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Material and decision flows in non-domestic building fit-outs [PDF]
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 Abstract The built environment is the most resource intensive sector of the economy, accounting for a significant share of the extracted materials and the total waste generated. Within the built environment the most recurrent replacements of building materials and components take place during fit-outs, which are the process of installing interior ...
Casas-Arredondo, M +2 more
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EnergiesThe requirement for energy transition through the residential sector has increased research on the dissemination of solar thermal power systems in this area.
Jihen Mahdhi +5 more
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Energies, 2019 The building sector accounts for one third of the global energy consumption and it is expected to grow in the next decades. This evidence leads researchers, engineers and architects to develop innovative technologies based on renewable energies and to ...
Julià Coma +5 more
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Ten questions about natural ventilation of non-domestic buildings [PDF]
Building and Environment, 2016 Throughout history, natural ventilation has remained the preferred choice for the majority of residential buildings, while, in commercial buildings, natural ventilation went from being the single option to somewhat of a lost art as mechanical ventilation systems and air conditioning became the standard during the second half of the twentieth century ...
Guilherme Carrilho da Graça +1 more
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Energy Led Refurbishment of Non-Domestic Buildings - Who Leads? [PDF]
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, 2011 Innovative and efficient refurbishment offers significant carbon savings and is a growing activity, driven by Government imposing energy or carbon related standards and policies upon building owners. Many businesses are becoming aware of the wider benefits of these improvements and therefore, their requirements as construction industry clients are ...
Megan E. Strachan, Phil F. G. Banfill
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Environmental assessment schemes for non-domestic building refurbishment in the Malaysian context
Ecological Indicators, 2016 AbstractThe increase in global warming, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions has gained attention in various regions. In Malaysia, the government announced a voluntary commitment to reduce 40% of CO2 emissions by 2020 and to refurbish 100 government buildings.
Kamaruzzaman, Syahrul Nizam +4 more
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The serviceability of normal-use, non-domestic buildings in earthquakes
Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2006 This paper reports on an empirical study of whether it is necessary to carry out design checks on the serviceability of normal-use non-domestic buildings in earthquakes in New Zealand. It is found that at the relevant hazard level, i.e. at a return period of 25 years, the highest intensity anywhere in New Zealand is Modified Mercalli VII (MM7). At that
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Building energy use in COVID-19 lockdowns: did much change?
Buildings & CitiesThe lockdowns introduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19 had huge impacts, as people were largely confined to their homes. It could be expected that residential energy use would increase while non-residential decreased, however the picture is not so ...
Frances Hollick +4 more
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Energies, 2020 A micro-scale district heating network based on the operation of solar thermal collectors coupled to a long-term borehole thermal storage is modeled, simulated and investigated over a period of five years.
Antonio Rosato +4 more
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BuildingsThe current green building assessment system suffers from issues such as insufficient coverage of smart indicators, significant biases in subjective weighting, and weak dynamic adaptability, which restrict the scientific promotion of green buildings ...
Chi Zhang +5 more
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