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Modeling optimal PV surface of BIPVs for maximum energy yield through Genetic Algorithms

Energy and Built Environment
Price decrease of photovoltaic (PV) energy in recent years allows to an increase in the use of small-scale PV modules, especially in the residential sector.
Gabriel Espitia-Mesa, Andrés Moreno-Villa, Sebastián Tobón-Echavarría, Juan Carlos Rivera, Ricardo Mejía-Gutiérrez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Desempenho higrotérmico de cobertura vegetal inclinada em dois protótipos construídos na região de Florianópolis [PDF]

, 2008
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e UrbanismoA cobertura vegetal é uma alternativa para sistemas de coberturas em edificações, tanto inclinadas como planas.
Lohmann, Alberto
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The Use of Renewable Energy in Prominent City Buildings: A Diffusion Study on Top European Football Organizations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study applied the diffusion of innovation theory to investigate the rate of diffusion of renewable energy sources used by Europe's top professional football stadiums and the relationship with carbon neutrality. A discrete diffusion model estimated the diffusion of renewable energy to saturation, and a multivariate logistic ...
Chad S. Seifried, Liz Wanless, Timothy Kellison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Annex of attics on flat roofs of urban residential buildings

, 2007
Necessity for rehabilitation of flat roofs, as well as residential deficit and high prices of flats caused massive annex of attics. In Belgrade in the period after World War II mass building of apartment houses with flat roofs had been extensively used ...
Krstić-Furundžić, Aleksandra
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The Role of Institutional Pressures in Technology Adoption for Low‐Carbon Manufacturing

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Existing research highlights that the adoption of low‐carbon technologies in manufacturing operations is shaped by the external environment. However, limited understanding exists regarding how technology‐related uncertainty interacts with institutional pressures to influence firms' adoption strategies.
Diellza Salihu, Mika Immonen, Aleksi Harju   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formation of physical parameters of flat roofs joints in view of new thermal requirements

, 2017
Poprawne kształtowanie układów materiałowych stropodachów i ich złączy wymaga określenia parametrów fizykalnych w świetle nowych wymagań cieplnych.
Ciuba, J., Ramczyk, M., Pawłowski, K.
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Fueling Tomorrow: Scenario Planning for the Future of Gas Stations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transport electrification is reshaping the service infrastructures that mediate everyday mobility, yet most electrification scenario studies remain macrolevel and offer limited insight into how incumbent forecourt (gas‐station) networks can adapt under deep uncertainty.
Joao Gabriel Rosa, Fabiano Armellini, Jean‐Marc Robert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: A Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol‐18 Examination of Pre‐Attack Warnings and Post‐Attack Contagion and Copycat Effects

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective case study of an antisemitic lone actor terrorist who completed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The analysis through the lens of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP‐18) finds that 72% of the warning indicators were present, including four proximal warning ...
Molly Amman, Julia Kupper, J. Reid Meloy
wiley   +1 more source

New Insights Into the Anconeus Epitrochlearis Muscle and Its Relationship to the Ulnar Nerve: Anatomical Study

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ulnar neuropathy due to compression at the cubital tunnel is common. However, our understanding of the relationships between this type of nerve compression and the variant anconeus epitrochlearis muscle (AEM) is poorly understood. Therefore, the present anatomical study was performed to better elucidate these relationships.
Somdeb Banerjee, Khoa Nguyen, Julia L. Bishop, Jaice E. Pujol, Jared E. Rosbrugh, Laphatrada Yurasakpong, Arada Chaiyamoon, Athikhun Suwannakhan, Aaron S. Dumont, Georgi P. Georgiev, Joe Iwanaga, R. Shane Tubbs   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source