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    Benefits Of Slate Roofing

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    Slate Roofing: Why It Is An Excellent Choice For A Home In the process of constructing your home and need to pick a roofing material? It may be tempting to go with traditional asphalt shingles, but know that slate can be an excellent choice for a home. Slate has many benefits that make it an appealing option to use during new construction. Consider the following 3 benefits. Slate is Durable Many homeowners love slate because the material is fireproof. Slate also has the durability of…

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    Biking is the Best Choice for College Students and Faculties to Commute on Campus Transportation system penetrates college life, which largely impacts people’s social life patterns as well as academic plans on campus. Thus, it is essential to choose a means of transportation that works most efficiently for commuting. Among various choices, biking should become the perfect option because of their portability and speed. In the paper, by analyzing the advantages of riding bicycles…

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    With fossil fuels causing harm to our environment, it is important to search for alternatives that will benefit our earth. Alternative energy is energy that is widely available and environment friendly. These alternative energy sources do not consume fossil fuels; instead they are nuclear, solar, wind or hydroelectrically powered. These energy forms are more environmentally friendly because they cause little or no pollution. It is important to know the different types of alternative energy…

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    Public Market Case Study

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    • ACCESSIBILTY- One of the biggest problem for now is the traffic, even in the province. In building a Public market, we must analyze the way before arriving to the public market. It must be walking distance or it can be accessible by bicycle. • EXISTING BULIDINGS- The majority of the public market facilities involve some type of adaptive re-use of an existing building. • LAND VALUES- The economics of potential public market facility are such that, in the absence of substantial…

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    speed to ensure that tourists are not harmed when visiting. On a visit to Thailand 3 years ago, the Golden Temple which is located in Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, I discovered that donations and government money are set aside to reestablish some buildings, which would otherwise be neglected. Government should pay attention to Thailand’s protection and control in order to preserve the environment of natural beauty, also impose rules and regulations for the tourism industries and travel agents.…

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    the fields of science and technology, has allowed architecture to advance to the point of where not just the inhabitants of a structure benefit, but the environment as well . Similar to traditional architecture, sustainable and green architecture…

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    Food Path Project

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    urban environments have lost touch with the food production system. It would also reduce the negative impact on our planet by using more environmentally friendly ways of keeping buildings cool by integrating agricultural plots and green products on skyscrapers would allow an ecologically friendly way of cooling buildings without the use of AC (Omar 2018, 16). Furthermore, for Omar, the automated machinery would reduce the number of workers needed to harvest crops as the individuals are a major…

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    The world needs a sustainable energy source, there are no two ways about it. In my opinion, with the current infrastructure of the United States, the only way the US can generate enough energy effectively and efficiently is by combining nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, wind, and biofuels. Nuclear can generate a solid baseline in which solar can add on to during the day when energy usage is near its highest. The rest of the sources can add onto what is being produced by nuclear and can then match…

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    and interdependent objectives. These evenings occur as part of an information sharing technique. Before the two-way asymmetric model could be fully implemented. The community 's relationship towards the WCD needed to be repaired. A step towards building a better relationship, to engage the local community publics was done through Grunig and Hunt (1984) The public information model, a truthoriented approach to public relations. (http://www.nzta.govt.nz/about/media/releases/4042/news.html) lists…

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    the property, especially for housing developments. Geologically, the dense bedrock directly below the surface provides a solid foundation with few erosion issues, decreasing the chances of shifting in the future. The shallow-sloping limestone makes building easier as steep inclines are not apparent. Further development and access in this area affects both biotic and abiotic components of the wetland. The area provides habitat for endangered species that would be greatly impacted through…

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