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Building Information Modeling for existing sustainable buildings [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The article is devoted to evaluation of the possibility of usage BIM for existing buildings. While BIM processes are established for new buildings, the majority of existing buildings is not maintained, refurbished or deconstructed with BIM yet.
Braila Natalya +2 more
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A Proposal Matrix to Apply the Life Safety Code to Readjust Existing Assembly Occupancy closed Buildings [PDF]
Port Said Engineering Research Journal, 2021 Although Architects focus on applying various requirements in designing different types of buildings & projects to achieve human, functional, economics…etc.
Maged Aboul-Ela
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Building Diagnostics Options for Existing Buildings – Innovative Methods
Chemical Engineering TransactionsThe increasing number of buildings, due to erosion and extraordinary effects, has increasingly made technological advancements focused on innovative methods possible.
Zsolt Szurös +4 more
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Climate Change Effects on Heating and Cooling Demands of Buildings in Canada
CivilEng, 2022 Climate change is causing more frequent extreme weather events. The consequences of increasing global temperature on the operating cost of existing buildings, and the associated health, safety, and economic risks were investigated.
Samir E. Chidiac, Lan Yao, Paris Liu
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The Value of sustainability [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 As the market place becomes increasingly competitive and there is a need to be able to differentiate oneself as a high performer. Andrew Vaughan the CEO of Redevco stated ‘Greening our portfolio over the next two years is not only environmentally the ...
Lewry Andy, Fisher James, Holden Matt
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The ‘Mind the Gap’ project: Investigating the difference, in performance, between design and the building ‘in-use’ [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 We have the ability to design and construct high performance buildings; and the knowledge and skills to operate them in an effective and efficient manner — so why does it not happen?
Lewry Andy +3 more
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GIS Multisource Data for the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings at the Urban Scale
Buildings, 2022 The paper presents a methodology of extraction, integration and elaboration of data from different sources using the geographic information system (GIS), to realize a georeferenced building database (GBD) useful for the seismic vulnerability assessment ...
Valeria Leggieri +2 more
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Straw in the retrofitting existing buildings: surveys and prospects
Tema, 2021 The article aims to investigate the feasibility of straw as an alternative to traditional construction materials, with particular reference to the retrofit of buildings.
Beatrice Piccirillo +3 more
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Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023 Retrofitting existing buildings to raise energy efficiency is a highly important requirement, Because the problem of climate change has made the concept energy-saving an increasingly popular concept as a solution to this problem.
Christine Ezzat Danial +2 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Concrete cores extracted from the same structural element may show variations in strength resulting from a lack of homogeneity and variations in the grade of compactness.
Raffaele Pucinotti
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