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Megaherbivore mortality risk from temperature extremes is buffered by vegetation productivity but amplified by rainfall

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Gautam H   +9 more
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Cooling Exposure in Hot Humid Climates: Are Occupants ‘Addicted’?

Architectural Science Review, 2010
According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is clear that the buildings sector presents the biggest potential for deep and fast CO2 emission reductions on a cost-effective basis. Interestingly, this assessment was premised exclusively on technical (engineering) measures, but ignored completely ...
Roberto Lamberts   +2 more
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Study of moisture in buildings for hot humid climates

Energy and Buildings, 2002
Humidity in buildings generates many disorders or disadvantages. A dry-bulb temperature of the air relatively low, strong moisture and wall surface temperatures very low characterize the interior conditions of the highland dwellings in Reunion Island, during the southern winter.
Franck Lucas   +3 more
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Mechanical properties of hardened concrete in hot-humid climate

Cement and Concrete Research, 1991
Abstract Understanding of environmental effects on concrete behaviour is still far from complete; building codes and specifications that give design procedures are continually changing to reflect latest knowledge. As an addition to the unsettled topic a preliminary investigation on some concrete properties has been carried out.
M.A. Mustafa, K.M. Yusof
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The Effect of a Hot Humid Climate on Corrosion of Reinforced Concrete

Stroitel'nye Materialy, 2023
The expansion of economic cooperation with countries located in areas with hot, humid climates and the construction of reinforced concrete buildings and structures in coastal zones of non–freezing seas poses the task of assessing the impact of climate on the corrosive state of reinforced concrete structures, primarily carbonation of concrete and ...
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Modification of the environment by animal houses in a hot humid climate

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 1987
Abstract A survey was conducted in West Java to study the modification of the environment by traditional sheep and goat houses. The houses were all small and had a thick sloping roof with large overhangs, slatted walls and a slatted floor raised an average of 0.6 m above the ground.
R GATENBY   +3 more
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Comfort in High-Performance Homes in a Hot-Humid Climate

2016
"9IBACOS monitored 37 homes during the late summer and early fall of 2014 in a hot and humid climate to better understand indoor comfort conditions. These homes were constructed in the last several years by four home builders that offered a comfort and performance guarantee for the homes.
A. Poerschke, R. Beach
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