Building “with the Systems” vs. Building “in the System” of IMS Open Technology of Prefabricated Construction: Challenges for New “Infill” Industry for Massive Housing Retrofitting [PDF]
Energies, 2018 Post-war industrialized housing between 1955 and 1985 in Belgrade and its special form of integrated prefabrication has been analyzed with a strong interest in transformation capacity of industrialized building model (IBM) on different technical levels ...
Jelena Nikolic
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Factory-Built Housing in Indonesia: Current Practice and Future Challenges [PDF]
Jurnal Teknik Sipil, 2005 Recent earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra has left Indonesia big responsibility in fulfilling housing need for people who lost their homes after this calamity.
Andi Asiz, Dicky R. Munaf
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Housing Search in the Age of Big Data: Smarter Cities or the Same Old Blind Spots? [PDF]
, 2020 Housing scholars stress the importance of the information environment in shaping housing search behavior and outcomes. Rental listings have increasingly moved online over the past two decades and, in turn, online platforms like Craigslist are now central
Besbris, Max +3 more
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Supply and demand for low energy housing in the UK: insights from a science and technology studies approach [PDF]
, 2005 Economic theory about supply and demand suggests that if consumer demand for a product increases then producers respond by increasing supply. In the UK housing market there is emerging evidence of consumer demand for low energy housing, yet little has ...
Lovell, Heather
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A Comparative Study of Residents’ Attitudes Toward Urban Greening in Matsubara and Honjo, Tokyo [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThis study focuses on two representative districts in Tokyo—Matsubara and Honjo—and conducts a cross-sectional questionnaire survey (N = 202) to systematically analyze the influence of social background and housing conditions on residents’ greening ...
Sang Beijia, Shimizu Ikuro
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Design drivers for affordable and sustainable housing in developing countries [PDF]
, 2017 Current demand for housing worldwide has reached unprecedented levels due to factors such as human population growth, natural disasters and conflict. This is felt no more so than in developing countries which have experienced disproportionate levels of ...
Bruen, J., Hadjri, Karim, von Meding, J.
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Recasting paradigms of institutional analysis and stakeholder analysis in housing research
Journal of Urban Management, 2021 In response to the global challenge of low-income housing provision, research on understanding the housing provision mechanisms has gained a reputation among emerging scholars and practitioners in architecture, urban development, housing, and public ...
Sana Malik, Fariha Tariq
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Perceived thermal acceptability and behavioural adjustment for Indonesian workers [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Behavioural adaptation is a fundamental factor in thermal comfort. Clothing insulation, opening windows, and integrating cooling systems within buildings are key to ensuring thermal comfort while conserving energy.
Apriliyanthi Sri Rahma +7 more
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Embodied carbon emissions in buildings: explanations, interpretations, recommendations
Buildings & Cities, 2022 What is embodied carbon and why is it a significant challenge for clients and designers in the real estate and construction sector? It is the sum of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that arise in the life cycle of a building during manufacture and ...
Thomas Lützkendorf, Maria Balouktsi
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Utilisation of Oil Palm Ash in Foamed Concrete
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2014 This study is a part of an on-going research examining the properties of foam concrete when replacing the cement with semi-processed Oil Palm Ash (OPA). Replacements range from 25% to 65% were used for a mix having the mix ratio of (1:2:0.45) and having ...
Awang H. +3 more
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