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Facade Segmentation in the Wild
CoRR, 2018 16 pages, 7 ...
John Femiani 0001 +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, organizations are adapting their control systems to meet institutional demands for sustainability disclosure. However, the process of integrating sustainability within management control systems (MCSs) remains underexplored, despite extensive literature on sustainability controls.
Anna Lucia Missaglia +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate environmental communication has become an essential aspect of modern business practices, as stakeholders increasingly demand transparency and accountability regarding sustainability efforts. Within this context, we examine whether firms use environmental communication on X/Twitter to offset weaker relative environmental performance ...
Ivan Russo +3 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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Influence of the Exposure Degree on the Degradation of Facades of Buildings in Brasília—Brazil
BuildingsFacades play an important role in building performance and durability since these systems, one of the most external elements, are highly exposed to climatic degradation agents.
Ana Luiza Rocha de Souza +2 more
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Modeling of the mean wind loads on structures
Инженерно-строительный журнал, 2019 Correct determination and consideration of wind loads are primary importance in the design of unique architectural objects such as high-rise buildings, sport arenas, airports, large-span bridges.
Sergei Solovev, Evgenii Khrapunov
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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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Temperature Control in (Translucent) Phase Change Materials Applied in Facades: A Numerical Study
Energies, 2019 Phase change materials (PCMs) are materials that can store large amounts of heat during their phase transition from solid to liquid without a significant increase in temperature. While going from liquid to solid this heat is again released.
Martin Tenpierik +4 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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Technical and economic assessment on actions for heat insulation of external envelops of an individual house [PDF]
Строительство уникальных зданий и сооружений, 2014 The considerable share of power expenses in the Russian Federation is spent for heating of apartment buildings. The actions directed on reduction of losses of heat and increase of level of thermal protection of external protecting designs for ...
Darya Victorovna Nemova +5 more
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