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Acoustic retrofit strategies of windows in facades of residential buildings: Requirements and recommendations to reduce exposure to environmental noise
(Elsevier, 2021-09)
Achieving an adequate indoor acoustic comfort environment is one of the main priorities to avoid adverse effects caused by noise. Façades are the constructive elements most likely to be retrofitted due to their delimiting ...
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Building assessment and statistical characterisation of the Mediterranean social housing stock in Southern Spain
(IOP Publishing, 2022)
Given that the existing residential buildings are expected to become a huge part of the future stock due to their low replacement rate, retrofitting plans are crucial to meet 2030 and 2050 energy efficiency targets. ...
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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uch of the social housing stock in southern Europe is obsolete in energy terms, with users who also present very specific socio-economic profiles requiring in-depth study.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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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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Daylight Spectrum Index: A New Metric to Assess the Affinity of Light Sources with Daylighting
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2018-09-24)
The current scenario of colorimetry shows a wide variety of different metrics which do not converge in the assessment of the color rendering of light sources. The limitations of the Color Rendering Index have promoted the ...
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Reuse of wood biomass ash to improve thermal behavior of gypsum plasters
(Elsevier, 2024)
Huge amounts of waste are generated each year in the world. In addition, the construction sector is one of the larger producers of residues and a huge energy consumer. Thus, architects, engineers and other actors of the ...
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Characterization and performance of building composites made from gypsum and woody-biomass ash waste: A product development and application study
(Elsevier, 2024-03-15)
The aim of this study is to explore the potential of using biomass-ash waste as a secondary raw material for building composites. The waste is generated by a thermal power plant that burns woody biomass and would otherwise ...