Essays about: "building damages"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 essays containing the words building damages.

1. 6. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Energy renovations. A case-study of a multi-family building in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Georgia Betsi; [2021]
   Keywords : Energy renovations; Life Cycle Assessment; Life Cycle Costing; Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment; Shadow cost; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Various renovations were applied to the existing post-war building stock of the so called “Swedish Million Program”, that were built during the 1965 and 1974 period. Only 20% of those buildings were renovated and still the rest of them remains in need of vast renovations, to mitigate the climatic impact of the existing building stock. READ MORE

3. 7. Seismic retrofitting assessment of historical churches : The reconstruction of The Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio after the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Angelika Hedenström; [2020]
   Keywords : L’Aquila; earthquake; reconstruction; church; Basilica; Santa Maria di Collemaggio; Collemaggio; historical; heritage; preservation; seismic; retrofit; SHM;

   Abstract : This study summarizes previous research to evaluate and verify the results of the extensive restoration of The Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio after the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. In addition, it aims at identifying the vulnerability factors and challenges in preserving these buildings. READ MORE

4. 8. Sustainable Construction? : A Study on Errors, Damages and Complexity in Construction

   University essay from KTH/Hållbara byggnader

   Author : Per Larsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Building errors; building envelope; building damages; systematic building errors; buildability; constructability; sustainable buildings; sustainable construction; complexity; Byggfel; klimatskal; byggskador; byggfel; systematiska byggfel; byggbarhet; hållbart byggande; hållbara byggnader; komplexitet;

   Abstract : Topics on the environment and sustainability attracts ever more attention today, especially in the construction sector. In Sweden, the building- and housing industry answers for a significant share of the total energy consumption, waste production and greenhouse gas emissions. READ MORE

5. 9. Indoor air quality, thermal comfort and damages assessment of four buildings in Athens

   University essay from KTH/Hållbara byggnader

   Author : Orfeas Stouras; [2020]
   Keywords : s: Indoor air quality; Thermal comfort; Building damages; Questionnaire; Inspection; Sick building syndrome; Mechanical ventilation; Air distribution system;

   Abstract : Nowadays individuals spend more than 85% of their total time in indoor environments, mainly at home and work. Thereby, the quality of the indoor environment plays a substantial role in human health and wellness. READ MORE

6. 10. Low Latency Fog Computing Architecture for a Fire Safety Application

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Simon Mehari; [2020]
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   Abstract : This thesis presents an architectural design for location-aware fire safety application (Fire-fly) based on cloud and fog computing. The Fire-fly application is designed to assist the residents of a building to be notified and evacuate individually in a fire emergency that is happening in the building by the help of sensor readings collected from within the building. READ MORE