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Balancing operating revenues and occupied refurbishment costs 2: a Space Syntax approach to locating hoardings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
By placing hoardings in publicly accessible areas while carrying out phased occupied refurbishments, a contractor is temporarily redesigning that area. This reconfiguration affects the normal pedestrian flows through such areas.
Kelsey, J
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Addressing Symbolic Versus Substantive Disclosures Under CSRD/ESRS E5 in the Circular Economy Disclosure of the Automotive Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how European automotive companies disclose circular economy (CE) information in light of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) E5. Using a mixed‐methods, data‐driven approach that combines keyword analysis and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA ...
Dominika Hadro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do not be Afraid of Small High-Speed Francis Turbines

open access: yesJournal of Mechanical Engineering, 2018
In the first quarter of the last century hydraulic power plants were equipped with high-speed Francis turbines even in the situation when a contemporary project manager would suggest Kaplan turbine. The reason is simple. Mr.
Libor Koudelka
doaj   +1 more source

A Natural Resource‐Based View of Circular Economy Practices in the Pharmaceutical Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pharmaceutical industry is facing escalating environmental sustainability issues including gaseous emissions, waste generation, and excessive consumption of energy and non‐renewable materials. Nevertheless, the adoption of sustainable business models such as the circular economy (CE) is still in its infancy in this sector due to complex ...
Amna Farrukh, Muhammad Sohaib Sajjad
wiley   +1 more source

The Challenges of Earthen Architecture from a Conservation Perspective: St Bartholomew Anglican Church, Wusasa, Nigeria

open access: yesBuildings
This article is a critical analysis of the conservation of a historic earth building: the Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Nigeria. It presents the conservation actions carried out through the application of conservation principles adapted to local context ...
Theophilus A. Shittu, Ishanlosen Odiaua
doaj   +1 more source

Guidelines for sustainable refurbishment of residential buildings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper gives an overview of the objectives in a research project currently under development, which is intended to provide a guideline for the sustainable refurbishment of existing residential buildings.
Bragança, L.   +2 more
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More Than 10 Years on: Does a State‐of‐the‐Art Review and Synthesis Offer New Frameworks to Guide Future Design for Remanufacturing Research?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is strong evidence that design for remanufacturing (DfRem) can reduce initial‐design carbon emissions by up to 30%, and that product design can critically affect remanufacturing feasibility, yet academic adoption of DfRem remains limited.
Okechukwu Okorie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Life Cycle Energy into the Design of Façade Refurbishment for a Post-War Residential Building in The Netherlands

open access: yesBuildings, 2015
The existing building stock has been in the focus of European Union policies for energy savings. Nevertheless, energy certification schemes refer mostly to operational energy and usually do not consider aspects related to the life cycle of the building ...
Paressa Loussos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experiments for satellite and material recovery from orbit. Volume I - Summary Final report [PDF]

open access: yes
Experiment missions for OSO satellite rendezvous, capture, material retrieval, refurbishment, and extravehicular operation ...
Easterly, V. L., Roach, J. R.
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Exploring the Role of Green Training on Organizational Resilience: A Multisectoral European Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The double transition paradigm has imposed to redefine the rules to compete. The demand for green skills, driven by European policy targets, currently outpaces the supply available in the labor market. This study surveys European companies across multiple sectors to assess the role of green training, a key element of green human resource ...
Giulia Alessandri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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