tropic region and most landslides that occur during two monsoon seasons of Malaysia are induced by the high rainfalls and more than 80% of landslides are caused by man-made factors, mainly design and construction errors. [1].Whether it is slope in the design stage or an actual existing real slope which has shown instability, there are some causes of the instability which are indicated in the analysis or which have developed in practice. Many types of remedial and corrective measures for slope stabilization have been used in practice such as cut and fill solutions, rock and soil anchors, drainage, several types of drains (shallow, deep and trench), retaining wall and the use of geo grids in embankments. This study concerns the stability of natural man-made slopes and focus more to new and existing remedial techniques of slope protection. For this research the limitation of studies are observations on existing and new slopes remedial works in residential area at Perak District, Malaysia.