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Sustainable business model archetypes for the electric vehicle battery second use industry: towards a conceptual framework
(2020-05)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper explores sustainable business models (SBMs) evolution for the rapidly developing battery second use (B2U) market within the emerging electric vehicle (EV) industry. Previous work identified that SBMs and EV B2U ... -
Recovering industrial heritage: restoration of the wine cellar cooperative in Falset (Catalonia, Spain)
(2019-12-11)
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Open AccessAwareness regarding conservation of industrial heritage is recent. Several policies have been adopted to start protecting these buildings because of their historic, artistic and scientific values. Wine cellars are an ... -
Assessing the effectiveness of gamification in reducing domestic energy consumption: lessons learned from the EnerGAware project
(2020-03-01)
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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 ... -
Study of Facility Management implementation in Spain
(2019)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe Facility Management (FM) is a management discipline that has involved a change of philosophy in companies since its inception in the 80s. The objective of the study is to analyze the implementation of FM in Spain and ... -
Office representatives for cost-optimal energy retrofitting analysis: a novel approach using cluster analysis of energy performance certificate databases
(2020-01-01)
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Open AccessA 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 ... -
Energy benchmarking of existing office stock in Spain: trends and drivers
(2019-11-12)
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Open AccessBuildings play a central role in the clean energy transition, which is why it is vital to understand how energy is consumed in this sector. Energy performance certificate databases are considered a key source of information ... -
Applying nutrient dynamics to adjust the nutrient-water balance in hydroponic crops. A case study with open hydroponic tomato crops from Barcelona
(2020-02-05)
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Open AccessBackground:Global food production systems generate impacts such as eutrophication, caused by nutrient run-offfrom agricultural exploitations and exacerbated by climate change. Hydroponic cultivation methods arecommon in ... -
Shear crack pattern identification in concrete elements via distributed optical fibre grid
(2019-12)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyAn experimental methodology to obtain the shear cracking pattern in concrete elements is presented. The method is based on the use of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors (DOFS) connected to an Optical Backscattered Reflectometer ... -
A probabilistic-based approach to support the comfort performance assessment of existing buildings
(2019-11-10)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyBuilding performance is focused on maintaining and increasing sustainability while enhancing occupants' comfort levels. Occupants' comfort depends on uncertain, interrelated personal, social and building factors. However, ... -
Towards sustainable business models for electric vehicle battery second use: a critical review
(2019-09)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyA global mass market adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is still hindered by the high costs of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Repurposing degraded EV batteries in second use applications holds the potential to reduce ... -
2005-2017 Ozone trends and potential benefits of local measures as deduced from air quality measurements in the north of the Barcelona metropolitan area
(European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2019-06-05)
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Open AccessWe analyzed 2005–2017 data sets on ozone (O3) concentrations in an area (the Vic Plain) frequently affected by the atmospheric plume northward transport of the Barcelona metropolitan area (BMA), the atmospheric basin of ... -
Shear crack width assessment in concrete structures by 2D distributed optical fiber
(Elsevier, 2019-09)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper outlines the second part of an experimental study to show the capabilities of distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS) in their application to the structural health monitoring (SHM) of the shear performance of ...
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