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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 ...
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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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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, ...
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Thermal performance, microstructure analysis and strength characterisation of agro-waste reinforced soil materials
(MDPI, 2023-07-26)
The use of raw-earth materials reinforced by natural fibres, i.e., livestock waste in the form of greasy wool, represents an eco-friendly alternative for a variety of construction applications. This proposal is based on ...
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Cross-evaluation of thermal comfort in semi-outdoor spaces according to geometry in Southern Spain
(Elsevier, 2023-05)
Climatic events in Mediterranean cities, such as heat waves, directly affect their inhabitants. As a result, outdoor thermal comfort in urban spaces is gaining increasing research attention because it is associated with ...