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

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Place / Publishing House:Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI, 2016.
Language:English
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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.