Essays about: "modern environmental conditions"

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  1. 16. NETWORK : Learning from the Architects of Nature

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Matilda Thorup; [2021]
    Keywords : Architecture; biomimicry; Cyrtophora citricola; tent web spider; Frei Otto; tensile architecture;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to attempt to solve technical and spatial issues in an architectural project by looking at a species of spider, Cyrtphora Citricola. This will be done using desk-based research, reference reading and testing models. READ MORE

  2. 17. Assessing indoor environmental quality and occupant comfort in modern wood buildings with post-occupancy evaluation and building performance simulation

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

    Author : Henriikka Taipale; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate change; Post-occupancy evaluation; Building performance simulation; Residential; Wood buildings; Engineered wood products; Indoor environmental quality; Thermal comfort; Indoor air quality; Acoustics; Visual comfort; Case study; Denmark; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The European building sector is a source of significant negative environmental impacts, and large part of its carbon emissions can be attributed to heating, cooling and lighting of buildings – in other words, regulating buildings’ indoor environments. As people spend most of their lives indoors, there is a great challenge to create comfortable indoor environments, while also striving for further energy-efficiency and lower environmental impact. READ MORE

  3. 18. “Looking for the trees in the forest“ An attempt to finding the best segmentation-based methodology to discriminate deciduous trees in the Dubbarp area, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Mihai Patrascu; [2021]
    Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; segmentation analysis; tree crown recognition; eCognition; Scania; Geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Finding a solution to automatically identify tree crowns in has been a well discussed topic in the academic community. Different ideas have been put to practice, with researches mainly targeting coniferous forests. In a global context, papers concerning deciduous trees are rare and their results differ in relation to their respective study zone. READ MORE

  4. 19. Aerothermal and Kinetic Modelling of a Gas Turbine Dry Low Emission Combustion System

    University essay from KTH/Strömningsmekanik och Teknisk Akustik

    Author : David Håkansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Gas turbine; combustion; one-dimensional combustion simulation; network model; general network model; NOx emissions; hydrogen; Gasturbin; förbränning; endimensionell förbränningssimulering; nätverksmodell; generell nätverksmodell; NOx-utsläpp; väte;

    Abstract : Growing environmental concerns are causing a large transformation within the energy industry. Within the gas turbine industry, there is a large drive to develop improved modern dry-low emission combustion systems. The aim is to enable gas turbines to run on green fuels like hydrogen, while still keeping emission as NOx down. READ MORE

  5. 20. Human-Aware Planning for Promoting Social Behavior-Change in AutismAn action reasoning approach utilizing answer set programming

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Andreas Brännström; [2020]
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    Abstract : This study aims to find ways for an intelligent software agent to understand a human’s behavior in a social situation, and in this process, plan its own actions in order to assist the human in reaching their goals.The use-case is a Virtual Reality (VR) game, developed for children with autism for practicing social scenarios, scenarios that children with autism often find stressful or scary. READ MORE