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STRUCTURES OF THE HIGH-RISE BUILDING “LAKHTA CENTER” IN SAINT-PETERSBURG

International Journal for Computational Civil and Structural Engineering, 2019
The “Lakhta Center” skyscraper that built up in Saint-Petersburg on the coast of Baltic sea at the end of 2018 is the highest building of Europe. The tower has 87 floors above the ground and 2 underground floors.
Elena lyukhina, Sergey Lakhman, Alexey Miller, Vladimir Travush   +3 more
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An Integrated Quality Index of High-Rise Residential Buildings for All Lifecycle Stages of a Construction Facility

Applied Sciences, 2023
The study focuses on developing a methodology for calculating an integrated quality index of administrative and engineering solutions that affect the safety of multi-storey residential buildings at each stage of their lifecycle.
Azariy Lapidus, Dmitriy Topchiy, Tatyana Kuzmina, Yana Shesterikova, Tembot Bidov   +4 more
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Refactoring and Rebirth of traditional residential buildings based on the reconstruction of Yi Minority Country [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The protection and renewal of traditional residential buildings help to enhance the functionality and adaptability of the buildings, pass on the traditional architectural culture, promote the sustainable development of traditional buildings, and ...
Gu Ruiping, Lan Shuwei, Ding Ning, Qiu Ling, Li Xiaoran   +4 more
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A Review of Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings: Comfort Threads and Energy Saving Potential

Energies, 2022
Residential buildings instigate a vital role in creating a safe and comfortable indoor living environment. The phenomenon of overheating, an impact of climate change, can cause a negative effect on residents’ productiveness and heat-related illnesses and
Naja Aqilah, Hom Bahadur Rijal, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki   +2 more
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DESIGN AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING ARCHITECTURE IN THE PERIOD OF MATURE AND LATE MODERN ARCHITECTURE OF NIŠ - CASE STUDIES

Facta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2020
The topic of this paper is the functional and design characteristics of multifamily (formerly collective) residential buildings created in the post-war period of Modern architecture of Niš.
Marjan Petrović
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On the Integrated Design of Existing Multi-storey Residential Building and Integral Solar Water Heater

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018
Solar energy is a kind of renewable and clean energy. The application of solar water heaters in buildings is one of the ways to effectively solar energy.
Ruozhu Wang, Pengda Liu, Yongmei Qian, Jun Zhan   +3 more
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Estimation of the Heat Loss Coefficient of Two Occupied Residential Buildings through an Average Method

Energies, 2020
The existing performance gap between the design and the real energy consumption of a building could have three main origins: the occupants’ behaviour, the performance of the energy systems and the performance of the building envelope.
Irati Uriarte, Aitor Erkoreka, Pablo Eguia, Enrique Granada, Koldo Martin-Escudero   +4 more
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Development and Implementation of a Disease‐Targeted Storybook as a Clinical Tool for Children With Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although significant progress has been made in childhood leukemia survival, healthcare providers, and caregivers often face challenges in explaining this disease to patients. Disease‐targeted storybooks have been proposed as a tool to facilitate the understanding of diagnoses and treatment.
Nutvipha Ummartyotin, Usanarat Anurathapan, Rawiwan Roongpraiwan, Potchanee Dandamrongrak, Siriporn Nakhonchai, Pawin Numthavaj, Vilawan Chirdkiatgumchai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Air pollutant exposure concentrations from cooking a meal with a gas or induction cooktop and the effectiveness of two recirculating range hoods with filters

Indoor Environments
This study compares air pollutant concentrations resulting from cooking with gas or induction cooktops, with or without either of two recirculating range hoods with filters.
Jiayu Li, Haoran Zhao, Marion L. Russell, William W. Delp, Alexandra Johnson, Xiaochen Tang, Iain S. Walker, Brett C. Singer   +7 more
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“Double Ageing” in the High-Rise Residential Buildings of Tokyo

Urban Planning, 2022
This study aims to explore the current “double ageing” (demographic ageing of residents and physical ageing of facilities) in high-rise (over 20 stories by the Japanese Government’s definition) residential buildings in Tokyo, where the rate of ageing has
Taro Hirai
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