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Urban adults' engagement in nature education and its interplay with everyday lived experiences: A case study from Shenzhen, China

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Currently, scholarship on education to foster connectedness with nature primarily focuses on children. As adults likewise face the disconnection from nature and play a key role in influencing children, it is important to understand how they perceive, engage in, and benefit from relevant programmes.
Xiaoxue Chen, Zuyi Lyu, Junxi Qian
wiley   +1 more source

Un estudio sobre el mejoramiento del inventario de edificios sociales con énfasis en la rehabilitación de fachadas A study towards improving of social housing stock with a focus on facade renewal

Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2008
Una parte del stock de habitación social en Brasil tiene problemas de conservación. La depreciación de las construcciones, especialmente en el caso de grandes conjuntos habitacionales, provoca la pérdida de calidad del entorno, con importantes ...
Fernanda Flach, Marco A. S González, Andrea P Kern   +2 more
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Catalysts for change: Museum gardens in a planetary emergency

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Natural history museums are often seen as places with indoor galleries full of dry‐dusty specimens, usually of animals. But if they have gardens associated with them, museums can use living plants to create narratives that link outside spaces to inside galleries, bringing to life the challenges facing biodiversity.
Ed Baker, Paul Kenrick, Sandra Knapp, Tom McCarter, John Tweddle   +4 more
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Community Reclamation: the Hybrid Building [PDF]

, 2012
Reclamation of a city involves reusing abandoned buildings in conjunction with new construction. These negative spaces of disuse generated by a changing infrastructure are often overlooked or destroyed.
Maynard, Laura
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Prototyping a Facade Component - Mixed technologies applied to fabrication [PDF]

, 2019
Filipe Medéia de Campos, Raquel Magalhães Leite, Christina Figueiredo Prudencio, Maíra Sebastião Dias, Gabriela Celani   +4 more
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Integrating tunable LED‐induced plant responses with novel solar cell technologies for energy‐efficient agrivoltaic systems

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The increasing demand for sustainable food production requires innovative solutions that balance productivity, resource efficiency, and environmental impact. Vertical Farming Systems (VFSs) offer a promising approach; however, their high energy consumption remains challenging.
Alessio Dessì, Carlo Spampinato, Fabiano Sillo, Salvatore Valastro, Mauro Centritto, Cecilia Brunetti, Andrea Ghirardo, Jörg‐Peter Schnitzler, Alessandra Alberti, Gianna Reginato, Aurora Rizzo, Raffaella Balestrini   +11 more
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Evolutionary Optimization of Building Facade Form for Energy and Comfort in Urban Environment through BIM and Algorithmic Modeling - A case study in Porto, Portugal [PDF]

, 2019
Pedro Fernández Santiago
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Benchmarking Potential Construction Waste Streams and Their Climate Impact: Life Cycle Assessment‐Based Targets for Strategic Planning of Construction Processes

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how construction waste intensity affects greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe), analyzing data from 345 buildings constructed between 2007 and 2025. Using material waste rates (MWR) from previous cases, it predicts climate impacts based on typical material compositions.
Lea Hasselsteen, Aleksander P. Otovic, Harpa Birgisdóttir, Kai Kanafani   +3 more
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Regulatory Framework and Public Policies for Sustainability in the Construction Sector

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the role of public policies in promoting socially responsible practices in the construction sector, with a particular focus on their contribution to climate neutrality and the decarbonization of the building stock. European agreements exert increasing pressure to transform the construction sector, reinforcing the transition
Olga González‐Morales, Marta Mª. Domínguez‐Herrera, Rocío Peña‐Vázquez, Lilia Clara Alonso Gutiérrez   +3 more
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Use of 3D laser scanning for flatness and volumetric analysis of mortar in facades

Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais
The ongoing process of industrialization of construction sites encourages the use of new building systems that conflict with traditional techniques associated with the risks of incompatibilities and continuance of control fixed ideas with a significant ...
M. C. ISRAEL, R. G. PILEGGI
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