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Do green certifications add value? feedback from high-level stakeholders in the Spanish office market
(Elsevier, 2024-12)
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Open AccessThe transition towards a decarbonized European economy by 2050 provides numerous opportunities for companies in the real estate sector to integrate sustainable actions into their assets. In the office industry, green ... -
Study of using cork powder as an adjuvant bio-flame retardant in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene flame retardant formulations
(Elsevier, 2024-07-01)
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Open AccessBy having a challenging prospect of developing more environmentally friendly flame-retardant (FR) acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) formulations, an initial study related to the effect of combining ammonium polyphosphate ... -
Model to improve classrooms’ visual comfort using waste-based shading and its validation in mediterranean schools
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-11-21)
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Open AccessEuropean non-residential buildings constructed before building energy codes consume more energy and resources than new buildings. Existing educational buildings comprise 17% of this outdated stock. These buildings can be ... -
Vulnerated urban areas under regeneration: strategies to prevent neighborhood expulsion in Barcelona or how to improve without expelling?
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-08-19)
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Open AccessThis article explores the negative effects of gentrification, especially in vulnerable areas of contemporary cities, by focusing on five case studies of the city of Barcelona. This relevant question is addressed here ... -
Revitalizing heritage: the role of urban morphology in creating public value in China’s historic districts
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-11-15)
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Open AccessIn the context of historical districts becoming a key to the urban transformation and high-quality development of Chinese cities, this paper investigates the regeneration of historic environments in China, emphasizing the ... -
The guidance of public value in China’s historic environment: research on regeneration strategies using Taiyuan’s Bell Tower Street as an example
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-08-01)
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Open AccessWhen profit-driven renewal is difficult to implement, many historic districts in China become “frozen” under protection. In the recent social context of “building cities for the people”, public value-oriented renewal of ... -
Impact of solar reflectivity and infrared emissivity on the thermal performance of metal and concrete roofs in cloudy warm-humid climate
(Higher Education Press, 2024-05)
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Open AccessRegions near latitude 0° are characterized by warm-humid climate and also by high cloudiness. In these regions, metal roofs has been the most widely used typology. However, in the last decades, the use of heavy concrete ... -
Unshoring Process of a Temporary Pillar, in a Seventeen-Storey Building in Sant Adrià del Besós
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-10-29)
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Open AccessIn the new construction of a seventeen-storey building, a provisional prop of fourteen-meter height, horizontally braced on two intermediate levels, has been used. Despite the fact that structural logic suggests that it ... -
Operational and embodied energy of residential buildings in the Andean region between 1980 and 2020
(Elsevier, 2024-12-15)
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Open AccessThe relationship between operational energy (OE) and embodied energy (EE) in buildings is a highly complex issue. In countries with extreme climates and high sustainability standards, efforts are made to reduce OE for ... -
Water-energy-food nexus in resilient cooling strategies for sustainable building design and retrofitting
(Elsevier, 2024-11-05)
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Open AccessStrategies that enhance buildings’ cooling resilience within a climate change context might have significant implications in the water, energy and food domains, as they aim to ensure healthy indoor conditions. However, a ... -
Sustainability impact unveiled: validating a multi-criteria tool for assessing citizen initiatives
(2024-09-25)
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Open AccessNumerous studies highlight the pivotal role of Citizen Initiatives (CIs) in urban sustainability, yet existing methodologies often fall short in capturing their comprehensive neighborhood impact. This article ... -
Bioclimatic strategies in existing multifamily buildings to achieve cities decarbonization goals: Potential and relevance for Catalonia climates
(2024-11)
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Open AccessThe ambitious decarbonization goals of the EU underscore the need to implement strategies that release users from their dependence on energy consumption to meet their comfort needs. Bioclimatic Strategies (BS), tailored ...
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