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Seismic Safety Assessment of Existing Low-rise RC Buildings with Rapid Visual Screenings and Preliminary Evaluation Methods

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 2021
Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar, is situated near the Sagaing Fault (the major fault in Myanmar). In the Mandalay region, the number of low-rise buildings is much greater than that of high-rise buildings.
Moe Myat Myat Aung, Mya Nan Aye
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A First Estimate for Canada of the Number of Birds Killed by Colliding with Building Windows

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2013
Mortality from birds colliding with windows in buildings may be ecologically significant. Although data are sparse, we estimated the number of birds killed by this means in Canada.
Craig S. Machtans, Christopher H. R. Wedeles, Erin M. Bayne   +2 more
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Sip-technology as solution in low-rise multi-family residential buildings [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
The article is devoted to the study of the possibility of using SIP-technology in solving the problem of housing shortages in Bujumbura. The author analyzed the design features of houses, foreign experience in the development of low-rise construction ...
Lapidus Azariy, Ndayiragije Yves
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Current trends in low-rise energy-efficient construction

Архитектура, строительство, транспорт, 2022
The article deals with the advantages of energy-efficient construction of low-rise buildings. Such buildings with the use of energysaving materials and technologies, characterized by low waste and non-aggressive attitude to the environment, are oriented ...
A. V. Kushnin, R. I. Shenkman
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The interactions between urban heat island and heat waves amplify urban warming in Guangzhou, China: Roles of urban ventilation and local climate zones

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Under the background of global warming, interaction between heat waves (HWs) and urban heat island (UHI) has led to trends of increase in the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme heat events in urban areas, seriously threatening the health of ...
Fu Luo, Yuanjian Yang, Lian Zong, Xueyan Bi   +3 more
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Life-Cycle Energy Implications of Downtown High-Rise vs. Suburban Low-Rise Living: An Overview and Quantitative Case Study for Chicago

Buildings, 2015
It is commonly accepted that the concentration of people in high-density urban city centers, which are typically dominated by medium- and high-rise buildings located close to public transit systems, offers greater overall energy efficiency and lower life-
Peng Du, Antony Wood, Brent Stephens, Xiaoyu Song   +3 more
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Fire extinguishing in with polydisperse foam of high multiplicity [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Risk of fire and smoke dangers are greater in high-rise rather than low-rise buildings. Use of high expansion foam delivered through elevator shafts can prevent or reduce smoke and fire damage and injury in high-rise buildings.
Melnikov Artem, Vlasov Nikolay
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Improvement of organizational and technological design of low-rise residential buildings with consumption of fuel and energy resources

Недвижимость: экономика, управление, 2021
In recent years, there has been an active growth in low-rise housing construction in Russia. This trend is explained by the state policy, which is aimed at developing this sector in order to increase accessibility for the population and provide ...
Elena Korol’, Аnastasia Zhuravleva
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THE EFFECT OF BEHAVIOUR FACTOR ON THE SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF LOW-RISE AND HIGH-RISE RC BUILDINGS [PDF]

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2017
This study investigates the performance of RC buildings designed according to Eurocode 8. Two families of RC buildings (i.e., 3 storey and 18 storey) are investigated using nonlinear static or push over analysis (POA).
MOHD ZULHAM AFFANDI MOHD ZAHID, TAKSIAH A. MAJID, ADE FAISAL   +2 more
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Risks on Optimization of Life Cycle of Technology of Installation of Transformed Low-rise Buildings from Sandwich Panels

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
One of the main issues of development of organizational and technological solutions for the rapid construction of transformable low-rise buildings of sandwich panels (transformable low-rise buildings) is to improve the methods of industrial production ...
Pleshivtsev Alexander, Korol Oleg, Barkhi Reza   +2 more
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