Environmental Design

EFFECTS OF PERMEABILITY REDUCING ADMIXTURE ON THE PROPERTIES OF BINARY CEMENTITIOUS MATRIX CONCRETE

ABSTRACTConventional concrete is porous and the network of pores allow the passage of harmful substances through the concrete internal structure thereby causing damage to the internal structure of the concrete and which resulted in consequential loss of concrete durability. Efforts have been made...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 10314 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE TO INTEGRATING USER FACILITIES IN THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF JOS RAILWAY TERMINUS

ABSTRACTInternationally, railway stations have changed in their functions from transit point for passengers and goods leading to the introduction of new facilities in their design. However, in Nigeria, station buildings which have the attribute of passenger station have been unable to function as...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 6386 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPLORING BUILDING ENVELOPE DESIGN FOR WARM HUMID ZONES TO OPTIMIZE INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT IN THE DESIGN OF A PROPOSED LEKKI FREE TRADE ZONE RESORT, LAGOS

ABSTRACTIt is the responsibility of Architects to design buildings to achieve a comfortable indoor environment. In a bid to achieve this, Architects cannot neglect any part of the building envelope design. This is the reason why it is important to study the ways of achieving thermal comfort throu...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 6352 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL CARNIVAL COSTUME AND ITS REBRANDING FOR GREATER APPRECIATION

ABSTRACTThis study, Assessment of Nigerian National Carnival and its re-branding for greater appreciation. is an attempt to assess the kind of costume used during Abuja cultural carnival as well as determining their usefulness in Nigerian cultural values. The research was necessitated by the need...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 8206 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ENHANCING PASSIVE COOLING IN HEALTHCARE BUILDINGS USING COURTYARD FORMS IN THE DESIGN OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTBuildings consume more than 40% of primary energy in most countries and healthcare facilities have been identified as one of the highest consumers of energy. These is due to its heavy dependence on HVAC systems for controlling indoor temperatures as well as general operations. It was furt...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 86 pages | 🧠 6484 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ENHANCING THERMAL COMFORT USING VERTICAL GREENERY SYSTEMS (VGS) IN THE DESIGN OF A SUSTAINABLE MID- RISE ESTATE IN THE HOT DRY CLIMATE OF KANO

A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTIn battling some of the most alarming situations the world is facing right now which are the climate change and global warming, architects are saddled with the responsibility of designing buildings that are energy efficient as buildings account for about 40% of the total energy use. About...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 7329 words | 📚 5 chapters

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SUSTAINABLE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FOR AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY WATER FRONT PARK

ABSTRACTAhmadu Bello University is one of the largest institutions in West African sub region and in the Northern part of Nigeria established in 1960 to carter for the knowledge quest of this part of the country and for the country in general. The university at inception in 1960 had an approximat...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 9100 words | 📚 5 chapters

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CHARACTERISTICS OF REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE PRODUCED WITH LOCALLY SOURCED UNREFINED METAKAOLIN AND GEAR INNER WIRE

ABSTRACTWith the soaring need to use innovative and sustainable materials in the construction industry, a new concrete known as Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) is currently a material of significant interest globally. The concrete has cement, silica fume, fine sand, quartz sand and fibre as its in...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 9804 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS

A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA URBAN AREA

ABSTRACTThe study is concerned with evaluating the performance of solid waste management service providers and the perceptions of stakeholders. This is with a view to identifying problems and proposing solutions for improvement of the waste management practices in Zaria Urban Area. Data for the s...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 7442 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPLORING SHADING DEVICE STRATEGIES FOR COOLING EFFICIENCY IN THE DESIGN OF FIVE STAR HOTEL

A CASE STUDY OF BAUCHI, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTOver the years, the need for energy efficient building is on the increase as the current practice of building trends consumes a lot of energy. Buildings such as hotels consume a lot of electricity in providing comfort to the occupants through mechanical cooling. The most effective way of ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 6831 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE IN UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA METROPOLIS

ABSTRACTThis study examined the Effects of Constructivists Art Teaching Strategy on Students? Artistic Performance in Universal Basic Education (UBE) Schools in Abuja Metropolis. Dearth of research effort on the Constructivist teaching strategy on basic art at the junior secondary school level wa...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 11270 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN EXPLORATION OF SHURUWA MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND DANCE COSTUME IN PAINTING

ABSTRACTThis Dissertation is an exploration of Shuruwa musical instruments and dance costumes as an inspiration for painting compositions. The study?s scope is based on the flute (Shuruwa), dance form Madamai village in Kagoro, Kaduna State. The study covers some selected dance costumes and music...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 9144 words | 📚 5 chapters

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OPTIMIZATION OF DAYLIGHTING USING LIGHT-PIPE DEVICE IN THE DESIGN OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY FOR SUMMIT UNIVERSITY, OFFA

ABSTRACTDaylighting is a copious natural source of light from the Sun. It propagates through the walls or roof apertures into the building for visual task in architectural space. In tropical regions such as Nigeria where there is abundance in sunlight with massive untapped potential, several stra...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 100 pages | 🧠 11054 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN APPRAISAL OF SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

ABSTRACTModern research has drawn the world's attention towards the project manager's soft skills as cardinal aspects of success in any project, even though the society have become more project-oriented with large volumes in project works being done by organizations, "project results continue to ...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 90 pages | 🧠 7422 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN APPRAISAL OF THE PERFORMANCE OF STAKEHOLDERS MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

ABSTRACTThere are different methods of measuring the overall performance of construction projects. Performance frameworks have equally been built for the measurement of different project specific objectives or components. However, the performance of stakeholder management in construction projects...

Environmental Design Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 6406 words | 📚 5 chapters

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