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Avaliação dos impactos ao meio ambiente causados pelos materiais e produtos da construção civil
Cardim, A; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Gettu, Ravindra (Gypsum Fair'97, 1997)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialEste artigo apresenta a necessidade de minimizaçao do impacto meioambiental, de todo tipo de atuaçao, pela necessidade de obtermos um desenvolvimento sustentável. Faz-se uma breve sintese da situaçao atual, no caso especifico ... -
Bi-layer diaphragm walls: structural and sectional analysis
Segura Castillo, Luis; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2016-05)
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Accés obertThe bi-layer diaphragm wall, a new slurry wall type designed to cope with the problem of watertightness is studied in this paper. These walls consist of two bonded concrete layers, the first, a conventional Reinforced ... -
Building-integrated agriculture: are we shifting environmental impacts? An environmental assessment and structural improvement of urban greenhouses
Muñoz Liesa, Joan; Toboso, Susana; Mendoza Beltran, Angélica; Cuerva Contreras, Eva; Gallo, Esteban; Gassó Domingo, Santiago; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2021-06)
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Accés obertUrban and building systems are awash with materials. The incorporation of green infrastructure such as integrated rooftop greenhouses (iRTGs) has the potential to contribute to buildings’ and cities’ circularity. However, ... -
Building-integrated greenhouses raise energy co-benefits through active ventilation systems
Muñoz Liesa, Joan; Royapoor, Mohammad; Cuerva Contreras, Eva; Gassó Domingo, Santiago; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2022-01)
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Accés obertBuildings and greenhouses consume vast amounts of energy and natural resources for heating and ventilation. It is still unclear how the synergetic effect of combining greenhouses and buildings' forced waste airflows could ... -
Building-integrated rooftop greenhouses: an energy and environmental assessment in the mediterranean context
Nadal, Ana; Llorach Massana, Pere; Cuerva Contreras, Eva; López-Capel, Elisa; Montero, Juan Ignacio; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Rieradevall Pons, Joan; Royapoor, Mohammad (2017-02)
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Accés obertA sustainable and secure food supply within a low-carbon and resilient infrastructure is encapsulated in several of The United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals. The integration of urban agriculture in buildings ... -
Cimentaciones y estructuras de contención : problemas resueltos
Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Valencia, Francisco José (Edicions UPC, 1999)
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Accés restringit a la comunitat UPCEsta publicación contiene una colección de problemas resueltos de Cimentaciones y Estructuras de Contención preparada para los estudios de Ingeniería Técnica de Obras Públicas que se imparten en la UPC. Contiene problemas ... -
Com mesurar la sostenibilitat de les nostres estructures?
Viñolas Prat, Bernat; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (2009)
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Accés obertEn aquesta comunicació, a part d'una reflexió general, es presenta una experiència pionera a nivell internacional com és la quantificació de la sostenibilitat en la nova versió de la Instrucció de l'EHE al denominat Índex ... -
Com mesurar la sostenibilitat de les nostres estructures?
Viñolas Prat, Bernat; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (Centre per a la Sostenibilitat, 2009-07-09)
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Accés obertEn el tècnic és usual que en sentir parlar de sostenibilitat, adopti una actitud|postura de certa incredulitat, en basar-se amb freqüència els arguments en aspectes qualitatius (i en certs casos especulatius) sense una ... -
Comparative analysis of available life cycle inventories of cement in the EU
Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Heino, Atte; Byars, Ewan; Cardim de Carvalho Filho, Arnaldo (Elsevier, 2004)
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Accés obertLife cycle inventories are a prerequisite of life cycle assessments. This paper conducts a comparative analysis of inventories of several different types of cement produced in Europe. It considers the production of 1 kg ... -
Comparative analysis of the life cycle impact assessment of available cement inventories in the EU
Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Aguado de Cea, Antonio; Byars, Ewan; Cardim de Carvalho Filho, Arnaldo (Elsevier, 2007-05)
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Accés obertLife Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) is one of basic steps in Life Cycle Assessment methodology (LCA). This paper presents a comparative study of the LCIA of different life cycle inventories (LCI) for EU cements. The analysis ... -
Comparative LCA of sewage sludge valorisation as both fuel and raw material substitute in clinker production
Valderrama Ángel, César Alberto; Granados, Ricard; Cortina Pallás, José Luís; Martínez Gasol, Carles; Guillem, Manel; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro (Elsevier, 2013-07-15)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialA life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental impact of urban sewage sludge use as alternative fuel or raw material in clinker production was carried out. In order to quantify in detail the overall environmental ... -
Comparison of finite element and finite difference modelling results with measured performance of a reinforced soil wall
Puig Damians, Ivan; Bathurst, Richard; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Lloret Morancho, Antonio (2014)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe performance of a metallic reinforced soil segmental retaining wall is examined in a systematic manner using two numerical modelling approaches. Finite element modelling was carried out using the commercial program ... -
Comportamiento térmico de un invernadero integrado en azotea en una ciudad mediterránea : resultados preliminares
Nadal, Ana; Cuerva Contreras, Eva; Cerón, Ileana; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Rieradevall Pons, Joan (2016)
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Accés obertLa agricultura urbana (AU) es considerada una actividad esencial para el desarrollo de las ciudades debido a que promueve la producción local, ayuda a reducir los impactos ambientales del transporte y del embalaje ... -
Development of urban solar infrastructure to support low-carbon mobility
Mendoza, Joan Manuel F.; Sanyé Mengual, Esther; Angrill Toledo, Sara; Garcia Lozano, Raul; Feijoo Costa, Gumersindo; Josa Garcia-Tornel, Alejandro; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier; Rieradevall Pons, Joan (2015-10)
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Accés obertThe provision of an adequate network of urban infrastructures is essential to create clean and energy-efficient urban mobility systems. However, the urban infrastructure to support sustainable mobility can produce a ... -
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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Accés obertUrban 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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Accés obertEl 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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Accés obertThe 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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Accés obertThere 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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Accés obertGreen 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 ...