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Termite mound architecture regulates nest temperature and correlates with species identities of symbiotic fungi [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Large and complex mounds built by termites of the genus Macrotermes characterize many dry African landscapes, including the savannas, bushlands, and dry forests of the Tsavo Ecosystem in southern Kenya.
Risto Vesala +5 more
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Climate based facade design for business buildings with examples from central London [PDF]
, 2015 There is a disconnection between commercial architecture and environmental thinking, where green features can be included as part of a strategy for gaining approvals and marketing projects, but those features are not reviewed after completion and ...
Napier, John D.
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Selected Scientific Papers: Journal of Civil Engineering, 2017 The abstract is to The article is devoted to the decision of actual task of air distribution efficiency increasing with the help of swirl and spread air jets to provide normative parameters of air in the production apartments.
Korbut Vadim +3 more
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Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023 This study investigated the thermal environment in a traditional Hijazi building, the Baeshen House in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a city on the Red Sea.
Anwar Islem Basunbul, William W. Braham
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Part 2: pushing the envelope. A process perspective for architecture, engineering and construction [PDF]
, 2015 In this article, I am building on an emerging 'process view of nature' and how biological membranes emerge through the combined action of (locally) autonomous construction agents.
Soar, R
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Footprint, 2021 Since 1996, ASHRAE Standard 62.2 has provided guidelines for residential ventilation. As ventilation becomes increasingly scientised, quantifiable, and reliant on hyper-specific equipment, technical literacy on ventilation has narrowed.
Elizabeth Galvez
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Aircraft systems architecting: a functional-logical domain perspective [PDF]
, 2016 Presented is a novel framework for early systems architecture design. The framework defines data structures and algorithms that enable the systems architect to operate interactively and simultaneously in both the functional and logical domains.
Cuiller, C. +7 more
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An Overview of Natural Cooling and Ventilation in Vernacular Architectures [PDF]
WindNatural cooling and ventilation have been fundamental principles in vernacular architecture for millennia, shaping sustainable building practices across diverse climatic regions. This paper examines the historical evolution, technological advancements, environmental benefits, and prospects of passive cooling strategies, with a particular focus on wind ...
Amineddin Salimi +4 more
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Analysis of the systems of ventilation of residential houses of Ukraine and Estonia
Selected Scientific Papers: Journal of Civil Engineering, 2017 The most common ventilation system in residential buildings in Ukraine is natural ventilation. In recent years, due to increased tightness of structures, an increase in the content of synthetic finishing materials in them, the quality of microclimate ...
Savchenko Olena +2 more
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Fundamentals of Natural Ventilation in Buildings [PDF]
Igra Ustvarjalnosti, 2020 When environmental factors, such as the microclimate, in-depth knowledge is important in understanding spatial issues related to health. We spend most of the day indoors, so ventilation conditions are especially important, given their impact on our well ...
Kristijan Lavtižar
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