Acoustic performance in a lightweight ventilated façade for building refurbishment: analysing the impact of variations in airborne sound insulation according to the ventilation characteristics [PDF]
, 2019 The use of double-sheet enclosures with an intermediate air chamber in façades guarantees a higher quality of acoustic insulation against external airborne noise.
Niampira Daza, Andrea +1 more
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Optimal design of photovoltaic shading systems for multi-story buildings [PDF]
, 2019 This study provides new insights into the comprehensive energy and economic performances of photovoltaic shading systems (PVSS) in multi-story buildings. A numerical shading model was developed to evaluate the shading effect from an upper PVSS row on its
Fang, Yueping +7 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As the housing and building sectors face the urgent challenge of decarbonization, attention is increasingly shifting beyond conventional efficiency strategies toward the principle of sufficiency. This study explores how sufficiency can reshape the housing landscape, although there is no standardized understanding of sufficiency in these ...
Anne Fischer, Marlen Gabriele Arnold
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Study of natural ventilation for a modular façade system in wind tunnel tests [PDF]
, 2015 Wind tunnel tests are a reliable tool to determine the effect of natural ventilation on buildings. This paper presents results of wind tunnel tests conducted to evaluate the influence of ventilation modules positioning on a façade system.
Almeida, Manuela Guedes de +3 more
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Early use of the reinforced concrete in the architecture of the Historicism in Austria–Hungary
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract The study examines the early incorporation of reinforced concrete in the architecture of Historicism in Austria–Hungary. Spanning the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the research illuminates the period's stylistic pluralism and the transformative impact of reinforced concrete.
Éva Lovra, Zoltán Bereczki
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Outdoor test cells for building envelope experimental characterisation - A literature review [PDF]
, 2015 partially_open4siThe present work has been partially developed within the framework of IEA EBC Annex 58In the past decades the construction sector experienced the diffusion of a wide variety of complex building envelope components and passive elements ...
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The diffuser design of ventilated facades [PDF]
Инженерно-строительный журнал, 2013 The main problem in the design of front systems is an empirical choice of parameters and the air gap between the cladding panels, causing appear of unventilated layer.
Y.B. Yavtushenko, M.V. Petrochenko
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Respectfully Excluded: Symbolic Violence, Space and Benevolent Sexism in Academia in Pakistan
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Feminist scholars have long recognized the gender‐based challenges that women in academia face. We undertake a qualitative study of how women in academic institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), a province in Pakistan, experience exclusion. We draw on narratives elicited through hypothetical vignettes from 10 women academics in KPK, collected
Fatima Junaid +2 more
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Moral Distress Among Family Caregivers: A Concept Analysis
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To examine and define the concept of moral distress among family caregivers by identifying its key attributes, antecedents and consequences. Design Concept analysis. Methods This study was guided by Walker and Avant's concept analysis framework.
Tharaa Ananzeh +4 more
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Ventilation of double facades [PDF]
, 2001 This paper deals with the development and thetesting of a simulation algorithm for the temperaturebehaviour and the flow characteristics of doublefaçades.
Croxford, B, Lorenz, R, Von Grabe, J
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