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Sustainable architecture has always been associated with solar and low-energy objects using natural energy at various stages of their life cycle. The developmental morphology of the buildings influences the urban spatial structure of different scales (city, district, housing estate, quarter, building). Its analysis, which is generally extended to the nearest surroundings and the interior space of buildings, draws attention to the relationship between the energy intensity of buildings and the urban context, which a...

The article considers the theoretical aspects and practical methodology of cost-effective eco-directed structural design. Nowadays the problem of ecological safety of the construction process is significant all over the world. Most efficient ways to solve the problem are dealt with keeping the environmental requirements at all phases of construction and best possible conservation of the whole ecosystem. All kinds of environmental harm, caused by construction process, generally could be converted to certain amount ...

Sustainable design attempts to be perceptive to the environmental impact of the building project at each construction stage by evaluating the site, the embodied energy of the selected materials, as well as the proper construction techniques, adjusted to the local conditions. Moreover, physical hazards (flammability, corrosion) and/ or health hazards (toxicity, irritations) of the materials are especially important not only for the construction workers, building owners and occupants, but also for the environment, c...

Self-compacting fibre reinforced concrete summarizes both the advantages of selfcompacting concrete: reducing environmental noise pollution, faster construction time, improved quality of concrete surfaces etc., as well as the fibres benefits: better mechanical performance, ductile failure and so on. Self-compacting fibre reinforced concrete is not currently used in Romania especially due to the lack of normative research respectively the national regulations in this particular field. One of the national research p...

The majority Hungarian higher educational institutions provide residences for students, but the regulatory framework does not provide guidelines for planning processes nor the design and engineering of university residences, including a quality-perceptual evaluation conducted directly by the future users and focused on the project?s quality. The assessment of the quality of a university residence project would be a key element to check the results of the project proposal with reference to the needs expressed by th...