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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
core   +3 more sources

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

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

THE USE OF 3D GEOVISUALIZATION AND CROWDSOURCING FOR OPTIMIZING ENERGY SIMULATION [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
As the world continues in the quest to fight global warming and environmental pollution by gradually moving to renewable sources of energy, there is also a need to reduce building energy consumption by refurbishing old and historic buildings to meet the ...
S. K. Sini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Model-Based Comparative Evaluation of Building and District Control-Oriented Energy Retrofit Scenarios

open access: yesBuildings, 2018
This paper presents work undertaken as part of the European H2020 project OptEEmAL (Optimized Energy Efficient Design Platform for Refurbishment at District Level), toward development of a decision-support platform for building and district refurbishment
Luciano De Tommasi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Methodology for Assessing the Energy Consumption of Building Stocks

open access: yesEnergies, 2017
The refurbishment of the existing building stocks represents a great potential for energy savings. To make the refurbishment effective, proper modeling of the current energy performance is needed.
Ilaria Ballarini, Vincenzo Corrado
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial neural network analysis of teachers��� performance against thermal comfort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Emerald in International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation on 17/04/2020, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-11-2019-0098 The accepted manuscript may differ from the ...
Alzahrani, Hamdan   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The knowledge presentation according to the needs of the participants in the public refurbishment sector

open access: yesTechnological and Economic Development of Economy, 2007
The aim of this article is to describe decision making groups participating in the process of public buildings refurbishment, to identify their needs of knowledge about public building refurbishment process and to analyze the knowledge dissemination ...
Aistė Mickaitytė   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Actor-to-actor tensions influencing waste management in building refurbishment projects: a service ecosystem perspective

open access: yesInternational Journal of Construction Management, 2020
Waste management in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has been a major research topic owing to the AEC industry being one of the top contributors of waste generation.
A. Sezer, P. Bosch-Sijtsema
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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