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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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Target detection distances under different road lighting intensities

European Transport Research Review, 2017
Purpose Road lighting illuminates road surface and surrounding areas of objects on a road, while car headlights illuminate vertical objects on a road. The goal of the study was to investigate the interaction between road lighting and car headlights at ...
Sanaz Bozorg Chenani, Matti T. Vaaja, Matti Kurkela, Iisakki Kosonen, Tapio Luttinen   +4 more
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By design : negotiating flexible learning in the built environment discipline [PDF]

, 2011
The term ‘flexible education’ is now firmly entrenched within Australian higher education discourse, yet the term is a contested one imbued with a multiplicity of meanings.
Bradley D., Casey J., Collis B., De Boer D., Dobozy E, Errington E, Jones S., Kennedy G, Kirkpatrick D, Ling P, McShane K., Nicoll K., Nikolova I., Normand C., Normand C., Nunan T, Roberts T. S, Samarawickrema G. R, Sappey J, Shaffer D, Tucker R., U.S. Department of Education   +21 more
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Assessment of thermal comfort at the building level: Evaluation of aggregation methods with a Danish case study of a campus building [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Six methods for aggregating local thermal comfort scores in six offices to a single global score are investigated. using data collected by the building management system in a campus building of Aalborg University.
Melgaard Simon P., Marszal-Pomianowska Anna, Petit Samuel, Rohde Lasse, Johra Hicham, Jensen L. Rasmus, Heiselberg Per K.   +6 more
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Improving performance through HEI–industry engagements in the built environment [PDF]

, 2009
The poor performance and inefficiencies of the construction industry are well recognized and documented. Through a variety of combined industry and government initiatives there has been a continual expression in the UK over the last decade of the urgent ...
ConstructionSkills, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, DfES, DfES, Egan J., Egan J., HEFCE, Lambert R., Latham M., Leitch S., Williams A.   +10 more
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New Technologies for the Prevention of Excavation Damages

Geoforum Perspektiv, 2020
Inaccurate and even lack of documentation is the main cause of excavation damage in Denmark. A pipe excavation is most often an expensive and time-consuming affair, and therefore both pipe owners and excavators strive to avoid it as much as possible ...
Lasse Hedegaard Hansen, Simon Swanström Wyke, Torbjørn Mandahl Pedersen, Erik Kjems   +3 more
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The state of logistics: Research priorities for sustained improvement

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2008
The importance of logistics and supply chain management for the South African economy was re-emphasised by the findings of the CSIR’s third annual State of Logistics Survey.
Esbeth van Dyk, Hans Ittman, Mario Marais, Isabel Mayar, Emma Maspero   +4 more
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Built environment and health [PDF]

Preventive Medicine, 2008
In the last decade, there has been a growing research interest in the influence of the built environment on physical activity and diet. This research is generally based on an ecological model of health behaviors, and conceptualizes the built environment at a variety of levels- from properties of individual rooms to features of urban or regional ...
David, Berrigan, Robin A, McKinnon
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design, crime and the built environment [PDF]

, 2017
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a method of reducing crime through the design and manipulation of the built environment. Based upon the Opportunity Theories of crime, CPTED focuses upon blocking opportunities for criminal ...
Armitage, Rachel
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