The concept of Smart Healthy Age-Friendly Environments (SHAFE) emphasises the comprehensive person-centred experience as essential to promoting living environments. SHAFE takes an interdisciplinary approach, conceptualising complete and multidisciplinary solutions for an inclusive society. From...

Reaching Germany's PV expansion goal requires regulatory instruments that promote new investments in PV rooftop installations complementing other environmental measures and enhancing coordination among stakeholders and alongside the building lifecycle. In great regional detail, this paper...

Spatial dynamic microsimulations have distinct potential to operate and project populations on finely detailed geographic level. For this, a detailed building and dwellings data set is typically needed, such that inner-region migration flows and local population developments may be modelled...

Reaching Germany's PV expansion goal requires regulatory instruments that promote new investments in PV rooftop installations complementing other environmental measures and enhancing coordination among stakeholders and alongside the building lifecycle. In great regional detail, this paper...

We provide an in-depth case study of land use reforms in Seattle to highlight how redevelopment of aging single-family housing to townhomes can lead to a significant increase in market-rate housing that promotes affordability. The key is to allow market forces to use by-right zoning to drive...

Die Reform des Gebäudeenergiegesetzes zielt darauf ab, den Anteil erneuerbarer Energien im Gebäudebereich zu erhöhen. Die vorgesehenen Maßnahmen, insbesondere der forcierte Einsatz von Wärmepumpen, sind jedoch ökologisch ineffektiv, da mögliche CO2-Einsparungen im Rahmen des nationalen...

Climate classification is essential for buildings because it influences the planning and design of a building, its orientation, building geometry and design of building envelopes such as walls, roofs and openings. In the event of climate change, the existing classifications must be revised or...

Die Energie- und CO2-Einsparungen im Gebäudesektor in Deutschland bleiben weit hinter den Zielen zurück: der Wohngebäudebestand ist nur unzureichend energetisch saniert, die Wärmeerzeugung von fossilen Energieträgern abhängig und die Sanierungsaktivität ist seit Jahren auf einem zu...

This paper studies whether private adaptation to flood risk is economically efficient. We estimate the return to elevating houses, one of the most significant private defensive investments against flooding, using two decades of microdata on the universe of houses and flood damages in high-risk...

This paper studies whether private adaptation to flood risk is economically efficient. We estimate the return to elevating houses, one of the most significant private defensive investments against flooding, using two decades of microdata on the universe of houses and flood damages in high-risk...

Purpose A comprehensive literature review was conducted to identify the lean principles and the challenges of building refurbishment. To have an in-depth investigation of the application of lean principles to address the challenges of refurbishment projects, ten expert interviews following a...

Zur Umsetzung des Europäischen Green Deals plant die Europäische Kommission im Juli 2021 eine umfangreiche Erneuerung der europäischen Klimaschutzinstrumente. Im Rahmen des Fit-For-55-Pakets sind 12 regulatorische Einzelmaßnahmen - von einer Erneuerung der Energieeffizienzstandards bis zu...

Ein neuer Zukunftsimpuls des Wuppertal Instituts zeigt, welche Weichen die Politik stellen muss, um den Gebäudebestand bis 2045 klimaneutral zu machen. Im Fokus stehen höhere Effizienzanforderungen für Bestands- und Neubauten, ein schnellerer Ausstieg aus Gas- und Ölheizungen, gleichzeitig...

Ob Neueinsteiger:in oder Community Managerin mit Erfahrung - in diesem Crashkurs erfahren Sie alles, was Sie für den professionellen Aufbau und die Pflege Ihrer Community wissen müssen. Er vermittelt das nötige Basiswissen und den theoretischen Hintergrund und begleitet Sie von der...

This open access book explores the strategic importance and advantages of adopting multidisciplinary and multiscalar approaches of inquiry and intervention with respect to the built environment, based on principles of sustainability and circular economy strategies. A series of key challenges are...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is confronted by significant challenges resulting from multiple shocks and complex emergencies: countries in the region face various risks in terms of natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods and drought; violent conflicts, such as in Syria,...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is confronted by significant challenges resulting from multiple shocks and complex emergencies: countries in the region face various risks in terms of natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods and drought; violent conflicts, such as in Syria,...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is confronted by significant challenges resulting from multiple shocks and complex emergencies: countries in the region face various risks in terms of natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods and drought; violent conflicts, such as in Syria,...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is confronted by significant challenges resulting from multiple shocks and complex emergencies: countries in the region face various risks in terms of natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods and drought; violent conflicts, such as in Syria,...

The book deals with carefully examined statistics on fires and, in particular, the number of fire alarms due to fire detection and fire alarm systems and the false alarm rate. The book describes a scientific approach on how to qualify and quantify the problem of false alarms. At the same time,...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the cloud computing (CC) methods and tools towards the achievement of construction project sustainability in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Data were obtained from the literature, complemented by a quantitative method using a questionnaire...

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Tabellenverzeichnis -- Zusammenfassung -- Abstract -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Grundlagen der Untersuchung und Methodik -- 3 Analyse von Methoden der Bedarfsplanung -- 4 Einflüsse auf den Krankenhausbau und resultierende...

Es ist gesetzlich geregelt, dass sich Unternehmen um die Sicherheit der Belegschaft und aller auf dem Gelände anwesender Personen kümmern müssen. Das schließt den Normalfall ein, aber ebenso vorhersehbare Störfälle wie z. B. Brände. Im Brandfall müssen alle mögicherweise jetzt...

The context of this study was to examine factors contributing to significant workforce shortages in building trades in the United States. As it is, recruitment of qualified skilled trades workers is becoming increasingly difficult due to lack of a pipeline of prospective workers, and training...

The context of this study was to examine factors contributing to significant workforce shortages in building trades in the United States. As it is, recruitment of qualified skilled trades workers is becoming increasingly difficult due to lack of a pipeline of prospective workers, and training...