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Fundamentals of hydraulic design for ventilated facades [PDF]

open access: yesСтроительство уникальных зданий и сооружений, 2013
Suspended facade system with ventilated air gap it is a special case of walling ventilated air gap. Flow of air is free-convection in vertical ventilated channel.
Yevgeniya Borisovna Yavtushenko
doaj  

Numerical study of the low-Reynolds flows in the vertical heated caverns [PDF]

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences, 2019
The object of research is the critical geometry of a three-dimensional air flow in a cavern between two vertical heated plates. In this rate the convection's contribution to heat transfer will be limited due to thermal conductivity at a fixture ...
Petrichenko Mikhail   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Meaning of Surveillance in Women With a Hereditary Risk of Breast Cancer: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the meaning of lived experiences of women with a hereditary risk of breast cancer who participate in surveillance of their breasts with magnetic resonance imaging. Design Hermeneutic phenomenology. Methods Interviews on two occasions were made with 14 women in the surveillance programme.
Ann‐Sofi Sjöqvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventilated Facades for Low-Carbon Buildings: A Review

open access: yesProcesses
The construction sector presently consumes about 40% of global energy and generates 36% of CO2 emissions, making facade retrofits a priority for decarbonising buildings. This review clarifies how ventilated facades (VFs), wall assemblies that interpose a ventilated air cavity between outer cladding and the insulated structure, address that challenge ...
Pinar Mert Cuce, Erdem Cuce
openaire   +1 more source

Evaluation of PV technology implementation in the building sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.
core  

Enforcing Building Set Backs as a Viable Strategy for an Emerging City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
For any emerging city to grow into a healthy and safe city, development guidelines and regulations which serve as a vital strategy should be considered and be adhered to. Most importantly the town and country planning laws which are purposely designed to
Attah, Umar Ahmed, Raji, Abdulazeez Umar
core   +3 more sources

Palaces for a New Spain Nobility: Between Creole Identity and Academicism

open access: yesSociology Lens, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 75-86, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Mexico City and Havana had a significant number of noble palaces during the eighteenth century. Until now, the dearth of historical documentation on their construction has hampered any approximation, requiring other methodologies. Here, it is intended to establish how a new visual code was defined, consistent both with their local style and ...
Pedro Luengo
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of the type of lightweight clay brick on the equivalent thermal transmittance of different types of façades on buildings

open access: yesMateriales de Construccion, 2016
This paper compares the equivalent thermal transmittances of different façades built using commercial clay bricks with three different thicknesses and façades made using the same method but with ceramic bricks with optimized rhomboidal interior geometry.
M. P. Morales   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estudi des de la perspectiva preventiva del procés de revestiments ceràmics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Aquest document ha de servir de guia per a la prevenció de riscos a aquells enginyers de l’edificació que hagin de treballar amb elements ceràmica. Com a tal, ha de contenir una descripció de la ceràmica per que el lector adquireixi aquelles nocions ...
Escalera Pérez, Arantxa
core  

Transforming Management Education: Insights from Social‐Ecological Systems and Social Innovation Research

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract It is clear that contemporary management education (ME) needs to be transformed to tackle complex social‐ecological crises effectively. However, the concept of transformation is often ill‐defined in the context of ME; while there is also a lack of understanding about what concrete transformation trajectories (also called scaling pathways) are ...
Laura A. Colombo
wiley   +1 more source

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