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Impact of retrofitting work on vulnerability reduction of local buildings in Kabul, Afghanistan
Jàmbá, 2021 Rapid urbanisation of Afghan cities without proper construction regulation has exposed their population to a high risk of damage from disasters such as earthquakes.
Mohsen Mohammadi, Toshio Fujimi
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Recovery Through Retrofit [PDF]
, 2009 [Excerpt] Making American homes and buildings more energy efficient presents an unprecedented opportunity for communities throughout the country. The Recovery Through Retrofit Report builds on investments made in the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...
Office of the Vice President
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Issues of energy retrofitting of a modern public housing estates. The ‘Giorgio Morandi’ complex at Tor Sapienza, Rome, 1975-1979 [PDF]
, 2016 Energy retrofitting of historical residential buildings represents today an interesting challenge of the building sector. This is true especially in Italy where great part of the national buildingstock dates back to pre-modern and modern times and ...
Mancini, Francesco +2 more
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Case Studies in Thermal EngineeringThe fire safety of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)-strengthened concrete structures is often compromised owing to the thermal vulnerability of conventional epoxy-based adhesives.
Kai Yan +5 more
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South Bronx Residents Solution on Greening our 'hood [PDF]
, 2011 The South Bronx has struggled for years with three of the most pressing social and economic inequities that affect urban, low-income communities of color: high unemployment, poor public health, and substandard housing conditions.
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Energy planning for metropolitan context: potential and perspectives of sustainable energy action plans (seaps) of three italian big cities [PDF]
, 2016 Energy retrofitting of existing building stock and new expansion of urban settlements entail a new relationship between consumption and production sites.
Berghi, Saverio
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Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering, 2017 Optimization models have been developed to maximize annual energy generation from the Doma dam, subject to the constraint of releases for irrigation, ecological purposes, the water supply, the maximum yield from the reservoir and reservoir storage.
Salami Adebayo Wahab +4 more
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Buildings, 2022 Experimental and numerical investigations on the retrofitting of half-scale wall-like reinforced concrete (RC) columns were conducted. The axial compressive behavior of the control un-strengthened wall-like RC column (having a section aspect ratio of ...
Husain Abbas +5 more
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Fostering energy efficiency dynamics through ex-ante strategic niche management: the UK perspective [PDF]
, 2013 The United Kingdom building sector has been challenged to retrofit a huge stock of existing buildings in order to increase its adaptive capacity for climate change impacts.
Goulding, Jack Steven +2 more
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Challenges and perspectives for the protection of masonry structures in historic centers: the role of innovative materials and techniques [PDF]
, 2016 Lessons learned from natural events which caused severe damage to existing constructions have repeatedly shown the high vulnerability of historically important masonry, often worsened by inaccurate or dubious applications of modern or innovative ...
Valluzzi, Maria Rosa
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