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, 2019 The effect of the sun and its path on thermal comfort and energy consumption in residential buildings in tropical climates constitutes serious concern for designers, building owners and users.
Ochedi, Ekele, Taki, A. H.
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Elephant‐skin‐inspired crack networks are programmed in porous diatomaceous earth (DE)‐cement composites using substrate‐guided, stress‐concentration induced fracture. The resulting crack lattices act as capillary conduits that redistribute water, while the porous matrix stores moisture.
Qingya Huang +5 more
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WETWALL - an innovative design concept for the treatment of wastewater at an urban scale [PDF]
, 2018 Rising temperatures, increasing food demand and scarcity of water and land resources highlight the importance of promoting the sustainable expansion of agriculture to our urban environment, while preserving water resources.
Arias, Carlos Alberto +7 more
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Assessment on the Efficiency of an Active Solar Thermal Facade: Study of the Effect of Dynamic Parameters and Experimental Analysis When Coupled/Uncoupled to a Heat Pump [PDF]
, 2020 The building sector presents poor performance in terms of energy efficiency and is looking for effective alternatives aimed at reducing the use of fossil fuels.
Blanco, Jesus Maria +3 more
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Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.A multimodal strategy creates efficient semi‐transparent perovskite solar cells with a record 4.29% light utilization efficiency and 22.41% indoor performance. This approach enables the first scalable 30 x 30 cm2 semi‐transparent solar module, highlighting its potential for building‐integrated and indoor photovoltaics.
Siming Huang +16 more
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An Autonomous Large Language Model‐Agent Framework for Transparent and Local Time Series Forecasting
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.Architecture of the proposed large language model (LLM)‐based agent framework for autonomous time series forecasting in thermal power generation systems. The framework operates through a vertical pipeline initiated by natural language queries from users, which are processed by the LLM Agent Core powered by Llama.cpp and a ReAct loop with persistent ...
William Gouvêa Buratto +5 more
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Smart Bioinspired Material‐Based Actuators: Current Challenges and Prospects
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.This work gathers, in a review style, an extensive and comprehensive literature overview on the development of autonomous actuators based on synthetic materials, bringing together valuable knowledge from several studies. Furthermore, the article identifies the fundamental principles of actuation mechanisms and defines key parameters to address the size
Alejandro Palacios +4 more
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Smart cool mortar for passive cooling of historical and existing buildings: experimental analysis and dynamic simulation [PDF]
, 2017 In order to mitigate Urban Heat Island Effect and global warming, both governments and scientific community are working to reduce energy consumptions. In particular, the construction sector has a high potential in reducing energy demand, by means of both
Castaldo, Veronica Lucia +4 more
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Realising Aboriginal Community Controlled Approaches to Child Reunification
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reunification rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) in Australia are critically low, even though reunification is the preferred permanency outcome for children following removal, and despite a range of mechanisms and strategies ostensibly to support effective reunification. To better understand the
B. J. Newton +4 more
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CFD supported modelling of double skin facades in hot arid climates [PDF]
, 2005 Previous simulations predict the possibility of reducing cooling demands in office buildings in hot arid areas if a selective double skin facade is used.
Hamza, Neveen, Underwood, Chris
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