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Although social, economic, and cultural indicators are of substantial importance to the concept of sustainable building …, this concept is usually related to environmental characteristics. Any building level assessment method is complex and … sustainability assessment of a whole building are presented, based on a state of the art, feasibility study on performance analysis …
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in building construction in Kerala. [Working Paper No. 030] …
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Building sector consumes a significant portion of energy worldwide. One of the reasons is that the performance of … building and its components degrades over the years. It is found that by improving the performance of existing systems through … is extremely important for tracking, monitoring and detecting abnormal energy consumption behavior of a building. In this …
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future thermal standard of buildings in Algeria. The actual state of building sector is briefly presented as well as national …
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is designed to replace such energy that is used. The recently completed building is now subject of a comprehensive … conditions within the building as a whole. Hour by hour findings are posted on a dedicated web site. Photovoltaics could have the … same impact on building form and layout as the invention of the passenger lift at the end of the last century. …
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cost because the cost is very expensive compared with conventional power generation methods. The cost of building materials … integrated PV modules can be at least partially offsetted by replacing building materials with PV modules, so PV modules … integrated with building are extremely effective for cost reduction. In addition, the reduction of installing cost can be …
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If renewable energy sources are to be successfully utilised within the built environment then accurate simulation tools have an important role to play. This paper addresses a very specific part of the overall simulation process: that of earth-contact heat transfer which can be the cause of...
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The European Energy Efficiency Building Directive 2002/91/CE, as well as other acts and funding programs, strongly …
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The paper presents one of the first Italian experiences assessing the effectiveness of sustainable production and consumption strategies.
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The paper analyzes methodological approaches to building Russian cities agglomeration and their governance. Here a city …
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