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‘Materials as a Design Tool’ Design Philosophy Applied in Three Innovative Research Pavilions Out of Sustainable Building Materials with Controlled End-Of-Life Scenarios

Buildings, 2019
Choosing building materials is usually the stage that follows design in the architectural design process, and is rarely used as a main input and driver for the design of the whole building’s geometries or structures.
Hanaa Dahy
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Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Innovative Materials for Building Construction [PDF]

Applied Sciences, 2020
The main topics of this Special Issue regard energy efficiency in buildings and the use of innovative materials for design and retrofitting to pursue this goal [...]
Cristina Cornaro, Cinzia Buratti
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Innovative Materials in Italy for Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Buildings [PDF]

Materials, 2021
In the last 20 years, there have been a series of seismic events in Italy that have caused serious damage to civil and building structures. This has led to a significant increase in the use of concrete for the reconstruction of new structures and the repair of existing structures damaged by earthquakes.
Francesco Colangelo, Ilenia Farina, Marta Travaglioni, Cinzia Salzano, Raffaele Cioffi, Antonella Petrillo   +5 more
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Innovative Building Materials Using Agricultural Waste

Procedia Technology, 2015
Abstract The objective of this paper is to present the researches about an innovative material, a composite material made up of two components: matrix - plain concrete, prepared according to NE 012 / 1-2007 and reinforcing material represented by wheat straw.
(Andres), Dana Maria Cantor, Manea, Daniela Lucia   +1 more
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A Rapid Review of Hygrothermal Performance Metrics for Innovative Materials in Building Envelope Retrofits

Energies
With government, industry, and public pressure to decarbonize the building sector through reducing embodied and operational emissions, there have been a wide range of innovative materials used in building envelope retrofits.
Robin Hilbrecht, Cynthia A. Cruickshank, Christopher Baldwin, Nicholas Scharf   +3 more
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Enhancing Building Energy Efficiency with Innovative Paraffin-Based Phase Change Materials

Energies
There is a rising demand for energy-efficient and low-carbon buildings that is driven by the energy consumption in the building sector, global population growth, and high standards of comfort.
Filippos Lygerakis, Christina Gioti, Dimitris Gournis, Ioannis. V. Yentekakis, Michalis Karakassides, Denia Kolokotsa   +5 more
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Innovative building materials for energy performance in buildings [PDF]

International Meeting on Advanced Technologies in Energy and Electrical Engineering, 2020
The notion of sustainable development consists mainly of innovating in order to keep the life cycle of the domain under study alive, by involving new requirements that will change the methods and practices of the various stakeholders. The construction sector, be it commercial or residential buildings, is also integrated in the sustainable development ...
M'Lahfi, Basma, El Quandil, Mostafa, Amegouz, Driss   +2 more
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An Efficient Approach to Describe the Fiber Effect on Mechanical Performance of Pultruded GFRP Profiles

Frontiers in Materials, 2021
This study focuses on the flexural behavior of pultruded glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) profiles developed for structural applications. Fiber content is a commonly accepted measure for estimating the resistance of such components, and technical ...
Viktor Gribniak, Viktor Gribniak, Arvydas Rimkus, Arvydas Rimkus, Arvydas Rimkus, Linas Plioplys, Linas Plioplys, Linas Plioplys, Ieva Misiūnaitė, Ieva Misiūnaitė, Mantas Garnevičius, Mantas Garnevičius, Mantas Garnevičius, Renata Boris, Antanas Šapalas   +14 more
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Bio-colonization layered concrete panel for greening vertical surfaces: A field study

Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023
Although the economical and aesthetical benefits of living walls are well recognized, the practical application of such systems is still under consideration.
Ronaldas Jakubovskis, Jurgita Malaiškienė, Viktor Gribniak   +2 more
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Toward the Production of Contextual Built Environments: Unfolding Building Materials’ Sociocultural Meanings in a Maasai Community

Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, 2022
Is it possible to analyze building materials’ culturally specific meanings? How can understanding such meanings be useful in the integration of sustainable building practices in local communities?
Laia Gemma García Fernández
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