Design of point fitted insulating glass units [PDF]
, 2015 Today’s building façades are not imaginable without the building material glass. Modern architects capitalise the transparency and the load carrying capacity of glass elements in the design of filigree and light-flooded structures.
TIBOLT, Mike
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Sustainability in Façade Design: Approaches and Outlooks from Design Practitioners [PDF]
, 2021 The concept of sustainability has risen in the last three decades, as a vehicle to guide our efforts to overcome major environmental and societal challenges such as global warming and environmental degradation.
Prieto Hoces, A.I. (author) +1 more
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Circular Innovations in Complex Systems: A Blueprint of Four Design Archetypes
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular innovations (CI), defined as the redesign of products, services or practices to minimise waste, reduce resource use and regenerate natural systems, are essential for advancing the circular economy. Despite growing recognition, their deployment in systems of linked parts with unpredictable interactions (complex systems) remains limited
Sophie Führer +2 more
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Fractal Dimensional Analysis of Building Facades: The Case of Office Buildings in Erbil City
Fractal and FractionalFractal dimension is a characteristic parameter used to measure the complexity and irregularity of geometric shapes and patterns. It is applied in architecture to explore complexity and irregularity and to assess the aesthetic preferences in ...
Lana Abubakr Ali, Faris Ali Mustafa
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Façade colour and aesthetic response: Examining patterns of response within the context of urban design and planning policy in Sydney [PDF]
, 2008 The overall aim of this research was to examine aesthetic response to façade colour. Drawing on a range of theories and studies from environment-behaviour studies (EBS), Nasar’s (1994) probabilistic model of aesthetic response to building attributes ...
O'Connor, Zena
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The Evolution and Integration of ESG Reporting: A Framework for Sustainable Business Accountability
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how multinational corporations incorporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting frameworks to foster trust, enhance legitimacy, and move beyond mere symbolic disclosure. A qualitative comparison of Microsoft and Unilever from 2020 to 2023 assesses how both firms integrate leading standards, including GRI ...
Gabriela Marques Alves Aguiar
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Constructional Design Of Curtain Wall Façade Inspired By “Hydraulics” Science [PDF]
, 2016 In recent years, the facade construction has been changed a lot. The use of curtain wall facades is the best solution to Supply the demands of the building engineering group.
Sharbaf, Asem +2 more
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Structure‐Function Tailoring of Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Thin‐Film Photovoltaics
Carbon Energy, EarlyView.This review discusses the mechanisms and recent advancements of plasmonics in achieving effective light management to enhance the performance of thin‐film solar cells. It highlights applications in high‐performance perovskite solar cells and future‐oriented tandem solar cells.
Sen Jiang +14 more
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Façade Compatibility Assessment Using Entropy Approach for Infill Buildings in Egypt [PDF]
Journal of Urban ResearchThe urban context of Egypt is rich in historical conservation areas and valuable listed buildings. However, they are always in a state of change due to new infill buildings.
Peter Barsoum +2 more
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Assessment of the sustainability of façade refurbishment [PDF]
, 2019 Dominant share of the residential stock in the European countries has an exploited service life and is in a need for façade refurbishment. This paper contributes with an establishment of a tool for assessment of the sustainability of design options for ...
Petrovska-Hristovska, Lela +3 more
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