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Influencing Factors of the Energy Consumption Behaviour of Civil Buildings in Hubei Province, China [PDF]

open access: yesNature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2019
Civil buildings are among the structures that consume the most energy in society. Reducing the energy consumption of civil buildings has become an important component of China’s energy policy.
Wei Xian Zhong
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Impacts of energy efficiency retrofitting measures on indoor PM concentrations across different income groups in England: a modelling study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions in the UK, policies encouraging the energy-efficient retrofit of domestic properties are being implemented. Typical retrofits, including installation of insulation and double glazing can cause tightening of
Das, P   +5 more
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Developing a probabilistic tool for assessing the risk of overheating in buildings for future climates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The effect of projected climate change on building performance is currently a growing research area. Building designers and architects are becoming more concerned that buildings designed for the current climatemight not provide adequate working and ...
Banfill, Phillip Frank Gower   +3 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aspects Regarding the Degradation of a Retaining Wall With the Destination to Reinforce the Stability of the Site Arrangement of Residential Buildings [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Jassy: Constructions, Architechture Section, 2008
Performing the diggings nearby and/under the implantation quota of some existing buildings may trigger on the structural elements and/or over the arrangement site states of efforts or additional deformations, which may diminish the reinforcing capacity ...
Florin L. Tamaş, I. Tuns
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Behaviour change at work: Empowering energy efficiency in the workplace through user-centred design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Copyright @ 2011 University of California eScholarship RepositoryCO2 emissions from non-domestic buildings - primarily workplaces - make up 18 percent of the UK's carbon footprint.
Cain, R   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the scope of thermo-modernization for a residential building in order to transform it into a low-energy building

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2018
The article presents the problem of thermo-modernization and the reduction of energy demand for heating purposes in existing residential buildings. The thermo-modernization process has to adapt the existing building to the standard of a building with low
Knapik Maciej
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