Browsing by Author "Fuertes Casals, Alba"
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A methodology for predicting the severity of environmental impacts related to the construction process of residential buildings
(Elsevier, 2009-03-01)
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A serious game enchancing social tenants' behavioral change towards energy efficiency
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe energy consumption of the current building stock represents about 40% of the total final energy consumption in Europe. New gamification techniques may play a significant role in helping users adopt new and more ... -
A web-based system for sharing and disseminating research results: The underground construction case study
(2010-07)
Article
Open AccessResearchers often have to go to multiple information sources in order to identify high-quality, time-critical information. Due to the dynamic and unstructured nature of research results, they are faced with such problems ... -
An environmental impact causal model for improving the environmental performance of construction processes
(Elsevier, 2013-08-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyDespite the increasing efforts made by the construction sector to reduce the environmental impact of their processes, construction sites are still a major source of pollution and adverse impacts on the environment. This ... -
Análisis de Ciclo de Vida: herramienta para la reducción del cambio climático en el sector de la construcción
(EBEN / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011)
Conference lecture
Open AccessUno de los problemas que más amenazas el bienestar de la sociedad actual debido al aumento cada vez mayor de las emisiones de CO2 al medio, es el fenómeno del cambio climático. El sector de la industria es uno de los que ... -
Assessing concerns of interested parties when predicting the significance of environmental impacts related to the construction process of residential buildings
(2011-05-02)
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Open AccessThe most common challenges and obstacles encountered by construction organizations during the process of implementing and using environmental management systems are related to the inherent peculiarities of the construction ... -
Assessing the effectiveness of gamification in reducing domestic energy consumption: lessons learned from the EnerGAware project
(2020-03-01)
Article
Open AccessThe application of gamification to encourage energy conservation behaviour in house occupants is an emerging field of research. However, empirical evidence of its effectiveness is lacking. This paper presents lessons learnt ... -
Contribution of the Spanish built environment to the climate change: implication to legal frameworks
(2008-05-09T11:10:26Z)
Conference report
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Effective building modelling for energy performance contracting
(Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 2018)
Conference report
Open AccessEnergy Performance Contracts (EPC) are contractual agreements between beneficiaries and energy service providers, where budgets are established in relation to a determined level of energy performance. Hence, the problem ... -
Estimación del consumo de energía primaria y de las emisiones de CO2 de los edificios de viviendas de una ciudad de tamaño medio
(2010)
Conference lecture
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Identifying potential environmental impacts at the pre-construction stage
(2009)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper introduces a systematic approach for dealing with potential adverse environmental impacts at the pre-construction stage. The proposed methodology serves as an assessment tool for construction projects to measure ... -
Identifying potential health and safety risks at the pre-construction stage
(2010)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyPrevious researches have demonstrated that decisions made during the pre-construction stage have a big influence on the construction worker safety. This paper introduces a systematic approach for dealing with health and ... -
Influence of building type on post-handover defects in housing
(2012-08)
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Open AccessClients’ lack of involvement in defining quality requirements for dwellings built by developers leads to a perception of poor quality at the time of purchase. The research presented in this paper aims to broaden previous ... -
Knowledge management and e-learning for underground construction projects
(Springer, 2010)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper describes a Knowledge management system (SGAC - Active Knowledge Management System) to manage the knowledge generated in a research project. This system aims both at organizing project information during the ... -
Knowledge management perceptions in construction and design companies
(2013-01-01)
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Open AccessKnowledge management (KM) has been studied extensively in recent years. Some consider knowledge to be the most strategically important resource for any company, but the fragmented, project-based and task-oriented nature ... -
Mitigating construction safety risks using prevention through design
(2010-04)
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Open AccessIntroduction: 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
(2013-02)
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Open AccessCertifiable 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 ... -
Post-handover housing defects: sources and origins
(2013-12-01)
Article
Open AccessIn 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 ... -
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
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2009-03-25)
Conference report
Open AccessAquest 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 ... -
Reduced-order modeling for energy performance contracting
(2018-05-15)
Article
Open AccessBuildings subject to Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) are usually quite complex public buildings, sometimes relatively old and usually barely documented from the technical standpoint. Gathering comprehensive and reliable ...
