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Integrating courtyard microclimate in building performance to mitigate extreme urban heat impacts
(Elsevier, 2022)
Extreme heat events are expected to occur more often as a consequence of climate change. This paper quantifies the impact of urban climate on building performance and evaluates the benefits of specific microclimates, ...
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Thermal comfort modelling and empirical validation of predicted air temperaturein hot-summer Mediterranean courtyards
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)
Courtyards are a passive strategy to improve the energy performance of buildings. However, theaccurate simulation of courtyards’ thermodynamic performance in the early design stage is still chal-lenging, even though there ...
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Use of Natural-Fiber Bio-Composites in Construction versus Traditional Solutions: Operational and Embodied Energy Assessment
(MDPI, 2016)
During the last decades natural polymers have become more and more frequent to replace traditional inorganic stabilizers in building materials. The purpose of this research is to establish a comparison between the most ...
Tesis Doctoral
Caracterización de las decoraciones pictoricas murales del Monasterio de Santa María de las Cuevas de Sevilla
(2005)
Sensibilizados ante un tema tan extenso y complejo como el del Patrimonio Cultural, el objetivo inicial fue colaborar en el ingente proceso de documentación inherente a dicho Patrimonio y necesario para su conservación, ...
Tesis Doctoral
Workflow design for the analysis of transitional space microclimates application to the analysis of strategies for the improvement of the energy performance and comfort of courtyard buildings in the mediterranean climate
(2023-03-03)
This thesis aims to design a new simulation methodology applied to the microclimate of courtyards to assess their thermodynamic performance considering the different factors involved. Using this new methodology, different ...
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Performance validation and manufacture feasibility for an advanced constructive system considering facilities integration
(2021)
The growing demand to save material and energy resources, and increasing concern over environmental issues, are forcing solutions that entail a lower environmental impact of the materials and products used. This is ...
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Sample key features affecting mechanical, acoustic and thermal properties of a natural-stabilised earthen material
(Elsevier, 2021)
The use of natural materials has become more important as a result of the growing need to conserve energy, exploit renewable materials, and incorporate architecture and construction into sustainable methods of production. ...
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Simulation workflow for considering the outdoor microclimate in building energy modeling
(Cal-Tek, 2023)
In order to accurately analyze building energy performance, it is important to take into account the outdoor microclimate. However, this can be challenging when different microclimates affect the same building using existing ...
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Reuse of livestock waste for the reinforcement of rammed-earth materials: investigation on mechanical performances
(PAGEPress, 2023)
Agricultural wastes as additive within raw earth materials could both improve mechanical and physical properties of new sustainable construction materials and enhance waste management in a circular economy perspective. ...
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Correlations between GIS-Based Urban Building Densification Analysis and Climate Guidelines for Mediterranean Courtyards
(MDPI AG, 2017)
This study identifies and proposes A GIS-based exploration of the relationships between aspect ratio of inner courtyards, porosity of the urban fabric and the climatic factors where it is located. To perform that comparison, ...