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Evaluation of strategic building maintenance and refurbishment budgeting method Schroeder

International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2012
The method Schroeder is accepted amongst real estate professionals in Switzerland as a near standard for condition monitoring, budgeting of maintenance and refurbishment, and strategic decision support in point of building portfolios.
Markus Christen, Jules Schroeder, Holger Wallbaum   +2 more
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Selection of refurbishment construction solutions to improve the indoor environmental quality and sustainability of buildings [PDF]

, 2013
Building rehabilitation is essential to achieve the targets defined by the EPBD recast regarding energy efficiency, reduction of carbon emissions and use of on-site renewable energy sources.
Almeida, Manuela Guedes de, Silva, Sandra Monteiro   +1 more
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of an Office Building into a Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB): Implications for Thermal and Visual Comfort and Energy Performance

Energies, 2019
Directive 2010/31/EU promotes the refurbishment of existing buildings to change them into nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEBs). Within this framework, it is of crucial importance to guarantee the best trade-off between energy performance and indoor ...
Ilaria Ballarini, Giovanna De Luca, Argun Paragamyan, Anna Pellegrino, Vincenzo Corrado   +4 more
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Sustainable refurbishment for an adaptable built environment [PDF]

, 2018
The reconsideration of the existing building stock is motivated by society’s efforts towards sustainability and resilience. The building sector has a considerable role to play in doing so.
Dimitrijević, Branka, Konstantinou, Thaleia   +1 more
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Energy and technological refurbishment of the School of Architecture Valle Giulia, Rome [PDF]

, 2017
Modern architecture built in historical urban contexts represents a demanding issue when its energy efficiency should be improved. Indeed, the strongest efforts have to be made to maintain the architectural identity and its harmony with the surrounding ...
Clemente, C., De Santoli, L., Lucci, S., Mancini, F.   +3 more
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Making it explicit – Sustained shared thinking dialogue as a way to explore children's perspectives on quality in German early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha, Frauke Hildebrandt, Caroline Wronski, Jan Lonnemann, Mathias Urban   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refurbishment and school buildings management in a smart building environment

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018
Building Information Modelling is a methodology, which is able to take into account many data, both geometrical and non-geometrical, in order to evaluate at the actual condition of the asset. The project has the scope of evaluating the conditions of different school buildings, in order to develop a way to choose the best-tailored management solution to
Di Giuda, Giuseppe Martino, Villa, Valentina, Tagliabue, Lavinia Chiara, Giana, Paolo Ettore, Rinaldi, Stefano, Ciribini, Angelo Luigi Camillo   +5 more
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Deciphering the catalytic and pharmacological mechanisms of Coptis chinensis herbzymes to renovate intestinal microenvironment for colitis alleviation

BMEMat, EarlyView.
The synthesized CCzymes possess both antioxidant enzyme activity and pharmacological properties inherent to Coptis chinensis. By their antioxidant enzyme activity, CCzymes can attenuate oxidative stress within the inflammatory region of ulcerative colitis (UC), while their pharmacological activity acts on macrophage polarization and the intestinal ...
Zhichao Deng, Can Li, Yujie Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhu, Chenxi Xu, Bowen Gao, Mingxin Zhang, Martina H. Stenzel, Kelong Fan, Mingzhen Zhang, Yanyan Jiang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Horizontal Building Interaction as an Element of Neighborhood Energy-Oriented Refurbishment

Buildings
The building sector has a significant impact on the environment due to its high resource and energy usage. The refurbishment of the building stock is a measure for reducing emissions.
Luisa Bergmann
doaj   +1 more source