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BuildingsThe adaptive façades serve as the interface between the indoor and outdoor energy of the building. Adaptive façade optimization design can improve daylighting performance, the thermal environment, view performance, and solar energy utilization efficiency,
Ping Chen, Hao Tang
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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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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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International Facade Education: Findings from the Facade Design and Technology Survey [PDF]
, 2017 International Facade Education: Findings from the Facade Design and Technology ...
Uta Pottgiesser (13436775) +1 more
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Engrained Performance: Performance-Driven Computational Design of a Robotically Assembled Shingle Facade System [PDF]
, 2020 This project presents a novel fabrication-aware and performance-driven computational design method that facilitates the design and robotic fabrication of a wood shingle facade system.
Craney, Ryan, Adel, Arash
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BuildingsThe number of coffee shops in China is rapidly increasing, and they are becoming a gathering place for young people. In order to enhance their competitiveness, the design of coffee shops has become the core force of competition.
Shaochen Wang, Yang Song
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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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The Design Method on 'Facade' by Le Corbusier [PDF]
, 2006 The purpose of this paper is to clarify Le Corbusier's design method on facade of buildings. At first, we arrange five facade types, according to the explanation by Le Corbusier ; 'fenetre en longuerur(window long aside)', 'pan de verre (glass wall ...
Sendai, shoichiro, Saito, Yasuo
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that China's 2026 Business Mediation Ordinance represents neither progress toward rule of law nor retreat from it. I propose instead that we are witnessing something I call “calibrated autonomy”—the strategic construction of spaces for private ordering that remain tethered to Party‐State oversight through multiple ...
M. Francis Cao
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Development and Construction of Bioclimatic Double Skin Active Facade for Hot and Humid Climate of UAE [PDF]
, 2010 Transparency in architecture is desirable for many reasons. In order to build transparent buildings with high levels of occupant comfort without compromising energy performance, facade technology and integration of facade and environmental systems become
Karbor, R. G., Mohamed, I.
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