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Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings

open access: yesBuildings, 2021
The seismic performance assessment of buildings is a challenging process [...]
R. Bento, A. Simões
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Aesthetically Appealing Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems for Net-Zero Energy Buildings. Current Status, Challenges, and Future Developments—A Review

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
With the sharp increase in global energy demand, industrial and residential buildings are responsible for around 40% of the energy consumed with most of this energy portion being generated by non-renewable sources, which significantly contribute to ...
M. K. Basher   +4 more
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The environmental impact of service life-extending repair for corrosion damaged reinforced concrete balconies: a case study in a coastal context [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2022
Nowadays a vast number of concrete structures are approaching the end of their expected service life. The need for sustainable rehabilitation (maintenance and repair) is urgent and due to the expected deterioration of buildings and civil structures ...
Renne Neel   +3 more
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An Overview of Emerging and Sustainable Technologies for Increased Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emission Mitigation in Buildings

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
The building sector accounts for a significant proportion of global energy usage and carbon dioxide emissions. It is important to explore technological advances to curtail building energy usage to support the transition to a sustainable energy future ...
Zhenjun Ma   +8 more
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Circular economy strategies for adaptive reuse of cultural heritage buildings to reduce environmental impacts

open access: yesResources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020
Circular economy strategies seek to reduce the total resources extracted from the environment and reduce the wastes that human activities generate in pursuit of human wellbeing.
G. Foster
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Frost heave and thaw settlement of initially saturated-slurried and compacted-saturated materials [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Soils and industrial waste in various geotechnical engineering applications are expected to experience freezing and thawing processes in various regions of the world where the winter and summer temperatures fluctuate between sub-zero and positive ambient
Tripathy Snehasis   +4 more
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Buildings in 2018

open access: yesBuildings, 2019
Rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing [...]
Buildings Editorial Office
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of the Heating System on the Occupant’s Thermal Comfort and Optimum Room Air Temperature [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Experiments were repetitively held in the laboratory of a research centre on a group of twenty-four participants for four different heating systems. All were of same age and wore similar clothing. Half were male and half female.
Dederová Kohoutková Alžběta   +3 more
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All you need to know about model predictive control for buildings

open access: yesAnnual Reviews in Control, 2020
Author(s): Drgoňa, J; Arroyo, J; Cupeiro Figueroa, I; Blum, D; Arendt, K; Kim, D; Olle, EP; Oravec, J; Wetter, M; Vrabie, DL; Helsen, L | Abstract: © 2020 It has been proven that advanced building control, like model predictive control (MPC), can notably
Ján Drgoňa   +10 more
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Digital Twins for Intelligent Green Buildings

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
At present, the integration of green building, the intelligent building industry and high-quality development are facing a series of new opportunities and challenges. This review aims to analyze the digital development of smart green buildings to make it
Bin Yang, Zhihan Lv, Faming Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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