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Age-Friendly Built Environment

Encyclopedia, 2021
Age-friendly built environments have been promoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland) under the Global Age-friendly Cities (AFC) movement in which three domains are related to the built environment.
Hing-Wah Chau, Elmira Jamei
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Robotically driven construction of buildings: Exploring on-demand building components production

Spool, 2014
Robotically Driven Construction of Buildings (RDCB) is an exploration into design to production solutions for robotically driven construction of buildings initiated by the faculties of Civil Engineering and Architecture, TU Delft and Architecture, TU ...
Henriette Bier, Sina Mostafavi, Ana Anton, Serban Bodea, Berend Raaphorst, Guus Mostart, Hans de Jonge, Jeroen van Lit, Jan Paclt, Kasper Siderius, Marco Galli, Michal Kornecki, Mohammad Jooshesh Oana Anghelache, Perry Low, Radoslaw Flis, Rob Moors, Rutger Roodt, Ruth Hoogenraad, Stef Hoeijmakers, Steph Kanters, Thijs IJperlaan, Peter Rem, Somayeh Lotfi, Eleonora di Domenica, Theo Salet, Jordy Vos, Adrie van der Burgt, Bas van Wezel, Christiaan Voorend, Chiel Bekkers, Iris Rombouts, Luc Gerlings, Marieke de Vries, Marijn Bruurs, Rob Wolfs, Siert Saes, Tim Span, Wout Rouwhorst   +37 more
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Sensing Hotterdam: Crowd sensing the Rotterdam urban heat island

Spool, 2014
Sensing Hotterdam recorded the temperature in 1,000 Rotterdam homes and at 300 public spaces in the summer of 2014 in order to outline the links between the urban heat island, the built environment and public health in the city of Rotterdam.
Frank van der Hoeven, Alexander Wandl, Betul Demir, Sophie Dikmans, Jafeth Hagoort, Marco Moretto, Pinar Sefkatli, Frans Snijder, Siriluck Songsri, Patrick Stijger, Natalie Yakovleva, Derk Wijtsma, Bert Blocken   +12 more
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DoubleFace: Adjustable translucent system to improve thermal comfort

Spool, 2014
The DoubleFace project aims at developing a new product that passively improves thermal comfort of indoor and semi-indoor spaces by means of lightweight materials for latent heat storage, while simultaneously allowing daylight to pass through as much as
Michela Turrin, Martin Tenpierik, Paul de Ruiter, Willem van der Spoel, Carlos Chang Lara, Florian Heinzelmann, Patrick Teuffel, Wout van Bommel   +7 more
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Re3 Glass: A new generation of Recycable, Reducible and Reusable cast glass components for structural and architectural applications

Spool, 2018
A spectacular glass brick system - developed to make the historic storefront of the Crystal Houses (Chanel store) in Amsterdam transparent - illustrates the great potential of cast glass blocks in structures.
Telesilla Bristogianni, Faidra Oikonomopoulou, Lida Barou, Fred Veer, Rob Nijsse, Erwin Jacobs, Giulia Frigo   +6 more
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Achieving sustainable cities: analysis of the factors that influence compliance with telecommunication masts siting standards in Ghana

Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2023
Factors that influence compliance with the standards that regulate the siting of telecommunication masts remain unclear in the conventional literature.
Emmanuel Amponsah, Stephen Appiah Takyi, Michael Osei Asibey, Owusu Amponsah   +3 more
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Disaster management and humanitarian logistics – A South African perspective

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2011
Disasters are becoming an unavoidable part of everyday life throughout the world, including South Africa. Even though South Africa is not a country affected by large-scale disasters such as earthquakes, the impact of disasters in South Africa is ...
Wilna L. Bean, Nadia M. Viljoen, Hans W. Ittmann, Elza Kekana   +3 more
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3D Point Cloud Data in Conveying Information for Local Green Factor Assessment

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
The importance of ensuring the adequacy of urban ecosystem services and green infrastructure has been widely highlighted in multidisciplinary research. Meanwhile, the consolidation of cities has been a dominant trend in urban development and has led to ...
Kaisa Jaalama, Heikki Kauhanen, Aino Keitaanniemi, Toni Rantanen, Juho-Pekka Virtanen, Arttu Julin, Matti Vaaja, Matias Ingman, Marika Ahlavuo, Hannu Hyyppä   +9 more
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Double Face 2.0: A lightweight translucent adaptable Trombe wall

Spool, 2018
Double Face 2.0 is a novel solar wall, joining a strong design identity and high technical performances. In response to the need for energy saving, new high-performance building elements are shape-optimised for passive climate design and to increase ...
Martin Tenpierik, Michela Turrin, Yvonne Wattez, Tudor Cosmatu, Stavroula Tsafou   +4 more
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Development and prototyping of an integrated 3D-printed façade for thermal regulation in complex geometries

Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2018
Currently, several research projects investigate Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology as a possible construction method for future buildings. AM methods have some advantages over other production processes, such as great freedom of form, shape ...
Maria-Valentini Sarakinioti, Thaleia Konstantinou, Michela Turrin, Martin Tenpierik, Roel Loonen, Marie L. de Klijn-Chevalerias, Ulrich Knaack   +6 more
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