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Sustainable refurbishment solutions for high-rise residential buildings in subtropical areas [PDF]

, 2014
Conference Theme: Mass Customisation and Sustainability in HousingBuilding maintenance and refurbishment has become a particular concern in developed economies, as there are many old buildings in urban areas. While various refurbishment methods have been
Li, J, Lomas, K, Ng, TST, Zou, W
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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

A new approach in the refurbishment of the office buildings – from standard to alternative nearly zero energy buildings

International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2020
The government of Cyprus has developed packages addressing the energy performance of non-residential buildings, in order to achieve the national energy reduction objectives. Currently, Decree 366/2014 is in force, defining the requirements for a building
Stella Dimitriou, Ioanna Kyprianou, Costas N. Papanicolas, Despina Serghides   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving buildings refurbishment through operative conditions evaluation [PDF]

, 2012
As EU existing buildings stock account for 40% of the total energy consumption, it is important to take measures to reduce these needs and, consequently, reduce the EU external energy dependency as well as reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, in ...
Almeida, Manuela Guedes de, Bragança, L., Silva, Pedro Correia Pereira da, Silva, Sandra Monteiro   +3 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

An optimisation process to motivate effective adoption of BIM for refurbishment of complex buildings in New Zealand

Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2019
Despite the multidisciplinary networks involved in refurbishment of complex building projects, the lack of BIM adoption signifies lack of real BIM benefits towards acceptance of BIM within Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC).To this end ...
Anthony Okakpu, Ali GhaffarianHoseini, John Tookey, Jarrod Haar, Amirhosein Ghaffarian Hoseini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Some refurbishment particularities: An older building case study

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2020
Abstract Portugal has many old buildings with historical and cultural values in advanced degradation. Many of them have an architectural interest, special values and some other characteristics with interest to preserve, which contribute to keeping the building originality and singularity.
Oliveira, Rui, Lopes, Jorge, Abreu, Maria Isabel   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

NaturWall©: facciate in legno multifunzionali per la riqualificazione del patrimonio edilizio / NaturWall©:multifunctional wood façade in existent building refurbishment [PDF]

, 2012
Naturwall© is a research conducted by Politecnico of Turin (DAD) (under supervision of Prof.G.Callegari) and a local PMI support (Natural House, Castellamonte), promoted by Giovanni Goria Foundation "Master dei Talenti" programme.
Spinelli, Antonio
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Platform Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: A Framework for Industry 5.0 Integration

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A comprehensive framework is developed for adopting Platform Business Model Innovation (PBMI) to enhance sustainable performance in the Industry 5.0 (I5.0) era. While PBMI plays a growing role in corporate transformation, tensions persist between profit‐driven objectives and broader sustainability imperatives.
Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim, Issam Tlemsani, Ansarullah Tantry, Songdi Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact Measuring in Sustainable Ventures: A Process Perspective

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Impact measurement is crucial for sustainable ventures to quantify their contribution to sustainable development. Although research has highly focused on impact measurement as a static activity, we conduct a qualitative study to explore how impact measuring as a process unfolds over time.
Jan Moellmann, Esther Salvi, Frank‐Martin Belz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source