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Multiple criteria decision support web‐based system for building refurbishment

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2004
In order to design and realise an efficient building refurbishment, it is necessary to carry out an exhaustive investigation of all solutions that form it, ie planimetric and volumetric changes, the elimination of building deterioration and obsolescence,
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing Circular Economy in the existing building stock: A methodology to support building characterisation for sustainable refurbishment design

open access: yesActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022
The lack of standard practices and platforms for assessing refurbishment strategies towards Circular Economy (CE) and their impact in global warming constitutes a challenge for the decarbonization of existing building stock.
Joana Bastos Fernandes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reshaping the future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A 5.3 million pounds sterling refurbishment and new build library project was undertaken by Bournemouth University. First inception to latest adaptation spans 2000–2008.
Ball, David, Beard, Jill
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Intensity of Damage in the Aging Process of Buildings [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Civil Engineering, 2020
Predicting the aging process of residential buildings carried out using traditional technologies is necessary when planning refurbishment works in these buildings.
Beata Nowogońska
doaj   +1 more source

A study of refurbishment of listed buildings into a new facilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This research is a study on the refurbishment of old building and heritage building in Malaysia. This research intends to highlight the existing practice on rehabilitation projects in Malaysia with the main focus on guidelines at rehabilitation work ...
Marghitas, Al. L.   +2 more
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Effectiveness and barriers of Pre-refurbishment Auditing for refurbishment and renovation waste management

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges, 2021
The construction industry is the major source of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste in Hong Kong. The capacity of landfills will reach saturation in a couple of years. Refurbishment and renovation projects contribute 10 to 20% of C&D waste.
Ann T.W. Yu, Irene Wong, Kelvin S.H. Mok
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Factors Influencing Building Refurbishment Project Performance

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2018
Presently, the refurbishment approach becomes favourable as it creates opportunities to incorporate sustainable value with other building improvement.
Ishak Nurfadzillah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Performance Measures to Assess Building Refurbishment from a Life Cycle Perspective

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
Energy efficiency investments in existing buildings are an effective way of reducing the environmental impact of the building stock. Even though policies in the European Union and elsewhere promote a unilateral focus on operational energy reduction ...
Helena Nydahl   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Architectural membranes on building’s functional refurbishment

open access: yesIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2017
Abstract The aim of this study is to make an insight about architectural membrane applications for building’s functional refurbishment, analysing the characteristics that make architectural membranes suitable for this purpose. It is based on sixty interventions used as case studies that are classified chronologically and by countries and
Macieira, Mónica Raquel Fernandes   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Multiple criteria assessment of apartment building performance for refurbishment purposes

open access: yesInternational Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2018
The selection of buildings for refurbishment is a multi-objective problem and it should be based on integrated assessment of the current performance of the buildings.
Laura Tupėnaitė   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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