Rethinking sociotechnical transitions and green entrepreneurship : the potential for transformative change in the green building sector [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores the development of green entrepreneurship and its potential role in transformative change towards a green economy. It achieves this through a study of the green building sector in England and Wales, based on qualitative empirical data
Gibbs, David, O'Neill, Kirstie
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Trombe walls with nanoporous aerogel insulation applied to UK housing refurbishments
International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2014 There is an opportunity to improve the efficiency of passive Trombe walls and active solar air collectors by replacing their conventional glass covers with lightweight polycarbonate panels filled with nanoporous aerogel insulation.
Mark Dowson +2 more
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Buildings, 2017 Evidence of a fabric performance gap has underlined the need for measurements of in situ building performance. Steady state co-heating tests have been used since the 1980s to measure whole building heat transfer coefficients, but are often cited as ...
Samuel Stamp +2 more
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Bridging the domestic building fabric performance gap [PDF]
, 2014 It is recognized that there is often a discrepancy between the measured fabric thermal performance of dwellings as built and the predicted performance of the same dwellings and that the magnitude of this difference in performance can be quite large. This
Bagge H. +13 more
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Avaluació-comparació del programa informàtic emprat per a la millora energètica i posterior certificació passivhaus d'un habitatge unifamiliar aïllat [PDF]
, 2013 Cada cop és més obvi que el planeta ens demana canviar, ja que la situació comença a ser insostenible, i sembla cada cop més, que el canvi climàtic està immers en un preocupant augment.
Rosell Balada, Gerard
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Does tenure matter for occupant experiences of low-energy housing? [PDF]
, 2018 International policy settings are looking toward low-energy and near zero-energy homes as a solution to address environmental impacts, particularly anthropogenic climate change.
A Din +17 more
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Improving the quality management systems for energy-efficient social housing projects [PDF]
, 2016 Developing and implementing quality management systems (QMS) in construction is particularly difficult because of a lack of standardization, the use of transient workforce and the many parties involved. This paper discusses the challenges faced by social
Alencastro, J, De Wilde, P, Fuertes, A
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Developing future energy performance standards for UK housing: The St Nicholas Court project – Part 1 [PDF]
, 2003 This paper (and Part 2, to appear in the next issue) set out the results of a housing field trial designed to evaluate the impact of an enhanced energy performance standard for dwellings.
Bell, M, Lowe, R, Roberts, D
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Post-construction thermal testing: Some recent measurements [PDF]
, 2015 In the UK, it has become apparent in recent years that there is often a discrepancy between the steady-state predicted and the measured in situ thermal performance of the building fabric, with the measured in situ performance being greater than that ...
Anderson B +31 more
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Kursimet e mundshme të energjisë në ndërtesa [PDF]
, 2009 Energjia është një aspekt i rëndësishëm i ndërtesave. Ajo është përbërëse në materiale ndërtimore dhe e nevojshme për ndriçim dhe instalime elektrike, si dhe për ngrohje dhe ftohje.
Zbašnik-Senegačnik, Martina
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