Evaluation on overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building under future extreme weather conditions [PDF]
, 2020 As the temperature in the summer period in Norway has been always moderate, little study on the indoor comfort of typical Norwegian residential buildings in summer seasons can be found.
Deng, Jie +3 more
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Transfer Function Analysis: Modelling Residential Building Costs in New Zealand by Including the Influences of House Price and Work Volume [PDF]
, 2019 An accurate cost estimate not only plays a key role in project feasibility studies but also in achieving a final successful outcome. Conventionally, estimating cost typically relies on the experience of professionals and cost data from previous projects.
Liu, Zhansheng +3 more
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Optimal and heuristic algorithms of planning of low-rise residential buildings [PDF]
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2017 The problem of the optimal layout of low-rise residential building is considered. Each apartment must be no less than the corresponding apartment from the proposed list. Also all requests must be made and excess of the total square over of the total square of apartment from the list must be minimized.
Kartak, V. M. +4 more
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Patterns of Urban Housing Shape Dengue Distribution in Singapore at Neighborhood and Country Scales [PDF]
, 2018 Dengue is the most important human arboviral disease in Singapore. We classified residential areas into low-rise and high-rise housing and investigated the influence of urban drainage on the distribution of dengue incidence and outdoor breeding at ...
Chong, Chee Seng +4 more
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Towards sustainable urban development: the social acceptability of high-rise buildings in a Ghanaian city [PDF]
, 2017 Over the years, many city managers, policy makers and academics alike have turned to high-rise buildings as pathway to sustainable urban development. However, the sustainability of such types of development in various geographical contexts, especially in
Agyemang, FSK, Anokye, PA, Silva, E
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Creating sustainable cities one building at a time: towards an integrated urban design framework [PDF]
, 2017 One of the tenets of urban sustainability is that more compact urban forms that are more densely occupied are more efficient in their overall use of space and of energy.
Emmanuel, Rohinton +3 more
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URBAN SHANTY TOWN RECOGNITION BASED ON HIGH-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGES AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL MONITORING FEATURES – A CASE STUDY OF NANNING CITY [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018 Urban shanty towns are communities that has contiguous old and dilapidated houses with more than 2000 square meters built-up area or more than 50 households.
Y. He, Y. He, Y. He
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Effects of Urban Redevelopment on Surface Urban Heat Island
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023 Urban expansion and urban redevelopment can affect the surface urban heat island (SUHI) phenomenon, a major topic in the study of urban climates. The effects of urban expansion on SUHI have been studied by numerous researchers, while the effects of urban
Dan Li, Shaofeng Yan, Guangzhao Chen
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Low rise residential construction as the basis of building industry innovative development [PDF]
The Eurasian Scientific Journal, 2021 The article analyzes the current situation in Russian construction industry associated with the low innovation activity at all levels of construction sphere. Among the many reasons for the technological low innovative ability to technological change in construction industry, the authors outline reasons that might radically and positively influence the ...
Yuriy Losev, Konstantin Losev
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, 2019 The effect of the sun and its path on thermal comfort and energy consumption in residential buildings in tropical climates constitutes serious concern for designers, building owners and users.
Ochedi, Ekele, Taki, A. H.
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