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Appendix: Advertisement, instruction and specifications for the erection of a gun shed at West Point, N. Y., opened July 29, 1905. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Buildings Vol.4 Nr.3, 266 - 294 ; Better construction and use of buildings in the European Union would influence 42% of final energy consumption, about 35% of our greenhouse gas emissions and more than 50% of all extracted materials. It could also help to save up to 30% of water consumption. This paper outlines and draws conclusions about different aspects of the material efficiency of buildings and assesses the significance of different building materials on the material efficiency. The research uses an extensive literature study and a case-study in order to assess: should the depletion of materials be ignored in the environmental or sustainability assessment of buildings, are the related effects on land use, energy use and/or harmful emissions significant, should related indicators (such as GHGs) be used to indicate the material efficiency of buildings, and what is the significance of scarce materials, compared to the use of other building materials. This research suggests that the material efficiency should focus on the significant global impacts of material efficiency; not on the individual factors of it. At present global warming and greenhouse gas emissions are among the biggest global problems on which material efficiency has a direct impact on. Therefore, this paper suggests that greenhouse gas emissions could be used as an indicator for material efficiency in building

Better construction and use of buildings in the European Union would influence 42% of final energy consumption, about 35% of our greenhouse gas emissions and more than 50% of all extracted materials. It could also help to save up to 30% of water consumption. This paper outlines and draws conclusions about different aspects of the material efficiency of buildings and assesses the significance of different building materials on the material efficiency. The research uses an extensive literature study and a case-study in order to assess: should the depletion of materials be ignored in the environmental or sustainability assessment of buildings, are the related effects on land use, energy use and/or harmful emissions significant, should related indicators (such as GHGs) be used to indicate the material efficiency of buildings, and what is the significance of scarce materials, compared to the use of other building materials. This research suggests that the material efficiency should focus on the significant global impacts of material efficiency; not on the individual factors of it. At present global warming and greenhouse gas emissions are among the biggest global problems on which material efficiency has a direct impact on. Therefore, this paper suggests that greenhouse gas emissions could be used as an indicator for material efficiency in building.

Over the years, significant amount of money has been invested in public-sector school building construction projects by Ghanaian government, however, several of these buildings' projects have suffered several set-backs such as total abandonment but rarely do researchers focus on these abandonments. This study, therefore, explored the factors that account for abandonment within the Ghanaian public education sector by focusing on Community Day Senior High School Buildings. Using questionnaire survey to solicit the information from contractors, project management practitioners and clients of the selected projects, we identified forty-two factors of abandonment. Employing factor analysis and structural equation modelling, the factors were categorised into five – political leadership, culture, external forces resources/funding and administrative/institutional. All these sets of factors were statistically significant in causing Ghanaian public-sector education building construction infrastructure projects abandonment. However, the most significant sets of factors are political leadership, followed by poor administrative/institutional practices, poor resource/funding, cultural factors and external forces.

The Construction Industry in India is fast growing now. From the traditional construction of individual houses, the concept of apartments had gained popularity decades ago in places like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Chennai. The apartments are broadly classified into Residential Apartments and Commercial Apartments. Even in Residential Apartments, the surge now is towards "luxurious apartments" which offer striking luxuries to inmates for whom price is of least consideration. Customers are no longer "price sensitive" and are inclined towards "posh living". Another thing to be borne in mind is that Government is also very keen in ensuring "House for All" to people and in this regard various projects and schemes are being introduced by the Government. The scarcity of land and also the whooping cost of same is yet another reason for construction of multi storey building where so many families live in one apartment. Fifteen floors, twenty floors and more are the common sights in Chennai and its outskirts.

The Construction Industry is rapidly reviving after the jolt of demonetisation. The builders have understood the RERA and the benefits of same to both themselves and also to the buyers. The increased income levels, rise in the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas for employment purposes, easy availability of long term institutional finance, increased rentals in city forcing people to sacrifice their other comforts for purchase of an apartment, growing economic development and Government's initiative on House for All and many other reasons contribute to the excellent construction activities, particularly in the City and the outskirts of same.