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Rammed Earth Construction
What is rammed earth construction? Rammed earth construction is the process of ramming a mixture of aggregates, like gravel, sand, silt and clay into a formwork to create walls. When the earth is dry the formwork is removed to reveal solid monolithic walls. ...
Metric Data 01 Average dimensions of person standing
Metric Data 01: Average dimensions of man and woman standing In Metric Data 01 we look at the average dimensions of a man standing and the average dimensions of a woman standing. This includes details such as average male height, average female height, average reach...
Free CAD Blocks – Disabled people
This set of cad blocks from the First In Architecture Cad Block database features disabled people cad blocks in plan and elevation. I hope you find them useful. Please feel free to download them. My free autocad block library continues to grow - if you have any...
CP02 CAD Blocks Furniture
Living Room Furniture CAD Blocks This set of living room furniture cad blocks from the First In Architecture Cad Block database. I hope you find them useful. This set of cad blocks includes: sofa cad blocks side table cad blocks coffee table cad blocks occasional...
Understanding Scales and Scale Drawings
You can download a handy pdf of this post Understanding Scale Drawings by clicking the download button below! Understanding the concept of architectural scales and scale drawings Scale drawings allow us to accurately represent sites, spaces, buildings and...
CP01 CAD Blocks Furniture
This set of cad blocks furniture from the First In Architecture Cad Block database features living and dining furniture. I hope you find them useful. This set of cad blocks includes: sofas tables side table coffee table chairs dining chairs book cases storage units...
Free CAD Blocks – Fences and Railings
This set of cad blocks from the First In Architecture Cad Block database features fence cad blocks and railing cad blocks in elevation. I hope you find them useful. Please feel free to download them. My free autocad block library continues to grow - if you have any...
Biomass Energy
What is biomass energy? Biomass is a fuel that is produced by organic means. It is derived from burning of trees or plants which have absorbed CO2 during their lifetime. So, the CO2 that is absorbed during the life of the tree or plant, is then re-released when...
Air source and ground source heat pumps
What is a heat pump? A heat pump is a system that extracts heat from a source, such as the ground, and upgrades the heat to a useful temperature. The heat is then used for space heating. Electricity is required to convert the heat that is harvested into usable...
Free Download – People 03
Free People Download 03 I have been playing around with some new techniques recently, and have come up with a few more of these people. I hope you like them! They are free to download, PNG files, in colour, dark grey and white, so they are easy to drag and drop into...
Combined Heat and Power
What is Combined heat and power (CHP)? Combined heat and power (CHP) generates electricity by burning fuel, and captures the usable heat that is produced in the process. Essentially, it is a system that is able to produce both electricity, and heating. Conventional...
Solar Energy
Solar Energy Using the energy of the sun is one of the most effective strategies of the renewable technologies, in part because buildings can benefit from both passive and active systems. Passive solar design can provide between 20% and 40% of the...