The Role of Additive Manufacturing and Physiomimetic Computational Design for Digital Construction

The recent adoption of the term additive manufacturing (AM) to describe a broad range of digital ‘layer by layer’ fabrication techniques comes 20 years since its inception and more than 10 years since architectural practices engaged with the technology for making prototypes and models. Soon this technology will join existing CNC subtractive and formative processes within the volume and mass-market sectors, where design complexity and increased functionality result in competitive advantage. It is also about a decade since researchers proposed additive manufacturing for construction. Rupert Soar and David Andreen introduce here the different construction-scale additive manufacturing systems currently in development. If linked to physiomimetic computational design strategies, these technologies provide novel possibilities for addressing architecture's manufacturing challenges in the face of energy expenditure, material resources and environmental impact. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

从博泽上海总部项目看绿色建筑理念与常规设计手法

以博泽上海总部项目为例,分析了该项目中应用的绿色建筑理念和常规设计手法,以及对中国当前环境下如何将绿色建筑理念付诸实施的启示。     

坚持发展 走出一条新型工业化的路子--福建南纸公司总经理陈守勤谈企业目标

阐述了福建南纸公司的发展目标和发展的路子。     

顺应产业新政 新亚纸业实现稳快发展

不久前国家发改委发布的《造纸产业发展政策》，是专门针对造纸行业的首部产业政策。造纸行业被从政策的高度得以认可、规范和指导，不亚于被注入一支兴奋剂，必将进发出蓬勃活力。作为河南造纸行业的龙头企业，新亚纸业集团在产业新政的指导下，进一步加大了环保综合治理与产业结构调整力度，以规范的运作保持了企业的稳快发展。     

技术支持管理保障--福建南纸开展清洁生产经验谈

总结福建南纸通过清洁生产实现节能、降耗、减污、增效的成功经验。     

Self-X Materials and Structures in Nature and Technology: Bio-inspiration as a Driving Force for Technical Innovation

Over the course of 3.8 billion years of biological evolution, nature has found the answers to many engineering problems. The aim of biomimetics is to analyse and tap biology's potential as a huge reservoir for innovative solutions. Thomas Speck , Professor and Director of the Plant Biomechanics Group (PBG) at the University of Freiburg and the Freiburg Centre for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), Jan Knippers , Professor and Head of the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart, and Olga Speck , a researcher at the PBG, scientific coordinator of FIT and manager of the Competence Network Biomimetics at Freiburg, explain how biological material systems with self-x properties are cost-efficient, multifunctional, and can be environmentally friendly; and with several billion trial runs, have surely stood the test of time.     

Energy-microfinance intervention for below poverty line households in India

More than 72% of India's population resides in rural India¹ and it also has a high concentration of people living under abject poverty. Of the total rural population 27.1–28.3% lives below the poverty line² (BPL). A lack of energy-finance options is hampering the “quality of life” of the BPL community. The members of this disadvantaged household which forms 27.1% and 23.6% of the India's rural and urban population³ has no ready access to mainstream finance or know—how of sustainable energy products nor do they have access to energy service providing agency. This lack of energy-finance options has provided the marginalized population little means to break the conventional energy paradigm and the corresponding poverty cycle.     

信息化做帆 富伦纸业远航--来自内蒙古森工集团富伦纸业有限公司企业信息化建设的报告

介绍了富伦纸业对信息化建设的认识及其经验，并对走新型工业化道路进行探讨，简述了企业发展的战略措施。     

浅谈山东招金集团矿山生态环境重建

针对目前山东招金集团公司矿山生产中矿石的开采，土地的占用和植被的破坏，以及废水和尾矿的排放等对生态环境的污染和破坏，提出了关于开展矿山生态环境重建的必要性和实施方案，为实现人口，资源，环境与区域经济的健康协调发展，提供了环境科学依据。