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FireThe increasing concerns about CO2 emissions and climate change have pointed out the urgency of promoting sustainability in the building sector. One promising solution to enhance the energy efficiency of buildings and diminish environmental impact is the ...
Emanuil-Petru Ovadiuc +3 more
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Case Studies in Thermal EngineeringThe fire plume behavior of over-ventilated compartment fire is believed to be related with the façade fire. When the fire plume is reattached to the façade wall, the combustible materials over building wall are potential to be ignited soon.
Biao Zhou +9 more
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Evaluation of PV technology implementation in the building sector [PDF]
, 2005 This paper presents a simulation case that shows the impact on energy consumption of a building applying photovoltaic shading systems. In order to make photovoltaic application more economical, the effect of a photovoltaic facade as a passive cooling ...
Bloem, J.J., Colli, A., Strachan, P.
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Spaces of observation and obscurity: cinematic prisons of light and dark [PDF]
, 2009 In The Eye of Power, Foucault delineated the key concerns surrounding hospital architecture in the latter half of the eighteenth century as being the ‘visibility of bodies, individuals and things'.
Fiddler, Michael
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Technical improvement of housing envelopes in Portugal [PDF]
, 2007 The main problems in multi-storey building envelopes in Portugal are the low thermal insulation and low airborne sound insulation. These problems are more relevant in buildings built before the publication of the first thermal code.
Almeida, Manuela Guedes de +2 more
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Identification of the Destruction Model of Ventilated Facade under the Influence of Fire. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2020 Schabowicz K, Sulik P, Zawiślak Ł.
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Selection of rehabilitation construction solutions using ELECTRE III method [PDF]
, 2012 Building rehabilitation is essential to achieve the targets defined by the EPBD-recast regarding energy efficiency, reduction of carbon emissions and use of on-site renewable energy sources.
Almeida, Manuela Guedes de +1 more
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Modelling Mechanically Ventilated Double Skin Facades with Integrated Shading Device [PDF]
, 2015 Double skin fa\ue7ades (DSF), are typically composed by two transparent envelope elements separated by a ventilated airspace. Such a technology can be applied both in new and existing buildings and may combine architectural value with energy efficiency ...
Angeli, Diego, Dama, Alessandro
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Indicateurs énergétiques specifiques aux façades ventilées et vitrées (Energy indices specific to ventilated and glazed facades) [PDF]
Constructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research, 2012 The evaluation of the energy performance of ventilated and glazed façades can be done based on specific indexes. The paper presents two of those, defined as a function of season, i. e.
Sebastian HUDISTEANU +2 more
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Exploring Experience Curves for the Building Envelope: An Investigation for Switzerland for 1970–2020 [PDF]
Energy efficiency potentials slumbering in the envelopes of existing and newly constructed buildings are significant and still largely untapped. Increasing concerns of policy-makers about non-sustainable energy use and its implications especially on ...
Martin Jakob, Reinhard Madlener
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