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Urban greenhouse covering materials: assessing environmental impacts and crop yields effects
(Elsevier, 2022-11-01)
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Open AccessSolar radiation transmissivity in greenhouses is a key property largely determined by covering materials. This study compared tomato crop yields and their environmental performance of a polycarbonate rooftop greenhouse ... -
A systematic review on multi-criteria group decision-making methods based on weights: analysis and classification scheme
(Elsevier, 2023-08)
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Open AccessInterest in group decision-making (GDM) has been increasing prominently over the last decade. Access to global databases, sophisticated sensors which can obtain multiple inputs or complex problems requiring opinions from ... -
A comparative Life Cycle Assessment between recycled aggregate and natural aggregate
(2022-06-01)
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Open AccessThe construction industry consumes many natural resources and generates a large amount of waste in the environment, in all phases of the life cycle. For this reason, the use of recycled material is increasingly being ... -
Guidelines to optimize covering and structural materials in rooftop-integrated greenhouses: an environmental assessment
(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2022-12)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyIt is widely accepted that urban agriculture provides multiple benefits to society. Rooftop greenhouses are a form of urban agriculture that take advantage of urban resources (urban land, building materials, sunlight spaces) ... -
Thermal assessment of a ventilated double skin façade component with a set of air filtering photocatalytic slats in the cavity
(2023-01-17)
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Open AccessIndoor air quality is a crucial factor when evaluating habitability, especially in developed countries, where people spend most of their time indoors. This paper presents a novel double skin façade (DSF) system that combines ... -
A hierarchical integration method under social constraints to maximize satisfaction in multiple criteria group decision making systems
(2023-04)
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Open AccessAggregating multiple opinions or assessments in a decision has always been a challenging field topic for researchers. Over the last decade, different approaches, mainly based on weighting data sources or decision-makers ... -
CO2 concentrations and thermal comfort analysis at onsite and online educational environments
(2022-11-30)
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Open AccessIn building areas with high occupancy, such as classrooms, transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2 are increased when indoor air quality is deficient. Under this scenario, universities have adopted ventilation measures to mitigate ... -
Facilitating the implementation of neural network-based predictive control to optimize building heating operation
(Elsevier, 2023-01-15)
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Open AccessSimple neural network (NN) architecture is a reliable tool to transform reactive rule-based systems into predictive systems. Thermal comfort is of utmost importance in office buildings, which need the activation of heating ... -
Modified digital image correlation aided measurement of the transverse to longitudinal deformation ratio for polymeric macro-fibres
(Elsevier, 2022-11)
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Open AccessConsidering the increasing interest of polymeric macro-fibres reinforced concrete, a simple and straightforward method to assess the fibre’s transverse to longitudinal deformation ratio (¿f) becomes a determining aspect ... -
Influence of social housing models in the development of urban agriculture in Mexico
(2022-11)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThis study examines urbanization patterns linked to social housing units and the way in which such patterns influence the practice of urban agriculture (UA) in Mexico. Due to the transformations that take place over time ... -
Digital twins’ applications for building energy efficiency: a review
(2022-10)
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Open AccessOver the last few decades, energy efficiency has received increasing attention from the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation (AECO) industry. Digital Twins have the potential to advance the Operation and ... -
A systematic review on MIVES: a sustainability-oriented multi-criteria decision-making method
(Elsevier, 2022-09)
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Open AccessSustainability has practically become a mandatory concept to be considered in every decision, and multiple decision-making methods have been adapted to take it into account. Among them, sustainability centred methods are ...