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A Holistic Decision Support Tool for Facade Design
Buildings, 2019 This paper presents a holistic decision support tool developed for use during the early stages of facade design. The tool is based on the interdependent relationships between facade performance, facade parameters, and conditions (environmental and ...
Sinem Kültür +2 more
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Case studies of outdoor testing and analysis of building components [PDF]
, 2008 The construction and development of the PASSYS/PASLINK outdoor test cells were funded by the European Commission, with the objective of providing high-quality test environments for quantifying the performance of passive solar building components.
Baker +6 more
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Polyvinylidene Fluoride: A Growing Specialty Polymer with Many Facets
Chinese Journal of Chemistry, EarlyView.Comprehensive Summary Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), the second largest produced fluoropolymer, exhibits outstanding chemical, physical, electroactive and electrochemical properties and is involved in many High‐Tech applications. This review reports recent novelties in synthesis, characterization, processes and applications. Recent preparation studies
Bruno Améduri
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni +1 more
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Exploring the influence of façade design elements on tourist satisfaction: evidence from China
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringWith the COVID − 19 pandemic largely subsided, tourism has emerged again as a key driver of global economic recovery. Building façade design, a key component of destination image, significantly affects tourists’ satisfaction. However, systematic research
XiangYang Zhou, Li Li
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Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2017 A modular multifunctional façade for the retrofit of shopping malls, capable of adapting to different climates and to the existing building features both by the presence of movable components and by proper sizing of the fixed ones, is under development ...
Riccardo Pinotti +4 more
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Integrated Dynamic Facade Control with an Agent-based Architecture for Commercial Buildings [PDF]
, 2020 Dynamic façades have significant technical potential to minimize heating, cooling, and lighting energy use and peak electric demand in the perimeter zone of commercial buildings, but the performance of these systems is reliant on being able to balance ...
Blum, David H +3 more
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Close range mini Uavs photogrammetry for architecture survey [PDF]
, 2018 The survey of historical façades contains several bottlenecks, mainly related to the geometrical structure, the decorative framework, the presence of natural or artificial obstacles, the environment limitations.
Carnevali, Laura +5 more
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Carbon Dots: An Emerging Frontier for Green and Sustainable Civil Engineering Materials
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Traditional civil engineering materials (CE materials) are usually involved with high‐energy consumption during manufacturing, significant maintenance costs, and substantial environmental impacts throughout their life cycles. The progress of nanotechnology is catalyzing a green and sustainable transformation within the field.
Weiwen Hao +5 more
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The Dara Building (Grote Koppel), Amersfoort, Netherlands [PDF]
, 2009 The Dara Building in Amersfoort, Netherlands, makes a significant contribution to FAT Architecture’s on-going research into the creative potential of historical reference and repetition, in combination with digital and prefabricated construction ...
Griffiths, S., Griffiths, S.
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