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    • Ecological network analysis of growing tomatoes in an urban rooftop greenhouse 

      Piezer, Kayla; Petit Boix, Anna; Sanjuan-Delmás, David; Briese, Briese; Celik, Ilke; Rieradevall Pons, Joan; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Apul, Defne S (Elsevier, 2019-02)
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      Urban agriculture has emerged as an alternative to conventional rural agriculture seeking to foster a sustainable circular economy in cities. When considering the feasibility of urban agriculture and planning for the future ...
    • El ciment és vida: memòria de sostenibilitat 2007 

      Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Carrascón Ortiz, Sergio; Chicharro, Laura; Palau, Joan; Casas, Josep Maria; Monllor, Carmela (Agrupació de Fabricants de Ciment de Catalunya (A. Josa coordinador), 2007-01-15)
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      El ciment és, amb tota probabilitat, el producte que més contribueix a fer habitable el planeta. Ciment és sinònim de progrés humà. Des d’infraestructures de tractament de l’aigua fins a vies de comunicació, des d’habitatges ...
    • El concepto de la sostenibilidad 

      Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Alavedra, Pere (Los Autores, 2006)
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    • Environmental analysis of building shallow foundations: The influence of prefabrication, typology, and structural design codes 

      Pujadas Gispert, Ester; Sanjuan-Delmás, David; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2018)
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      The design of building foundations has usually been based on tradition, local practice, experience, and structural design codes. Safety is invariably considered the main factor and environmental criteria (or, in general, ...
    • Environmental analysis of concrete deep foundations: influence of prefabrication, concrete strength, and design codes 

      Pujadas Gispert, Ester; Sanjuan Delmás, David; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Moonen, Faas; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2020-01)
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      There is great potential to reduce the environmental impact of the building sector, which is now an area of immense importance, through the optimisation of construction materials and components. This study assesses both ...
    • Environmental and economic assessment of a pilot stormwater infiltration system for flood prevention in Brazil 

      Petit Boix, Anna; Sevigné-Itoiz, Eva; Rojas-Gutierrez, L. A.; Paceli Barbassa, Ademir; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Rieradevall, J.; Gabarrell, Xavier (2015-11)
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      Green and grey stormwater management infrastructures, such as the filter, swale and infiltration trench (FST), can be used to prevent flooding events. The aim of this paper was to determine the environmental and economic ...
    • Environmental and geometric optimisation of cylindrical drinking water storage tanks 

      Sanjuan-Delmás, David; Hernando Canovas, Elena; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Rieradevall Pons, Joan; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2015-12)
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      Purpose: Urban water cycle construction processes are an important element to consider when assessing the sustainability of urban areas. The present study focuses on a structural and environmental analysis of cylindrical ...
    • Environmental assessment of an integrated rooftop greenhouse for food production in cities 

      Sanjuan-Delmás, David; Llorach Massana, Pere; Nadal, Ana; Ercilla-Montserrat, Mireia; Muñoz, Pere; Montero Camacho, Juan Ignacio; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Rieradevall Pons, Joan (2018-03)
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      Vertical farming is emerging as an effective measure to grow food in buildings and can increase food production in urban areas in a more sustainable manner. This study presents a comprehensive environmental assessment of ...
    • Environmental assessment of drinking water transport and distribution network use phase for small to medium-sized municipalities in Spain 

      Sanjuan-Delmás, David; Petit Boix, Anna; Gasol, Carlos M.; Farreny, Ramon; Villalba Mendez, Gara; Suárez-Ojeda, María Eugenia; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Rieradevall Pons, Joan (2015-01)
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      Previous studies assessing the environmental impacts of drinking water supply networks have considered a bottom-up approach, analysing single case studies. This paper presents a top-down approach for the assessment of the ...
    • Environmental assessment of earth retaining wall structures 

      Puig Damians, Ivan; Bathurst, Richard; García Adroguer, Eduard; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Lloret Morancho, Antonio (2017-12)
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      Life cycle assessment (LCA) is recognised as a powerful technique to determine the environmental impact component of sustainability assessments of structures in civil engineering projects at the time of design. This paper ...
    • Environmental assessment of stormwater infrastructures built with the best management practices 

      Rojas-Gutierrez1, L. A.; Petit Boix, Anna; Barbassa, AP; Teixeira, B.; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Rieradevall Pons, Joan; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos (ABRH), 2014)
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      Although some infrastructures were built for environmental purposes, there is a growing concern about their actual environmental impacts. In the context of hydrologic risk management, Best Management Practices (BMPs) are ...
    • Environmental effects of using different construction codes applied to reinforced concrete beam designs based on Model Code 2010 and Spanish Standard EHE-08 

      Almirall, C.; Petit Boix, Anna; Sanjuan-Delmás, David; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2019-01)
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      Assuming specific behavior models, the variety of design codes currently used for the design of concrete beams inevitably results in different solutions, ensuring service during the expected lifetime with a maximum functional ...
    • Environmental impact of public charging facilities for electric two-wheelers 

      Mendoza, Joan Manuel F.; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Rieradevall Pons, Joan; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (2016-02)
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      The environmental characterization of the charging infrastructure required to operate electric vehicles (EVs) is usually overlooked in the literature. Only rudimentary life cycle inventories of EV charging facilities are ...
    • Environmental performance of rainwater harvesting strategies in Mediterranean buildings 

      Angrill Toledo, Sara; Segura Castillo, Luis; Petit Boix, Anna; Rieradevall Pons, Joan; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2017-03)
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      Purpose: The rapid urbanization and the constant expansion of urban areas during the last decades have locally led to increasing water shortage. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems have the potential to be an important ...
    • Equivalent interface properties for FLAC and PLAXIS models to simulate soil-structure interactions in MSE walls 

      Yu, Yan; Puig Damians, Ivan; Bathurst, Richard; Lloret Morancho, Antonio; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2014)
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      The choice of structure element to simulate soil reinforcement and soil-structure interaction details for numerical modelling of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls can have a significant influence on numerical ...
    • Equivalent interface properties to model soil-facing interactions with zero-thickness and continuum element methodologies 

      Puig Damians, Ivan; Yu, Yan; Lloret Morancho, Antonio; Bathurst, Richard; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (IOS Press, 2015)
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      Soil-facing mechanical interactions play an important role in the behavior of earth retaining walls. Generally, numerical analysis of earth retaining structures requires the use of interface elements between dissimilar ...
    • Estudio experimental y análisis estructural de hormigones porosos para capas de rodadura de pavimentos de hormigón 

      Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Jofré, Carlos; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Eickschen, Eberhard; Onstenk, Erik (Asociación Española de la Carretera, 1995-05)
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    • Evaluación de la sostenibilidad de estructuras de contención de tierras: sensibilidad en las funciones de valor y en la ponderación de escenarios de toma de decisión 

      Puig Damians, Ivan; Lloret Morancho, Antonio; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Bathurst, Richard (Sociedad Española de Mecánica del Suelo e Ingeniería Geotécnica, 2022)
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      Los muros de contención son estructuras geotécnicas con una amplia gama de soluciones para realizar la misma función. Cada vez más, se les pide a los ingenieros geotécnicos que encuentren la mejor solución entre varias ...
    • Evaluación medioambiental de productos de hormigón mediante el análisis de ciclo de vida. 

      Carrascón Ortiz, Sergio; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2007-02)
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      El Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV) es una herramienta básica para evaluar cuantitativamente el impacto medioambiental de un producto. Se debe considerar el ciclo de vida completo, debido a que los impactos se pueden ...
    • Evaluación y jerarquización de departamentos universitarios mediante análisis de valor 

      Roca Martín, S.; Villegas Flores, Noé; Viñolas Prat, Bernat; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2008-01-14)
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      La evaluación de la calidad académica está frecuentemente enfocada a la medida de resultados cualitativos. Sin embargo, en la mayoría de las ocasiones estas evaluaciones se hacen de forma disociada, cuando parece evidente ...