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The Cost-Efficiency Analysis of a System for Improving Fine-Coal Combustion Efficiency of Power Plant Boilers

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Hard coal is widely used as a source of energy, and a number of catalysts have been developed to minimize the noxious impact of this fuel on combustion.
Wilhelm Jan Tic, Joanna Guziałowska-Tic
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Integrating Simplified and Full Life Cycle Approaches in Decision Making for Building Energy Refurbishment: Benefits and Barriers

open access: yesBuildings, 2015
The life cycle assessment (LCA) method is a powerful tool that can serve to aid decision making regarding the environmental benefits of refurbishment projects.
Xabat Oregi   +3 more
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Assessment of a Second Life City Vehicle Refurbished to Include Hybrid Powertrain Technology

open access: yesMachines, 2023
Due to increased powertrain efficiency, electrified propulsion has seen significant diffusion in the automotive sector in recent years. Despite the possible reduction in tailpipe CO2 emissions, the advancements in the technology are not sufficient to ...
Santiago Martinez-Boggio   +3 more
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Complexity in Managing Refurbishment Design Process: Malaysian Experience

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2014
In Malaysia, building refurbishment is expected to become more important in the next five years. This is due to largest government allocations for refurbishment works in ninth and tenth Malaysian Plan and high demand for refurbishment works.
Ali A.S.
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The concept model of sustainable buildings refurbishment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2008
Sustainable development principles reaching many spheres of human activities, public buildings refurbishment is not an exemption in this case. Buildings refurbishment supports excellent opportunities to reduce energy consumption in buildings as well as ...
Aistė Mickaitytė   +3 more
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External Wall Insulation (EWI): Engaging Social Tenants in Energy Efficiency Retrofitting in the North East of England

open access: yesBuildings, 2017
The question of how best to tackle the problem of energy inefficient older housing in the UK is considerable, and is further complicated by the question of tenure.
Sara Lilley, Gill Davidson, Zaid Alwan
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Proposal for the risk management implementation phase in oil field development project by adding value on the refurbishment of critical equipment

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
Refurbishment process is a conceptual stage in product life cycle. It is utilized in existing equipment in the field by adding value to recondition and repaired equipment.
Hamid Abdul   +2 more
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Conceptualising Project Uncertainty in the Context of Building Refurbishment Safety: A Systematic Review

open access: yesBuildings, 2021
Project uncertainty is an inherent attribute in safety-critical projects, such as building refurbishment. While it has been suggested that project safety performance is often challenged due to project uncertainty, uncertainties are yet to be ...
Udara Ranasinghe   +3 more
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Artificial neural network analysis of teachers��� performance against thermal comfort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Emerald in International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation on 17/04/2020, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-11-2019-0098 The accepted manuscript may differ from the ...
Alzahrani, Hamdan   +4 more
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The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Where Are We Going?

open access: yesJournal of Sustainable Design and Applied Research in Innovative Engineering of the Built Environment, 2017
The EU adopted the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in 2003 to help to measure, manage and reduce energy consumption and consequential carbon emissions related to buildings.
Hywel Davies
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