Selected Papers from Building A Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference / Edited by George Baird, Lois Easton and Adrian Bennett.

• VerfasserIn: Cory, Shaan,; Donn, Michael,; Gjerde, Morten, 1956-; Vale, Brenda
• TeilnehmendeR: Baird, George,; Easton, Lois,; Bennett, Adrian,; Cory, Shaan,; Donn, Michael,; Gjerde, Morten, 1956-; Vale, Brenda
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI, 2016.
• Language: English

Table of Contents

Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- About the Guest Editors -- Introduction and Editorial to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the Building a Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference" -- Part I: Achieving Better Buildings -- Heater Choice, Dampness and Mould Growth in 26 New Zealand Homes: A Study of Propensity for Mold Growth Using Encapsulated Fungal Spores / ikael Boulic, Robyn Anne Phipps, Malcolm Cunningham, Donald John Cleland, Pär Fjällström, Keiko Abe and Philippa Howden-Chapman -- Impacts of an Innovative Residential Construction Method on Internal Conditions / Roger Birchmore, Andy Pivac and Robert Tait -- Modern Housing Retrofit: Assessment of Upgrade Packages to EnerPHit Standard for 1940–1960 State Houses in Auckland / Paola Leardini and Manfredo Manfredini -- Measuring the Weathertight Performance of Flashings / Mark Bassett and Greg Overton -- Comparison of NZ’s Energy Efficiency Regulation and Verification Assumptions to Real Building Loads and Operation / Shaan Cory, Michael Donn and Andrew Pollard -- Part II: Productivity -- Marginal Productivity Gained Through Prefabrication: Case Studies of Building Projects in Auckland / Wajiha Shahzad, Jasper Mbachu and Niluka Domingo -- Building Information Modelling for Smart Built Environments / Jianchao Zhang, Boon-Chong Seet and Tek Tjing Lie -- Driving Innovative Thinking in the New Zealand Construction Industry / Mohammadali Noktehdan, Mehdi Shahbazpour and Suzanne Wilkinson -- A Production Model for Construction: A Theoretical Framework / Ricardo Antunes and Vicente Gonzalez -- Part III: Urban Issues -- Understanding the Importance of Urban Amenities: A Case Study from Auckland / Natalie Allen -- Aiming for a Better Public Realm: Gauging the Effectiveness of Design Control Methods in Wellington, New Zealand / Morten Gjerde and Brenda Vale -- A Framework of Thermal Sensitive Urban Design Benchmarks: Potentiating the Longevity of Auckland’s Public Realm / Andre Santos Nouri.