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Books
"An Economic Model for Passive Solar Designs in Commercial Environments" by Jeanne W. Powell. $4.75. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Order by Stock No. 003-003-02203-9.
This new work offers a method for evaluating the cost effectiveness of passive solar designs for commercial buildings, a system recently developed by the National Bureau of Standards. The method provides a new analytical tool for the building community, policy makers, financiers and investors.
The method also considers such potential economic benefits as: higher rental income from commercial space: lower electric lighting costs; reduced heating costs, and higher property values and extended property life.
The author of the report, economist Jeanne W. Powell, suggests further areas of research for passive solar systems including the measurement of acoustical, aesthetic, comfort and health effects.
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• Children need love, especially when they don't deserve it.
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"Structures: Fundamental Theory & Behavior" by Richard M. Gutkowski, Ph.D., P.E. 528 pp.; 447 illustrations; 6-% x 10; $34.50. Publication date: November, 1980. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 135 W. 50th St., New York, NY 10020.
This new reference on structural analysis is believed to be the first book of its kind to provide balanced coverage of both geometric and computer methods. The author, an associate professor of civil engineering at Colorado State University, discusses subjects of critical importance to a structural engineer starting out in the field.
The book also includes an entire chapter on fundamental geometric concepts of structural analysis such as small deflection theory, degrees of freedom, and the role of axial deformation in frame analysis. Each of these is discussed in elementary terms that promote complete comprehension.
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• Anger is more harmful than the injury that caused it.
"Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process" (SP 586). 261 pp.: $7.00. Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Order by Stock No. 003-003-02212-8.
A wide-ranging exchange of views among bulding code and industry experts from around the country is represented in this new volume of the Commerce Department's National Bureau of Standards.
Some 20 talks, papers and reports are included and embody the proceedings of the fourth NBS/NCSBCS Joint Research Conference held in St. Louis in conjunction with the 12th annual meeting of the National Conference of States on Buildings Codes and Standards.
Among topics covered are: issues in building code enforcement; housing code studies; energy conservation in buildings; design considerations and their impact on code enforcement, and innovative regulatory approaches for metrication, insulation standards and climatic conditions.
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It was Lord Chesterfield who said: "There is time enough for everything in the course of a day if you do one thing at a time. But there is not enough time in a year if you do two things at a time."
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"Building Technology Publications Supplement 3:1978" edited by JoAnne R. Debelius. 8% × 11; 102 pp.; illustrated: $4.00; Stock No. 003-003-02096-6. Order from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
This new report presents the National Bureau of Standards' Center for Building Technology (CBT) publications authored by Center staff during calendar year 1978. The report includes an abstract of each publication. titles and abstracts of papers published in non-NBS media, key word and author indexes, and general ordering information and instructions.
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• Confidence, according to "Gyrator" in Chicago, is simply that quiet, absolutely assured feeling you have just before you fall flat on your face.
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"Building Technology Publications- Supplement 4: 1979 (SP 457-4). 76- pp.: $3.75. Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Order by Stock No. 003-003-02205-5.
Research by the National Bureau of Standards Center for Building Technology in 1979 resulted in approxi-
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