Sustainable Construction: Analysis of Its Costs and Financial Benefits

Sustainable Construction: Analysis of Its Costs and Benefits

Sustainability has become the most important issue concerning the construction industry in the 21 century. The objectives of this paper were: to establish if there is an opinion within the industry that sustainability means increased cost; and to investigate whether using sustainable construction methods save money by reducing a buildings carbon output and running costs. Following the literatur...

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

Clinical Governance: Costs and Benefits

Costs and Benefits of Insulating Concrete Forms for Residential Construction

PATH (Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing) is a new private/public effort to develop, demonstrate, and gain widespread market acceptance for the " Next Generation " of American housing. Through the use of new or innovative technologies, the goal of PATH is to improve the quality, durability, environmental efficiency, and affordability of tomorrow's homes. PATH, initiated jointly by ...

soil erosion; challenges, costs and its conservation benefits

in future, soil erosion will be a great challenge for biosphere. if the soils today are notprotected carefully hunger crises all over the world will be widespread. the present article endeavorsto survey soil erosion process and approaches to prevent it. furthermore the article tries to review therelation between soil character and soil production capability shedding light on the effect of erosi...