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What Management Control Practices Do Electric Utilities Rely on When It Comes to Fostering the Social Pillar of Sustainability? A Comparative Analysis of the European Union and the United States

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electric utilities are expected to implement measures to improve their performance in all three dimensions of sustainable development—environmental, social, and economic. While several studies have investigated the environmental dimension, measures related to the social pillar have hardly been researched to date.
Shekerta Aliu, Albert Anton Traxler, Dorothea Greiling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies to Advance the Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, and Indoor Environmental Quality in New Zealand's Sustainable Building Designs and Practices

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Building Designs and Practices (SBDPs) are increasingly important for reducing environmental impacts, conserving resources, and improving occupant well‐being. This study examines New Zealand building professionals' perceptions of the integration and performance of energy efficiency (EE), water efficiency (WE), and Indoor ...
Tharaya Poorisat, Itohan Esther Aigwi, Dat Tien Doan, Ali GhaffarianHoseini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy performance optimization of BIPV windows in dust-prone semi-arid climates. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Muhammed IS, Baper SY.
europepmc   +1 more source

[Facade at Petra]

, 1990
Photograph of a facade at Petra. A grey and black, stone facade sits in a black and brown mountain covered in holes. The facade is covered in carved ledges and ridges throughout.
Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
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Does Firms' Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance Buffer the Crash‐Risk Consequences of Earnings Management? Evidence From Emerging Markets

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When firms manipulate earnings, investors can be blindsided by sudden and severe share price falls. This paper examines whether stronger Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance helps reduce that risk. Using 4048 firm‐year observations from emerging economies, we test whether ESG performance weakens the harmful link between ...
Vaibhav Pandey, Himanshu, Subhash Abhayawansa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intelligent Recognition of Building Facade Defects: A Multilevel Review from Visual Perception to Engineering Operations and Maintenance. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Liu J, Li C, Wang X, Wang B.
europepmc   +1 more source

[Home Exterior with Glass Facade ]

, 1950
Photograph of low-angle shot glass facade of a building. Glass is the primary component of the facade. Individual glass components are connected by metal stick systems.
Rogers, John
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Fire Testing and Hazard Assessment for Flame Retardant Polymer Composites

Safety Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Flame retardant polymer composites are now being evaluated with more than pass or fail flammability tests. Heat release, smoke, toxicity, and system‐level behavior are receiving more attention, and multi‐scale methods are being used to describe fire hazard under more realistic conditions.
Shuheng Wang, Min Yue, Junjie Ren, Fei Ren, Bin Zou, Xiaodong Qian, Ye‐Tang Pan, Congling Shi, Sheng Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Multi-Temporal UAV Thermal Imaging and 3D Path Planning for Facade Thermal Defect Diagnosis in Old Residential Buildings. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Cai S, Li X, Gou Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Open modular facade concept

, 2008
The goal of the project was to develop a facade system as an alternative system for the metal glass facade. In order to make valid decisisions the methodology of product development has been used.
Hovels, J.M. (author)
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