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, 2011 A life cycle assessment (LCA) of a low energy / passive house in northern Sweden, including building materials and energy use is reported. The case study building is semi detached house for two families situated in Östersund (lat. 63°N), Sweden.
Danielski, Itai +3 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems into building structures introduces distinct fire risks with critical implications for occupant safety. This review examines the key fire hazards associated with PV implementation and explores mitigation strategies, including flame‐retardant additives.
Florian Ollagnon +7 more
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Seismic vulnerability: from building evaluation to a typology generalization [PDF]
, 2012 Outlining the best strategies for seismic risk mitigation requires that both benefits and costs of retrofitting are known in advance. The assessment of the vulnerability of building typologies is a first step of a more extensive effort, concerning the ...
Lamego, P. +2 more
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Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Thermal Comfort in A Building Category: The Case of Linear-type Social Housing Stock in Southern Spain [PDF]
, 2019 The Climate Change scenario projected by the IPCC for the year 2050 predicts noticeable increases in temperature. In severe summer climates, such as the Mediterranean area, this would have very negative e ects on thermal comfort in the existing housing
Ascione, Fabrizio +5 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Glyphosate (GLY) and its primary metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), are photodegraded using a poly(vinylidene fluoride) membrane with immobilized titanium dioxide (PVDF‐TiO2) in a continuous flow‐through operation under solar light. At optimized conditions, the PVDF‐TiO2 membrane achieved 95% GLY and 80% AMPA removal with •O2− as the ...
Phuong B. Trinh +4 more
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Fire Evacuation of Elderly in High-Rise Residential Buildings in India
Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2022 The move towards high-rise buildings in metro cities to accommodate an increasing population has various cons. In high-rise buildings, fire is a huge disaster.
Kumar Ankit +3 more
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Energies, 2022 Due to the chronic shortage of energy-related analytical data and disintegration of building energy regulations, numerous existing residential buildings in Petra (Jordan) and many cities worldwide suffer from poor building energy design.
Mohammad S. Albdour +3 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Herein presented supraparticles combine the nanoparticulate photocatalyst graphitic carbon nitride with the enzyme horseradish peroxidase, which is immobilized on silica nanoparticles. In an optimized compatibility range, both catalysts operate effectively within the hybrid supraparticles and catalyze a cascade reaction consisting of the photocatalytic
Bettina Herbig +11 more
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Damping and Natural Period Evaluation of Tall RC Buildings Using Full-Scale Data in Korea
Applied Sciences, 2020 In recent years, the main usage of reinforced concrete (RC) structures in Korea has shifted from low-rise residential and commercial buildings to high-rise buildings.
Taehyu Ha, Seung-Hoon Shin, Hongjin Kim
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To the problem of development of low-rise housing in Russia [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 The issue of providing the population with comfortable and affordable housing has always been rather acute in our country. The solution to this problem, taking into account the trends in the creation and transformation of the urban environment into the ...
Tusnina Valentina, Yakovleva Ekaterina
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