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    • Mitigating construction safety risks using prevention through design 

      Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Roca Ramon, Xavier; Fuertes Casals, Alba (2010-04)
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      Introduction: Research and practice have demonstrated that decisions made prior to work at construction sites can influence construction worker safety. However, it has also been argued that most architects and design ...
    • Model for enhancing integrated identification, assessment, and operational control of on-site environmental impacts and health and safety risks in construction firms 

      Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Roca Ramon, Xavier (2013-02)
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      Certifiable management-system standards apply similar management techniques and principles, but each system still tends to have a separate structure in construction companies. Research and practice have demonstrated that ...
    • Modelling indoor air carbon dioxide concentration using grey-box models 

      Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Carnevali, Matteo; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta (2017-05)
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      Predictive control is the strategy that has the greatest reported benefits when it is implemented in a building energy management system. Predictive control requires low-order models to assess different scenarios and ...
    • Modelling indoor air quality in schools using grey box models 

      Tugores Garcias, Juan; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel (European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3), 2023)
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      Current indoor air quality strategies are based on the measurement and control of carbon dioxide (CO2) indoor concentration. Most educational buildings rely only on natural ventilation, making indoor air quality highly ...
    • Office representatives for cost-optimal energy retrofitting analysis: a novel approach using cluster analysis of energy performance certificate databases 

      Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Ferré Bigorra, Jaume; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Gaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia; Tejedor Herrán, Blanca (2020-01-01)
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      A large number of buildings must be evaluated to formulate energy retrofitting policies for existing building stock. In this context, it is crucial to identify reference buildings that can effectively represent the entire ...
    • Optimal ventilation strategies for balancing indoor air quality, comfort and energy use in educational buildings. The IAQ4EDU project. 

      Gaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Ferré Bigorra, Jaume; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo (European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3), 2022)
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      Currently, there is great concern about adequate indoor ventilation to prevent adverse effects on occupants’ health, and, within educational buildings, to ensure students and professors’ well-being and improve learning ...
    • Post-handover housing defects: sources and origins 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Roca Ramon, Xavier (2013-12-01)
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      In Spain, the high levels of inexperienced workers and the long chains of subcontracting contribute to the poor quality of dwellings. Althoughthe Ley reguladora de la subcontratación en el Sector de la Construcción (s ...
    • Predicting fuel energy consumption during earthworks 

      Trani, Marco Lorenzo Agostino; Bossi, Benedetta; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel (2016-01-20)
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      This research contributes to the assessment of on-site fuel consumption and the resulting carbon dioxide emissions due to earthworks-related processes in residential building projects, prior to the start of the construction ...
    • Predicting on-site environmental impacts of municipal engineering works 

      Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel (2014-01)
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      The research findings fill a gap in the body of knowledge by presenting an effective way to evaluate the significance of on-site environmental impacts of municipal engineering works prior to the construction stage. First, ...
    • Proposta metodològica per afavorir el treball en equip en assignatures semipresencials que comporten la realització de projectes d'enginyeria amb un alt contingut en disseny 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Casals, Miquel; Roca, Xavier; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Amante García, Beatriz; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Gassó Domingo, Santiago; Hernández, Juan Manuel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2009-06-08)
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    • Proposta metodològica per afavorir el treball en equip en assignatures semipresencials que comporten la realització de projectes d’enginyeria amb un alt contingut de disseny 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Casals, Miquel; Roca, Xavier; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Amante García, Beatriz; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Gassó Domingo, Santiago; Hernández, Juan Manuel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2009-03-25)
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      Aquest projecte ha tingut com a finalitat principal impulsar un aprenentatge més efectiu dels alumnes en assignatures que, impartides en una modalitat semipresencial, comporten la realització d’un treball de curs amb un ...
    • Proposta metodològica per afavorir el treball en equip en assignatures semipresencials que comporten la realització de projectes d’enginyeria amb un alt contingut de disseny 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Casals, Miquel; Roca Ramon, Xavier; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Amante García, Beatriz; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Gassó Domingo, Santiago; Juan Manuel, Hernández (2009-02-12T13:19:20Z)
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      Aquest projecte ha tingut com a finalitat principal impulsar un aprenentatge més efectiu dels alumnes en assignatures que, impartides en una modalitat semipresencial, comporten la realització d’un treball de curs amb un ...
    • Quantitative internal infrared thermography for determining in-situ thermal behaviour of façades 

      Tejedor Herrán, Blanca; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Roca Ramon, Xavier (2017-09-15)
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      The thermal behaviour of a building is often underestimated or neglected during its construction and operation stages. In recent years, the heat flux meter (HFM) method has been commonly used to determine the U-value, a ...
    • Reducing energy consumption in public buildings through user awareness 

      Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Forcada Matheu, Núria (2014)
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      Building sector is contributing to the 36% of the C02 emissions in Europe, and consurning the 40% of final energy consurnption. In this context this paper presents a new approach developed under the ENCOURAGE project to ...
    • Reducing lighting electricity use in underground metro stations 

      Casals, Miguel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel (2016-07-01)
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      Lighting systems are usually one of the largest electrical end-uses in underground metro stations. Taking into account that budget restrictions in publicly owned companies hinder energy efficiency retrofit projects that ...
    • Resilience to increasing temperatures: residential building stock adaptation through codes and standards 

      Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel (2012-11)
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      The resilíence of the current Spanish residentia[ building stock to increased temperatures is modelled. Homogenized dai[y temperature data recorded at 50 Spanish meteorological stations for the periods 1950-1979 and 1981-2010 ...
    • Results and insight gained from applying the EnergyCat energy-saving serious game in UK social housing 

      Hafner, Rebecca J.; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Pahl, Sabine; Boomsma, Christine; Jones, Rory V.; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta (Serious Games Society, 2020-06)
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      Concerns about climate change associated with the combustion of fossil fuels urge a call for widespread reductions in household energy use. Determining means of achieving this is a key challenge faced by environmental ...
    • Review of criteria for determining HFM minimum test duration 

      Gaspar Fàbregas, Kàtia; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta (2018-10-01)
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      The actual thermal behaviour of façades is important to identify suitable energy-saving measures and in- crease the energy performance of existing buildings. However, the accuracy of in situ measurements of façades’ U-values ...
    • SEAM4US: an intelligent energy management system for underground stations 

      Casals Casanova, Miquel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Giretti, Alberto; Vaccarini, M. (2016-03-15)
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      Several previous research initiatives have highlighted the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as key enablers for decreasing energy usage in buildings. However, few advances have been achieved in ...
    • Segmentación del actual parque de edificios de oficinas 

      Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel (2018-09-17)
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      Este informe representa el hito número 1 del proyecto de investigación EOFF - Soluciones individualizadas ambientalmente y económicamente sostenibles para la rehabilitación energética del parque de edificios de oficinas ...