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Plumbing, electricity, acoustics : sustainable design methods for architecture / Norbert Lechner.
No full textIncludes index.xi, 289 pages :Discover sustainable methods for designing crucial building systems for architects.
This indispensable companion to Norbert Lechner's landmark volume Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects, Third Edition completes the author's mission to coverall topics in the field of sustainable environmental control. It provides knowledge appropriate for the level of complexity needed at the schematic design stage and presents the most up-to-date information available in a concise, logical, accessible manner and arrangement. Although sustainability deals with many issues, those concerning energy and efficiency are the most critical, making an additional goal of this book one of providing architects with the skills and knowledge needed to create buildings that use electricity and water efficiently. Guidelines and rules-of-thumb are provided to help designers make their buildings use less energy, less water, and less of everything else to achieve their primary objectives.
In addition, this book:
Addresses ways to reduce electricity usage through more efficient lighting systems and appliances and by incorporating automatic switches and control systems that turn off systems not in use.
Covers the design of well-planned effluent treatment systems that protect against potential health hazards while also becoming a valuable source of reclaimed water and fertilizer
Provides coverage of fire protection and conveyance systems, including very efficient types of elevators and escalators and designs that encourage the use of stairs or ramps.
Complete with case studies that illustrate how these systems are incorporated into large-project plans, Plumbing, Electricity, Acoustics is an indispensable resource for any architect involved in a sustainable design project
Noted Author and Scholar Visits
No full textThe new Cassandra Voss Center at St. Norbert is celebrating a canonical figure in gender studies in America with a full year of programming dedicated to her work.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1004/thumbnail.jp
Forma y razón histórica del Estado en el pensamiento de Norbert Lechner
No full textThis article examines one of the central approaches
in Norbert Lechner’s theory, who was
one of the most emblematic intellectuals in
Latin America’s studies of political subjectivity.
Based on the diagnosis of a State crisis due to its
functioning as an instrument of domination, the
author conceives it as form and historical reason.
That is, as an imaginary referent that mediates
the social relations between everyday praxis
and institutionality. For him, it is in the microphysical
spaces where the hegemonic struggle,
which must be represented by a general interest,
unfolds. Without this mediation and ethical
content, the State becomes a simple reproductive
device of capitalist relations. Therefore, we
propose that the search for a historical perspective
within the conceptualization of the State
constitutes one of the bases that support Norbert
Lechner’s theory of political subjectivity.El presente artículo revisa uno de los planteamientos
centrales en la teoría de Norbert
Lechner, quien fue uno de los intelectuales más
representativos de los estudios de subjetividad
política en América Latina. A partir del diagnóstico
de una crisis de Estado operada por
su funcionamiento como instrumento de dominación,
el autor formula una concepción
de éste como forma y razón histórica, es decir,
como un referente imaginario que medie las relaciones
sociales entre la praxis cotidiana y la
institucionalidad. Para Lechner, es en los espacios
microfísicos donde se despliega la lucha
hegemónica que debe ser representada por un
interés general. Sin esa mediación y sin contenido
ético, el Estado deviene en mero aparato
reproductor de relaciones capitalistas. Proponemos
que la búsqueda de una conceptualización
con perspectiva histórica, se constituye en una
de las bases que sustentan la teoría de la subjetividad
política de Norbert Lechner
Summer 2013: Community-Wide Conversation Focuses on Recruiting and Retaining Young Talent
No full textA significant discussion on regional progress – and ways to relay that progress to members of Generation Y, in particular – kicked off at St. Norbert on Oct. 15. Futurist, economist and author Rebecca Ryan talked about means by which communities like the Greater Green Bay area can enhance their ability to recruit and retain the next generation of talent.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1084/thumbnail.jp
Norbert Waszek, "La escuela hegeliana"
No full textAuthor: Norbert Waszek. Translated by Pedro Sepúlveda Zambran
Norbert Waszek, "La escuela hegeliana"
No full textAuthor: Norbert Waszek. Translated by Pedro Sepúlveda Zambran
In a Class by Himself
No full textThis year, for the first time, an alumni presenter will be among those taking part in Alumni College. C.J. Hribal ’79, author and Marquette University professor, will offer a lecture on the art of mystery in fiction. Hribal joins St. Norbert professors (some of them SNC alums, too!) on the faculty of the annual event that draws alums back to campus for a weekend opportunity to reconnect.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1002/thumbnail.jp
Spring 2015: Thought Leaders Weigh Issues of Violence and Reconciliation
No full textThe “Thought Leaders Weigh Issues of Violence and Reconciliation” article from St. Norbert College Magazine’s Spring 2015 issue recounts a powerful dialogue between author bell hooks and sociologist Beth Richie during hooks’ campus residency. Centered on the theme “Ending Violence: How We Change,” the conversation explored systemic violence, personal accountability, and the transformative potential of love and community. Richie, an advisor to the NFL on domestic violence, and hooks, a renowned social justice scholar, emphasized the need for honest dialogue, healing, and grassroots change—urging individuals to start small, act locally, and build inclusive spaces of understanding and care.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1244/thumbnail.jp
O PENSAMENTO POLÍTICO DE NORBERT LECHNER E O PAPEL DA IDEIA DE UTOPIA DO CONSENSO COMO FUNDAMENTO DA DEMOCRACIA
No full textThis article analyzes the contributions of Norbert Lechner\u27s political thinking to the understanding of the democratic political order, its role in the constitutions of the symbolic sense of collective life and its fundament from the secularization of power by modernity. The text initially highlights the relevance of the theme of political order and its role in fixing the idea of certainty and security for collective coexistence. Then, it emphasizes the links established by the author\u27s thinking between democratic political order, pluralism and secularization of the world. Finally, it analyzes consensus as a possible utopia that fundament the democratic political order. For the realization this research, the hypothetical-deductive method and the bibliographic technique were used.O presente artigo analisa as contribuições do pensamento político de Norbert Lechner para a compreensão da ordem política democrática, seu papel nas constituições do sentido simbólico da vida coletiva e seu fundamento a partir da secularização do poder pela modernidade. O texto destaca inicialmente a relevância do tema da ordem política e seu papel na fixação da ideia de certeza e de segurança para a convivência coletiva. Em seguida, enfatiza os vínculos estabelecidos pelo pensamento do autor entre ordem política democrática, pluralismo e secularização do mundo. Por fim, analisa o consenso como uma utopia possível que fundamenta a ordem política democrática. Para a realização desta pesquisa, foram utilizados o método hipotético-dedutivo e a técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica
Evolution, Science and Faith: Grandeur in an Evolutionary View of Life
No full textIn this lecture, St. Norbert College welcomed Brown University\u27s Kenneth R. Miller to campus for the Spring 2025 Dr. Benjamin T. Chu Distinguished Lecture, “Evolution, Science and Faith: Grandeur in an Evolutionary View of Life .
Miller—renowned biologist, author and advocate for the dialogue between science and religion—shared powerful insights on evolution, human purpose and the intersection of reason and belief
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