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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Residential Houses"”.
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Wind flow characteristics of multi-vortex tornadoes and their wind effects on residential houses
"Tornadoes strike the USA very frequently, with an average of 1200 reports per year, and the average annual tornado-induced property loss has reached $10B. The devastation from recent tornadoes have prompted a renewed interest in better understanding tornado dynamics, their interactions with the …
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A NOVEL APPROACH TO NEAR-REAL TIME MONITORING OF VENTILATION RATE AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSES
… which is difficult to implement in occupied houses.</p> <p>In this dissertation, a methodology is developed to determine the air change rate (ACH) and indoor air quality (IAQ) in near-real time by combining a physics-based infiltration model with a tracer gas decay test method. The …
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Analysis of locational factors affecting high increases in value of residential houses in the northern and southern suburbs of Cape Town
Residential property prices in the Western Cape, South Africa, have experienced the highest increase, reaching close to 10% annual increase, in comparison to the rest of the country over the last decade (Lightstone, 2019). Lemanski (2007) further elaborates that residential property prices in Cape …
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Investigation into the impedance and communication requirements for the low voltage distribution line in the high frequency spectrum
… buildings in Somerset, UK together with some residential houses in Somerset and London. The college buildings have both three-phase and single-phase architectures with various laboratories where loads are randomly switched on and off. An impedance analyser is used to carry out the measurements …
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Design and thermal modeling of a residential building
… buildings show promise for application to residential houses as well, where there are potential energy-saving benefits of retrofitting the residential heating system from single-zone to multi-zone temperature control. The objective of this thesis is to design a physical model to simulate …
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Second home real estate market : economic analysis of residential pricing behavior near Heavenly Ski Resort, CA
… order to do this study, we gathered historical residential sales data from 1988 to 2008 for the study area, which is limited to residential houses located within a one-mile radius of the resort. Moreover, other external variables, such as Tahoe skier visits, natural snowfall, San Francisco Bay …
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The Determination of Health and Safety Performance and Compliance in Construction Industry
… sector heightened by great demand in residential houses, office spaces, among others. This increased employment and equipment use and technological changes, on construction sites. Workers, at sites are very prone to accidents, injuries, and ill health. The objective of this study was …
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Economic and environmental impacts of several retrofit options for residential buildings
… efforts are deployed to reduce our actual residential building consumption which represents about 40% (25% for the residential sector and 15% for the non-residential sector) of the total energy consumption in Europe. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the environmental and economical …
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Evaluation of theoretical models to estimate landfill gas(LFG) potential as a renewable energy source: a case study of Chunga landfill
… million kWh capable of powering at least 3500 residential houses with a consumption band between 100-300 kWh per month. The model estimated a capital cost of US$ 4.71 million (K 45 million) at US$ 0.094 (K 0.89) per kWh to achieve an investment payback period of 5 years.
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una empresa instaladora de sistemas fotovoltaicos en Arequipa
… Arequipa, that installs photovoltaic systems at residential houses. The project proposal arises in response to factors in the Peruvian energy market such as growing energy demand, increasing in electricity generation from renewable sources and the vast solar radiation in Arequipa, a resource has …
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Trade Networks under Asymmetric Information
… terms of its distance to downtown or high-valued residential houses. We compare and contrast the returns for those two neighborhoods with distinct properties in order to investigate if any of these neighborhoods yield higher returns for the middlemen.
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Evaluation of the thermal performance and cost effectiveness of radiant barrier thermal insulation materials in residential construction
… effective way to decrease energy consumption in residential houses. This reduction can be achieved in many ways including proper insulation of the building envelope. In recent years, considerable attention was given to the use of radiant reflective insulating barriers. Over the past years, …
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Heat pump and photovoltaic systems in residential applications - Performance, potential, and control of the system
… technology, as its widespread application in residential houses will help achieving the decarbonisation of the building sector, which is strongly promoted by the European Union. The aspects that inspire confidence for this solution are that: i) the average quality of heat pumps has recently …
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Voltage calculation on low voltage feeders with distributed generation
… distribution networks such as solar PV panels in residential houses, to supplement the energy needs of consumers. This has sparked much debate over the impacts, as well as benefits, of increasing the amount of generation on these low voltage (LV) feeders. However, the power utility holds the …
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Development of a Model for Predicting the Transmission of Sonic Booms into Buildings at Low Frequency
… inside realistic building structures, e.g. residential houses, has never been reported. Thus far, these effects could only be investigated experimentally, e.g. flight tests. In this research, a numerical model and a computer code are developed within the above context to predict the …
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Kompaktní formy bydlení v Brně, Černá Pole
Předmětem diplomové práce je návrh nové obytné čtvrti na území kasáren v Brně, Černých Polích. Momentálně málo využívaný areál tvoří výraznou prostorovou bariéru v městském organismu a pomalu chátrá. Návrh začleňuje území do okolní zástavby a snaží se maximálně využít jeho kladných stránek. Na …