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Showing 1 to 20 of 340 for “"retrofit"”.
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L'involucro del retrofit residenziale
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Urban retrofit : pressures, policy and people in domestic retrofit at the city level
… the issues and responses around domestic retrofit. Firstly it examines the broad drivers around domestic retrofit, ranging from climate change to energy security and fuel poverty, to the impacts of neoliberalisation and the economic crisis. It also explores the particular social, technical …
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Automated retrofit of heat exchanger networks
… Reducing process heat demand often centres on retrofitting the heat exchanger network to improve heat recovery and lower the hot utility consumption. This thesis presents a comprehensive automated retrofit design method for heat exchanger networks, fulfilling several gaps in current knowledge. …
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Boukunde III : environmental audit and retrofit
The dissertation provides a solution to the existing Boukunde buildings spatial shortfall. A proposal for additional space is used as catalyst for improving daylight conditions within the 'dark' southern extents of the building. The expansion becomes a gateway for future works by opening up a once …
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Gassy oil shale mining: retrofit economics
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-105).
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The Retrofit and Regeneration of local vernacular
Historic Towns, such as Graaff-Reinet, have a long history. The genius loci of the architecture within the town fosters a critical reflection of the past. The preservation and conservation of architecturally significant towns within South Africa plays an increasingly assertive role in the …
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Retrofit systems for reconfiguration in civil aviation
A new concept for retrofitting a reconfiguration module to an existing control law is reported in this thesis. The concept is motivated by the need for low cost, add-on modules that improve air safety in the existing fleet of civil air transport vehicles. A direct adaptive approach that …
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Stormwater Treatment by Two Retrofit Infiltration Practices
Increases in impervious surfaces associated with urbanization change stream hydrology by increasing peak flow rates, storm-flow volumes and flood frequency, and degrade water quality through increases in sediment, nutrient, and bacteria concentrations. In response to water quality and quantity …
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Retrofit + shrink wrap Dubai : an urban recovery plan
… proposes a dialectical planning process of retrofitting and shrink-wrapping Dubai. The retrofit strategy engages stopped building projects crucial to Dubai's function and image. The technical goal is to generate corridors of urbanity that permit the city to operate while the population and …
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Retrofit of deficient lap splice with post-installed anchors
… there is an increasing need for efficient retrofit solutions, with deficient lap splices being one of many research areas. A possible method to increase the capacity of deficient lap splices is to use post-installed undercut anchors. These anchors function as active confinement in the …
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Evaluation of two RC buildings retrofit with steel bracing
… conducted to assess the contributions of two retrofit schemes to the performances of two RC buildings during the 1985 Mexico earthquake. The schemes used to strengthen the two buildings were similar in that diagonal steel braces and RC infill walls were used to stiffen and strengthen the …
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Incorporating Occupant Behaviour and Comfort in Domestic Energy Retrofit
… large energy saving potential exists in domestic retrofit to meet the UK Government’s goal of carbon emissions reduction through the Climate Change Act 2008, the complexity of occupant behaviour and comfort needs often prevents the seemingly achievable retrofit targets from being reached. These …
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Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Retrofit Strategy for Richmond, CA
… upgrades, which combined can be called energy retrofits, can reduce energy burden, provide health improvements through improved indoor air quality and increased comfort in the home, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This study explores how the City of Richmond, CA can incentivize …
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Seismic retrofit of precast panel buildings in Eastern Europe
Many countries in Eastern Europe, particularly ones from the former Soviet Bloc, are facing a potential crisis regarding their deteriorating precast panel apartment buildings. These complexes were built using industrial methods in response to the housing shortage during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. An …
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Retrofit Electrochromic Glazing: A longitudinal case study of occupant experience
… of occupants working in an office that had been retrofitted with EC-glazed windows. The retrofit was the first of its kind in the UK, and provided an opportunity to study the user experience of EC glazing in a real-world setting over a longitudinal period. The aims of the study were to gain new …
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Adaptive exoskeleton for the integrated retrofit of social housing buildings
… the building heritage directed at the integrated retrofit of social housing stocks. The study comprised the analysis of recovered residential buildings in order to develop new sceneries to adopt in critical situations, leading to the definition of a new experimental practice called “adaptive …
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Dynamic Analysis and Seismic Retrofit of the Point Sur Lighthouse
… walls, the implementation of possible seismic retrofit schemes, and the effects of the lens’s added weight.</p> <p>This research focuses on the dynamic behavior of the lighthouse in its current state and the changes in the dynamic behavior each of the proposed seismic retrofit schemes might …
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Participation in a household energy audit and retrofit subsidy program
… free energy audits and subsidies for insulation retrofits between 2010 and 2012. A survey administered to Urbana residents focusing on their program knowledge and neighborhood cohesion is used to test the effects of social capital on retrofit participation, while Census and tax assessors data are …
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