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Non-domestic building stock: linking dynamics and spatial distributions

open access: yesBuildings & Cities, 2023
In contrast to domestic buildings, the drivers influencing the stock dynamics (construction subtracted by demolition) of non-domestic buildings (NDB) have not yet been researched on a use-class basis.
Daniel Kretzschmar, Georg Schiller
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Quantifying the Measurement Error on England and Wales EPC Ratings

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are used in the UK to provide energy efficiency ratings for use in policy and investment decisions on individual dwellings and at a stock level.
Jenny Crawley   +5 more
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Domestic Architecture and Urban Expansion: Central Courtyard Elementary Houses in the arrabales of Córdoba (10th Century)

open access: yesArts, 2023
In the 10th century, the arrabales of Córdoba underwent a process of rapid growth, triggered by the growing political authority of the capital of the western caliphate.
Laura Aparicio Sánchez   +1 more
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Domestic structures and constitution-building in an international organization: Introduction [PDF]

open access: yesThe Review of International Organizations, 2007
1 IntroductionInternational organizations shape an increasingly large share of interactions betweenactors on the world scene and have become more important for the daily life ofpeople. While scholars observe that these organizations evolve and change incomparable ways (Koremenos et al.
Hug, Simon, König, Thomas
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Building stock energy modelling in the UK: the 3DStock method and the London Building Stock Model

open access: yesBuildings & Cities, 2020
A brief history is provided of models of energy use in the UK building stock, with the focus on the non-domestic sector. This history leads to an account of the development, since 2009, of the 3DStock method for modelling complete building stocks, both ...
Philip Steadman   +5 more
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Energy-saving renovation of old urban buildings: A case study of Beijing

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021
Energy saving and environmental protection have become the core development concept of China construction industry. There are still a large number of old urban buildings in Beijing, whose energy consumption far exceeds the current building energy ...
Xinxin Zhang   +3 more
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Improving the energy efficiency of the solar heat supply system of buildings based on vacuum collectors [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Currently, many residential buildings and businesses use solar water heating systems. This is an economical and reliable type of hot water supply. Heating water for domestic purposes or heating using solar energy is a natural and simple method of saving ...
Kanareykin Aleksandr
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Dataset on solar contributions by thermal solar systems in Chile applying Chilean and Spanish regulations

open access: yesData in Brief, 2019
The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “Solar domestic hot water regulation in the Latin American residential sector with the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: The case of Chile ...
Luis M. López-Ochoa   +3 more
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Indoor hazards management using digital technology [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2019
Management of indoor hazards constitutes a great challenge for buildings design, construction and operating. The question is how to reduce both buildings vulnerability to indoor hazards and the impact of the latter on occupants and buildings integrity ...
Wehbe Rania, Shahrour Isam
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Home Energy Consumption Feedback: A User Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Buildings account for a relevant fraction of the energy consumed by a country, up to 20-40% of the yearly energy consumption. If only electricity is considered, the fraction is even bigger, reaching around 73% of the total electricity consumption ...
De Russis, Luigi   +2 more
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