Retrofitting traditional buildings: a risk-management framework integrating energy and moisture
Buildings & Cities, 2021 Traditional buildings constitute a large proportion of the building stock in many countries worldwide; around 40% of the UK’s housing stock was built before 1940 and was primarily made with solid masonry walls.
Virginia Gori +2 more
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Shape Memory Polymer Foam for Autonomous Climate-Adaptive Building Envelopes
Buildings, 2022 Reducing the continuously growing cooling energy demand of buildings is an important part of achieving global emission targets. Here, we present an innovative scenario of how the integration of a programmable material into a climate-adaptive building ...
Mario Walter +7 more
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Democracy and Water: hydrological spatial organization by recently democratized Regional Water Boards, a Dutch first? [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 No abstract available.
G. Rot
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Parametric study on the hygrothermal performance of timber frame walls with external airtightness membranes in a temperate maritime climate [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 In recent years, external airtightness membranes have become an option for timber frame wall systems, as they allow high levels of air- and wind-tightness with an easy installation and provide rainwater protection during construction.
Marincioni Valentina +2 more
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Influence of lime, calcium silicate and portlandite on alkali activation of calcined common clays
Open Ceramics, 2021 The application of calcite rich common clays has marked impact on the formation of alkali-activated binders. Experiments have shown that the carbonate decomposition can be well controlled via the calcination procedure, whereby the majority of the ...
Felix Dathe +4 more
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Species identification of European forest pathogens of the genus Milesina (Pucciniales) using urediniospore morphology and molecular barcoding including M. woodwardiana sp. nov. [PDF]
MycoKeys, 2019 Species of rust fungi of the genus Milesina (Pucciniastraceae, Pucciniales) are distributed mainly in northern temperate regions. They host-alternate between needles of fir (Abies spp.) and fronds of ferns (species of Polypodiales).
Ben Bubner +4 more
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DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS AND UNLOADING OF ROAD TRAFFIC USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
International Journal of Advanced Studies, 2021 Greenhouse technology has improved significantly in recent years and the cost of associated electronic components has been steadily declining. The growing popularity of open-source software platforms and microcontrollers such as the Arduino are making ...
Linar M. Akhmetov +3 more
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Sunflower seed protein content in relation to desiccation date and seed moisture [PDF]
Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo, 2012 The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of desiccation date and seed moisture content on sunflower seed protein content. The experimental materials were three new parental sunflower lines of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops ...
Čanak Petar +6 more
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Effects of Moisture and Content of Moulding Sand Bentonite on the Electric Properties [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2018 The paper presents the results of laboratory tests into the effects of moisture and the content of two types of bentonite on dielectric properties of moulding sand.
D. Nowak
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Effect of elastomer polymer on the moisture susceptibility of asphalt concrete
Magazine of Civil Engineering, 2022 There are various experimental methods for improving the moisture strength of asphalt concrete, such that the most common one being the use of anti-stripping materials.
Shabani Amir, Hamedi Gholam Hossein
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