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On the Potential of District-Scale Life Cycle Assessments of Buildings
Energies, 2023 Climate neutrality goals in the building sector require a large-scale estimation of environmental impacts for various stakeholders. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a viable method for this purpose.
Maximilian Schildt +6 more
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Implementation of MPC for an all-air system in an educational building [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The building sector has to significantly reduce the total energy use. A predictive control could be a solution to control an HVAC system more energy efficiently since it takes into account the current measurements and the future demand.
Merema Bart +3 more
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Recommendations for model identification for MPC of an all-Air HVAC system [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Rule-based control (RBC) strategies are often unable to execute the optimal control action, which leads to unnecessary energy consumption and suboptimal comfort.
Carton Quinten +2 more
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Open-Source Tool for Transforming CityGML Levels of Detail
Energies, 2021 Urban Building Energy Modelling (UBEM) requires adequate geometrical information to represent buildings in a 3D digital form. However, open data models usually lack essential information, such as building geometries, due to a lower granularity in ...
Avichal Malhotra +3 more
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Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration
Movement Ecology, 2021 Background Migratory animals use information from the Earth’s magnetic field on their journeys. Geomagnetic navigation has been observed across many taxa, but how animals use geomagnetic information to find their way is still relatively unknown.
Fernando Benitez-Paez +4 more
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Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 The German Climate Protection Plan 2050 describes interim targets and measures for the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, including the building sector.
Sylvi Eckart +3 more
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Evaluation of the spatial aspect of building resilience in classrooms equipped with displacement ventilation [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Throughout their lifetime, buildings might face unpredictable shocks leading to fast deterioration of comfort levels. The ability of buildings and systems to absorb the shock and bring back the indoor conditions to their designed state is termed as ...
Al-Assaad Douaa +2 more
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JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 2014 Sustainable building design has become a wide and multidisciplinary research endeavor including mechanical, electrical, electronic, communication, acoustic, architectural, and structural engineering. It involves the participation of owners, contractors, suppliers and building users.
Wang, Nengmou, Adeli, Hojjat
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Sustainable earth walls to meet the building regulations [PDF]
, 2004 The thermal conductivity and diffusivity of un-fired clay bricks, a straw clay mixture and straw bales have been measured using a thermal probe technique, with an iterative method for data analysis. The steady-state air-to-air thermal transmittance, or U-
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Community action for sustainable housing: Building a low-carbon future [PDF]
, 2009 This paper presents a new analytical framework of 'grassroots innovations' which views community-led initiatives for sustainable development as strategic green niches with the potential for wider transformation of mainstream society.
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