“…This Special Issue includes 20 contributions from across the world with very interesting and current research topics, such as insulation solutions and CO2 emissions; thermal transmittance of LSF walls; statistics for China’s building energy consumption; natural ventilation; thermal behavior of an earthbag building; thermal performance and comfort in a vernacular building; overheating risk under future extreme weather conditions; analytical methods to estimate the thermal transmittance of LSF walls; model simplification on energy and comfort simulation analysis; Trombe wall thermal behavior and energy efficiency of an LSF compartment; new metering hot box for in situ hygrothermal measurement; mechanical and thermal performance of compressed earth blocks; life-cycle assessment of a new house; energy analyses of Serbian buildings with horizontal overhangs; thermal properties of mortar blocks by using recycled glass; prediction of cooling energy consumption building using machine learning techniques; occupants’ behavior, climate change, heating, and cooling energy needs of buildings; a new method for establishing a hygrothermally controlled test room; nonintrusive measurements to incorporate the air renovations in dynamic models; and retrofit of existing buildings with aerogel panels…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The slave: a self portrait -- The Christian life as a sports fan sees it -- Sin and I -- Vessels in the king's house -- The Christian's larger family -- Babies and grown-ups too -- Portraits of the church -- The Christian as soldier and as actor -- Pictures of a baptismal service -- Lessons in living with defeat -- The Christian life beyond words -- This mortal and immortal flesh…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""1 A Gathering of Friends""; ""2 Meeting House and Camp Meeting""; ""3 Visions""; ""4 Meeting House and Temple""; ""5 Doctrine, Worship, and Ritual""; ""6 Life and Work in the Community""; ""7 House and Home: The Ebenezer Doan House""; ""8 Religion and Politics""; ""9 The Last Years of the Children of Peace""; ""10 The Children of Peace and the World Around Them""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- The Bitter Fruits of Success -- Elderly Housing in Contemporary Japan: Exploring Alternative Forms of Housing -- The Housing System and Generational Divides: Housing Pathways and Life-courses in Japan -- Older Japanese Spouse Care in Relation to Household Structure, Gender Relation, and Political Economy -- "Silver Robots" and "Robotic Nurses"? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Into the center pulpit : a dangerous dream -- Redigging the old wells : the Christian woman versus woman's lib -- A rattlesnake in the house : the beginning of the controversy -- First tier in the realm of salvation : gracious submission -- Behold a new thing? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; weather architecture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Things of a Natural Kind; 2 The Seasons of A Life; 3 A Life in Ruins; 4 The Garden of Architecture; 5 Pigments and Pollution; 6 The Weather of Our Houses; 7 Submitting to the Seasons; 8 Fog, Glare and Gloom; 9 Sweet Garden of Vanished Pleasures; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword / By David Korten -- Prologue : the journey ahead -- The overbuilt house of claims -- Extractive ownership as the cause of financial collapse -- Debt, inc. : extractive design -- The community bank : generative design -- Wall street : capital markets on autopilot -- Overload : the expanding house of claims -- Collapse : the eroding middle-class base -- Returning to earth -- Ecological values as the seedbed of a generative economy -- Waking up : from maximizing profits to sustaining life -- The island : from growth to sufficiency -- Bringing forth a world : from individualism to community -- Creating living companies -- The five core elements of generative ownership design -- Living purpose : creating the conditions for life -- Rooted membership : ownership in living hands -- Mission-controlled governance : humans at the helm -- Stakeholder finance : capital as friend -- Ethical networks : reinforcing shared values -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the author…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…James for the General Reader; 4. Misreading The House of Mirth; 5. The Comforts of Romanticism; Epilogue: Reading Up into the Twenty-first Century; Appendix A: The Mabie Canon; Appendix B: "Novels Descriptive of American Life"; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Model diet for a living wage -- 4. Local food prices -- 5. Local housing standard for a living wage -- 6 Local cost of decent housing for a living wage -- 7. …”