Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 
 

Files

File List


ucin1116189801.pdf (9.13 MB)

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SKYSCRAPERS: HIGH-RISE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INFORMED BY THE DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

BUSHONG, JAMES A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116189801

Abstract Details

2005, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
The Sustainability Movement, the desire to conserve energy and maximize natural resource benefits, has spread and grown through many building types, such as residential and low-rise commercial. Yet with the demand for lower operating costs due to fossil fuel shortages, large commercial developers are beginning to realize the necessity of integrating this technology into urban high-rise buildings. To this point, energy conservation has been an after-thought in high-rise building design because of the high initial costs of new technology. Because many of these projects rely heavily on speculative office space, high costs often prevent economically-motivated developers from integrating this new technology in their buildings. Recent energy shortages throughout the United States as well as increasing energy prices, however, have introduced the need for effective energy conscious design in order to ensure the economic viability of skyscrapers in the long term. This thesis seeks to explore the ways in which passive and mixed-mode systems can effectively inform the design of an urban high-rise building. The site for this project, downtown Chicago, presents an environment that requires a great deal of energy use in a yearly cycle and necessitates more aspects of energy conservation.
Michael McInturf (Advisor)
89 p.
Architecture; Energy
Sustainability; Skyscraper; High-rise; Environmental; Architecture

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • BUSHONG, J. A. (2005). ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SKYSCRAPERS: HIGH-RISE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INFORMED BY THE DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116189801

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • BUSHONG, JAMES. ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SKYSCRAPERS: HIGH-RISE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INFORMED BY THE DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. 2005. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116189801.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • BUSHONG, JAMES. "ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SKYSCRAPERS: HIGH-RISE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INFORMED BY THE DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116189801

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

ucin1116189801
1,721
© 2005, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by University of Cincinnati and OhioLINK.