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An environmental construction and demolition waste management model to trigger post-pandemic economic recovery towards a circular economy the Mexican and Spanish cases
(Springer, 2022)
The Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry consume 40% of raw material generating 35% of industrial waste worldwide. In the EU, it consumes 50% of raw material and generates 35% of industrial waste; while ...
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Comparative life cycle assessment of traditional timber jack arch slab refurbishment solutions: Eco-efficient proposal versus conventional ones
(Springer, 2023-12-05)
Purpose In the context of worldwide efforts to reduce plastic waste, the authors of this document patented a cement mortar floor slab interjoist prefab vault incorporating recycled plastic. This piece was designed to be ...
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Field assessment of thermal comfort conditions and energy performance of social housing: The case of hot summers in the Mediterranean climate
(Elsevier, 2019-05)
uch of the social housing stock in southern Europe is obsolete in energy terms, with users who also present very specific socio-economic profiles requiring in-depth study. Proposals for this type of housing stock of current ...
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Promoting urban regeneration and aging in place: APRAM – An interdisciplinary method to support decision-making in building renovation
(Elsevier, 2019-05)
Current European policies aim to promote the sustainable urban regeneration of housing stock while ensuring aging in place. Following these targets, this research proposes the Architectural and Psycho-environmental ...
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Covid airborne risk: online tool to develop healthy buildings
(2022-10-05)
Airborne transmission has been widely proven to be the main means of contagion of SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) , as multiple studies have established (Greenhalgh et al., 2021; Miller et ...
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Enhancing urban microclimates towards climate-resilient cities: the potential of courtyards
(Springer, 2022)
The increasingly urgent phenomenon of global warming has a critical epicentre in the topic of urban thermal comfort, which is significantly influenced by the urban heat island effect. In this built environment, creative ...
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Special issue “Urban and buildings regeneration strategy to climatic change mitigation, energy, and social poverty after a world health and economic global crisis”
(MDPI, 2021-10-27)
Throughout the 21st century, urban reports demand solutions to the obsolescence and aging process suffered by the existing buildings, due to the growth and expansion of cities that took place in the second half of the 20th ...
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Addressing the potential for improvement of urban building stock: a protocol applied to a Mediterranean Spanish case
(Elsevier, 2021-08)
Current plans to combat the environmental global impact of the building sector have encouraged research on sustainable actions for increasing the renovation rate of many buildings whose performance is far from meeting ...
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Housing evaluation methodology in a situation of social poverty to guarantee sustainable cities: the satisfaction dimension for the case of Mexico
(MDPI, 2021-10-12)
Currently, one in eight people live in neighborhoods with social inequality and around one billion people live in precarious conditions. The significance of where and how to live and in what physical, spatial, social, ...
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Household energy vulnerability evaluation in southern Spain through parametric energy simulation models and socio-economic data
(Elsevier, 2024-04)
When proposing the most suitable strategies for retrofitting the residential stock it is essential to consider energy vulnerability, the current state of stock, users’ economic capacity and climate. This work analyses ...