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What happened to the Industrial Ecologist alumni? A survey of occupations, activities, competences and skills
A Nyström Claesson
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H Baumann
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M Lanau
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Towards digitalisation of urban social sustainability
The primary goal of the built environment is to create the infrastructure that facilitates the needs of the people that use them and …
Sanjay Somanath
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Model of thermal buoyancy in cavity-ventilated roof constructions
Timber roof constructions are commonly ventilated through an air cavity beneath the roof sheathing in order to remove heat and moisture …
Toivo Säwén
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Martina Stockhaus
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Carl-Eric, Hagentoft
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Nora Schjøth Bunkholt
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Paula, Wahlgren
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Method for identifying industrial symbiosis opportunities
Industrial Symbiosis (IS) can reduce industrial waste and the need for virgin material extraction by utilizing waste generated by one …
Joao, Patricio
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Jonathan Edgardo, Cohen
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Alexandra, Lavers Westin
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Jorge, Gil
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Machine learning-based stocks and flows modeling of road infrastructure
This paper introduces a new method to account for the stocks and flows of road infrastructure at the national level based on material …
babak-ebrahimi
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Leonardo Rosado
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Holger Wallbaum
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Identification of everyday food-related activities with potential for direct and indirect energy savings :
This exploratory study analyses the daily activities of the end-user in terms of assessing the potential for conserving direct and …
Elena Malakhatka
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Per,Professor Lundqvist
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Omar Shafqat
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Angélique De Bellefon
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KTHTillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik
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Healthy Offices: Conceptualizing Healthy Activity-based Offices
This thesis explores the interrelations between the design characteristics of activity-based offices, users’ perceptions of them, and …
Melina Forooraghi
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End-user activity-based service design in the built environment context :
Huvudsyftet med denna avhandling är att kommunicera motiv, process och resultat från detta forskningsprojekt som fokuserat på att …
Elena Malakhatka
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Per,Prof. Lundqvist
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Marco,RESEARCHER Molinari
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Shaun West
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KTHTillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik
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Bio-based materials as a robust solution for building renovation: A case study
Boosting building renovation is urgently needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Building retrofit can be achieved by …
Alina Galimshina
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Maliki Moustapha
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Alexander Hollberg
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Pierryves Padey
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Sébastien Lasvaux
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Bruno Sudret
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Guillaume Habert
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Switzerland Chalmers tekniska högskolaSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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BIM-based LCSA application in early design stages using IFC
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is an integrated method that combines environmental, economic, and social assessments. Its …
C. Llatas
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B. Soust-Verdaguer
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Alexander Hollberg
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Elisabetta Palumbo
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Rocío Quiñones
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Spain Chalmers tekniska högskolaUniversity of Seville
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Best practice reporting guideline for building stock energy models
Buildings are responsible for 38% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, therefore, pathways to reduce their impact are crucial …
Claudio Nägeli
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Clara, Camarasa
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M. Delghust
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P. Fennell
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I. Hamilton
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Martin Jakob
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Jared Langevin
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J. Laverge
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J. L. Reyna
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N. Sandberg
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J. Webster
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Actors’ Network Analysis and Bi-Directional Value Exchange Matrix Development for Living Labs: KTH Live-In-Lab Case Study
In the scientific literature and in practice, quite a lot of attention is paidto the actors’ network analysis in living labs. Still, …
Elena Malakhatka
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Per,Professor Lundqvist
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KTHTillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik
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A scalable data collection, characterization, and accounting framework for urban material stocks
Hadi Arbabi
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Maud Lanau
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Xinyi Li
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Gregory Meyers
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Menglin Dai
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Martin Mayfield
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Danielle Densley Tingley
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A healthy office and healthy employees: a longitudinal case study with a salutogenic perspective in the context of the physical office environment
This two-wave study (time lag of six months and two years post-relocation) investigated ways in which employees’ perceptions of the …
Melina Forooraghi
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Antonio, Cobaleda Cordero
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Maral, Babapour Chafi
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A Framework for User Centric LCA Tool Development for Early Planning Stages of Buildings
As the high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by the construction and real estate sector receive more attention, more and more …
Alexander Hollberg
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Maria-Tjäder
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Gerda Ingelhag
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Holger Wallbaum
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Cities as organisms: Urban metabolism of the four main Danish cities
Maud Lanau
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Ruichang Mao
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Gang Liu
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What is the optimal robust environmental and cost-effective solution for building renovation? Not the usual one
Buildings are responsible for a large share of CO2 emissions in the world. Building renovation is crucial to decrease the environmental …
Alina Galimshina
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Maliki Moustapha
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Alexander Hollberg
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Pierryves Padey
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Sébastien Lasvaux
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Bruno Sudret
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Guillaume Habert
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Switzerland Chalmers tekniska högskolaSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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Trend of timber constructions in Europe
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Yutaka Goto
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Towards digitalisation of socially sustainable neighbourhood design
Digital tools for performance-assessment are commonly used to shorten the feedback loop in testing designs for buildings and …
Sanjay Somanath
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Alexander Hollberg
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Liane-Thuvander
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Top-down method and databases for typical product demands of 103 manufacturing industries
A top-down method for identifying product inputs to industries at product level is presented. The method employs routinely reported …
Joao, Patricio
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Divia Jiménez Encarnación
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Theory of Attractive Quality: Occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality at workplaces
To improve employees’ comfort, health and productivity, indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is one of the most significant aspects of …
Quan Jin
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Holger Wallbaum
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Jungsoo Kim
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Richard de Dear
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Review of visualising LCA results in the design process of buildings
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is increasingly used for decision-making in the design process of buildings and neighbourhoods. Therefore, …
Alexander Hollberg
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Benedek Kiss
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M. Röck
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B. Soust-Verdaguer
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Aoife Houlihan Wiberg
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Sébastien Lasvaux
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Alina Galimshina
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Guillaume Habert
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Product-Service Systems Delivered by SMEs During Building Use Stage :
The building use stage offers the opportunity to provide valuable and sustainable product-service systems (PSS) that enhance the …
Davide Gamba
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Elena Malakhatka
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Dept Management Informat & Prod Engn, Bergamo, Italy.Tillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik Univ Bergamo
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Monitoring and Predicting Occupant's Sleep Quality by Using Wearable Device OURA Ring and Smart Building Sensors Data (Living Laboratory Case Study)
Today’s commercially-off-the-shelf (COST) wearable devices can unobtrusively capture several important parameters that may be …
Elena Malakhatka
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Anas Al Rahis
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Osman Osman
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Per,Professor Lundqvist
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KTHTillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik
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Legislative background of timber structures in Europe and Japan - Case study in structural design of light-frame timber structure
Standards and design codes are necessary to guarantee the desired safety and performance of structures. With regard to timber …
Yutaka Goto
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Robert, Jockwer
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Hiroshi Fukuyama
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Kenji Kobayashi
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Yasuteru Karube
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Investigations on the Sustainable Resource Use of Swiss Timber
In Switzerland, the advantages of timber buildings for the climate are broadly discussed. In the following paper, a comparative …
Claude Leyder
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Michael Klippel
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Olin Bartlomé
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Niko Heeren
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Sarah Kissling
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Yutaka Goto
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Andrea Frangi
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Norwegian University of Science
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NorwaySwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH), Switzerland Technology (NTNU)
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How Does Office Design Support Employees’ Health? A Case Study on the Relationships among Employees’ Perceptions of the Office Environment, Their Sense of Coherence and Office Design
This study investigated the current design circumstances of an office as well as employees’ perceptions of the office environment in …
Melina Forooraghi
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Elke, Miedema
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Nina, Ryd
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Holger Wallbaum
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High-Resolution Maps of Material Stocks in Buildings and Infrastructures in Austria and Germany
Helmut Haberl
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Dominik Wiedenhofer
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Franz Schug
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David Frantz
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Doris Virag
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Christoph Plutzar
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Karin Gruhler
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Jakob Lederer
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Georg Schiller
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Tomer Fishman
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Maud Lanau
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Andreas Gattringer
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Thomas Kemper
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Gang Liu
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Hiroki Tanikawa
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Sebastian van der Linden
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Patrick Hostert
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Glazed spaces for a resource efficient, social and healthy living, Part 1. Inventory of geometries and functions by study visits and interviews
The main aim of the Spaces project is to support architects in the design of well-functioning glazed geometries, such as atria and …
Kajsa, Crona
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Ruxandra, Bardas-Dunare
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Fredrik, Domhagen
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Toivo Säwén
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Paula, Wahlgren
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Alesia, Wessfeldt
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Glasade utrymmen för ett resurseffektivt, socialt och hälsofrämjande boende, Del 2. Designstöd för arkitektonisk utformning och teknisk design med avseende på användning och komfort
The purpose of the Spaces Project is to investigate glazed spaces in residential buildings from both a building physical and …
Paula, Wahlgren
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Ruxandra, Bardas-Dunare
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Kajsa, Crona
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Fredrik, Domhagen
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Carl-Eric, Hagentoft
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Toivo Säwén
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Alesia, Wessfeldt
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Extending urban stocks and flows analysis to urban greenhouse gas emission accounting: A case of Odense, Denmark
Maud Lanau
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Luca Herbert
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Gang Liu
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Energy-efficient retrofit measures (EERM) in residential buildings: An application of discrete choice modelling
Cross-country evidence on the adoption of energy-efficient retrofit measures (EERMs) in residential buildings is critical to supporting …
Clara, Camarasa
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Lokesh, Kumar Kalahasthi
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Ivan, Sanchez-Diaz
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Leonardo Rosado
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Lena Hennes
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K. Bienge
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Ian Hamilton
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Denmark Chalmers tekniska högskolaTechnical University of Denmark
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End Use Energy Services Framework Co-Creation with Multiple Stakeholders-A Living Lab-Based Case Study
End use energy services have an important role in the ongoing energy transition process by improving the value proposition to the …
Omar Shafqat
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Elena Malakhatka
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Nina Chrobot
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Per Lundqvist
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KTHTillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik
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Drivers and barriers to energy-efficient technologies (EETs) in EU residential buildings
To achieve carbon targets, the European Union (EU) aims to promote nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB). To enable the necessary …
Clara, Camarasa
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Lokesh, Kumar Kalahasthi
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Leonardo Rosado
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Design for adaption - making timber buildings ready for circular use and extended service life
The use of timber and the implementation of the concept of circularity in the process of the construction of buildings potentially has …
Robert, Jockwer
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Yutaka Goto
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Co-Creating Service Concepts for the Built Environment Based on the End-User's Daily Activities Analysis :
The purpose of this study is to synthesize the widely used theories about co-creation from two main perspectives: co-creation as an …
Elena Malakhatka
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Liridona Sopjani
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Per,Professor Lundqvist
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KTHTillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik
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AI-baserad segementering av fasader för att optimera renovering i en större skala
Hur kan vi på ett automatiskt sätt skapa mer detaljerade 3D modeller av byggnader i digitala tvillingar och förbättra indata för att …
Sanjay Somanath
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Yinan, Yu
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Nils Nordmark
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Mola Ayenew
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Liane-Thuvander
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Alexander Hollberg
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A user interaction model for digital tools to support socially sustainable neighbourhood planning
Most digital tools developed for architects and urban planners cater to the environmental and economic dimensions of SD, leaving out …
Sanjay Somanath
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Alexander Hollberg
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Liane-Thuvander
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Developing an Urban Resource Cadaster for Circular Economy: A Case of Odense, Denmark
Maud Lanau
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Gang Liu
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Weighing the Importance of Urban Built Environment Stocks for Sustainability.
Maud Lanau
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Ways to get work done: a review and systematisation of simplification practices in the LCA literature
Purpose Within the field of life cycle assessment (LCA), simplifications are a response to the practical restrictions in the context of …
Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Henrikke, Baumann
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Holger Wallbaum
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Transforming cities and health: policy, action, and meaning
This article sets the scene for the special issue of Cities & Health Journal on ‘Transforming cities and health: policy, innovation …
Colin Edward, Fudge
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Marcus Grant
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Holger Wallbaum
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Towards digitisation of socially sustainable neighbourhood design
In the built environment, digital tools for performance assessment considerably shorten the feedback loop in an iterative design …
Sanjay Somanath
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Alexander Hollberg
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Liane-Thuvander
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Towards agent-based building stock modeling: Bottom-up modeling of long-term stock dynamics affecting the energy and climate impact of building stocks
Buildings are responsible for a large share of the energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe and Switzerland. …
Claudio Nägeli
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Martin Jakob
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Giacomo Catenazzi
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York Ostermeyer
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The relation between social life cycle assessment and green building certification systems
This research investigates methodologies of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) and Green Building Certification Systems (GBCS) along …
Sanjay Somanath
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Alexander Hollberg
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Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Holger Wallbaum
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The influence of indoor environmental quality and workspace design on employees’ health and work performance
Human health and well-being have gained growing attention in the societal debate as well as in research. It is widely acknowledged that …
Quan Jin
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Holger Wallbaum
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Ulrike, Rahe
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Statistical method to identify robust building renovation choices for environmental and economic performance
Building renovation is urgently required to decrease the energy consumption of the existing building stock and reduce greenhouse gas …
Alina Galimshina
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Maliki Moustapha
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Alexander Hollberg
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Pierryves Padey
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Sébastien Lasvaux
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Bruno Sudret
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Guillaume Habert
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Switzerland Chalmers tekniska högskolaSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of residential material stocks and flows in urban, commuter, and rural settlements
Residential buildings take a large share of the globally accumulated construction material stock. Knowledge regarding material stocks …
Paul, Gontia
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Liane-Thuvander
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Holger Wallbaum
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Spaces: A project on glazed geometries for improved indoor climate and social interaction- initial interviews and data gathering
The project investigates glazed geometries in residential buildings as a robust solution from a health and resource perspective …
Paula, Wahlgren
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Kajsa, Crona
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Ruxandra, Bardas-Dunare
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Fredrik, Domhagen
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Toivo Säwén
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Alesia, Wessfeldt
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Scoping review of health in office design approaches
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the literature on office design approaches (ODAs) in relation to employee health. The overall goal …
Melina Forooraghi
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Elke, Miedema
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Nina, Ryd
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Holger Wallbaum
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Robust and resilient renovation solutions in different climate change scenarios
Building renovation is currently urgent in order to decrease the energy consumption of a building stock. In order to achieve robust …
Alina Galimshina
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Maliki Moustapha
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Alexander Hollberg
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Pierryves Padey
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Sébastien Lasvaux
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Bruno Sudret
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Guillaume Habert
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Switzerland Chalmers tekniska högskolaSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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Regionalized environmental impacts of construction machinery
Purpose: This study aims to establish a regionalized environmental impact assessment of construction machinery equipped with diesel …
babak-ebrahimi
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Holger Wallbaum
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Pål Drevland Jakobsen
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G. K. Booto
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Recent development of the timber construction sector in Europe
Yutaka Goto
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Robert, Jockwer
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Policies to decarbonize the Swiss residential building stock: An agent-based building stock modeling assessment
In light of the Swiss government’s reduction targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Paris Agreement, this article …
Claudio Nägeli
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Martin Jakob
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Giacomo Catenazzi
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York Ostermeyer
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Personal comfort systems: A review on comfort, energy, and economics
Conventional heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are designed to condition the entire building volume. In …
Rajan Rawal
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Marcel Schweiker
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Ongun Berk Kazanci
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Vishnu Vardhan
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Quan Jin
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Lin Duanmu
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DenmarkKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany Technical University of Denmark
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Numerical and real-life assessment of the moisture safety of CLT structure with PIR insulation composite under the Swedish climate
The building industry is a major contributor of CO2 emission. Wood construction is a good option for carbon storage among various …
Yutaka Goto
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Holger Wallbaum
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Johan Olofsson
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Ulf Norr
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Necessary conditions for multi-domain indoor environmental quality standards
A discussion of sustainability in architecture cannot be meaningfully carried out without the inclusion of most buildings’ central …
Ardeshir Mahdavi
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Christiane Berger
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Veselina Bochukova
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L. Bourikas
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Runa T. Hellwig
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Quan Jin
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Anna Laura Pisello
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Marcel Schweiker
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United KingdomVienna University of Technology, Austria Lancaster University
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Life cycle assessment of winter road maintenance
Purpose: Winter road maintenance in the Nordic climate is demanding due to challenging weather conditions, high precipitation, and icy …
H. Vignisdottir
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babak-ebrahimi
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G. K. Booto
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Reyn O'Born
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H. Brattebø
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Holger Wallbaum
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R. A. Bohne
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Chalmers tekniska högskolaNorwegian University of Science
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Norway Technology (NTNU)
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Key Decision-Makers and Persuaders in the Selection of Energy-Efficient Technologies in EU Residential Buildings
With regard to residential energy use in the European Union (EU), most studies consider potential adopters of the technology (e.g., …
Clara, Camarasa
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Raphael Heiberger
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Lena Hennes
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Martin Jakob
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York Ostermeyer
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Leonardo Rosado
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Integrated BIM-based LCA for the entire building process using an existing structure for cost estimation in the Swiss context
The building sector has a significant potential to reduce the material resource demand needed for construction and therefore, …
Anita Naneva
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Marcella Bonanomi
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Alexander Hollberg
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Guillaume Habert
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Daniel Hall
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Switzerland Chalmers University of TechnologySwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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Informing sustainable consumption in urban districts: A method for transforming household expenditures into physical quantities
Interventions targeted at district-level are a potentially effective way to reduce consumption-based urban impacts; however, a …
Alice, Whetstone
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Alexandra, Lavers Westin
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Improving indoor environmental quality (IEQ) for occupant health and well-being: A case study of Swedish office building
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is a major domain of building conditions relating to occupant comfort, health and well-being. …
Quan Jin
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Holger Wallbaum
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Implications of using systematic decomposition structures to organize building LCA information: A comparative analysis of national standards and guidelines- IEA EBC ANNEX 72
Introduction: The application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technique to a building requires the collection and organization of a …
B. Soust-Verdaguer
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A. García Martínez
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C. Llatas
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J. C. Gómez de Cózar
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Karen Allacker
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D. Trigaux
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E. Alsema
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B. Berg
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D. Dowdell
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W. Debacker
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R Frischknecht
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L. Ramseier
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J. Veselka
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M. Volf
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P. Hajek
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A. Lupíšek
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Z. Malik
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Guillaume Habert
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Alexander Hollberg
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Sébastien Lasvaux
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B. Peuportier
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F. Pomponi
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L. Wastiel
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V. Gomes
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O. Zara
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M. Gomes
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A. Gusson Baiocchi
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L. Pulgrossi
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C. Ouellet-Plamondon
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A. Moncaster
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R. di Bari
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R. Horn
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K. Lenz
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M. Balouktsi
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T. Lützkendorf
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M. Röck
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E. Hoxha
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Alexander Passer
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BelgiumUniversity of Seville, Spain Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Health and Office Architecture
The office, where many people spend most of their day, influences the health of employees, their families, communities, and society. …
Melina Forooraghi
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Experimental Study of Thermal Buoyancy in the Cavity of Ventilated Roofs
Pitched wooden roofs are ventilated through an air cavity beneath the roofing in order to remove heat and moisture from the roof …
Nora Schjoth Bunkholt
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Toivo Säwén
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Martina Stockhaus
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Tore Kvande
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Lars Gullbrekken
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Paula, Wahlgren
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Jardar Lohne
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Evaluation of BIM-based LCA results for building design
Digital tools based on Building Information Modelling (BIM) provide the potential to facilitate environmental performance assessments …
Alexander Hollberg
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Gianluca Genova
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Guillaume Habert
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Switzerland Chalmers University of TechnologySwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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Estimating the Ground Temperature Around Energy Piles Using Artificial Neural Networks
Ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems are using vertical ground heat exchangers, known as Borehole Heat Exchangers (BHEs), as a heat …
Mohamad, Kharseh
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Mohamed El Koujok
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Holger Wallbaum
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Energy Efficiency Measures and Data Needs. The Case of the European Building Portfolio Owners
In line with EU Directives, European building portfolio owners are required to bring their stock to nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) …
Clara, Camarasa
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Effrosyni, Roussou
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Holger Wallbaum
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Abolfazl, Sousanabadi Farahani
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Developing a common approach for classifying building stock energy models
Buildings contribute 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions; therefore, strategies that can substantially reduce emissions from the …
Jared Langevin
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J. L. Reyna
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S. Ebrahimigharehbaghi
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N. Sandberg
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P. Fennell
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Claudio Nägeli
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J. Laverge
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M. Delghust
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Erika, Mata Las Heras
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M. Van Hove
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J. Webster
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F. Federico
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Martin Jakob
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Clara, Camarasa
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NetherlandsLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
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Detailed Assessment of Embodied Carbon of HVAC Systems for a New Office Building Based on BIM
The global shift towards embodied carbon reduction in the building sector has indicated the need for a detailed analysis of …
Christina Kiamili
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Alexander Hollberg
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Guillaume Habert
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Switzerland Chalmers tekniska högskolaSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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Design for adaption - Making timber buildings ready for circular use and extended service life
The construction sector has a significant share of Green House Gas emission and raw material consumption globally. Among common …
Robert, Jockwer
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Yutaka Goto
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E. Scharn
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K. Crona
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Comparing Different PV Module Types and Brands Under Working Conditions in the United Kingdom
The present work demonstrates the performance evaluation and economic analysis of different PV module types and brands at the working …
Mohamad, Kharseh
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Holger Wallbaum
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Bridging the gap between assessment and action: recommendations for the effective use of LCA in the building process
Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) witnesses increasing popularity in the built environment. LCA stimulates among others an …
Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Henrikke, Baumann
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Holger Wallbaum
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An international review of occupant-related aspects of building energy codes and standards
In light of recent research, it is evident that occupants are playing an increasingly important role in building energy performance. …
William O'Brien
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Farhang Tahmasebi
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Rune Korsholm Andersen
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Elie Azar
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Verena Barthelmes
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Zsofia Deme Belafi
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Christiane Berger
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Dong Chen
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Marilena De Simone
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Simona d'Oca
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Tianzhen Hong
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Quan Jin
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Dolaana Khovalyg
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Roberto Lamberts
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Vojislav Novakovic
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June Young Park
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Manfred Plagmann
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Vinu Subashini Rajus
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Marika Vellei
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Silke Verbruggen
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Andreas Wagner
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Eric Willems
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Da Yan
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Jin Zhou
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United KingdomCarleton University, Canada University College London (UCL)
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Ambition meets reality - Modeling renovations of the stock of apartments in Gothenburg by 2050
A bottom-up dynamic modeling framework aiming to incorporate realities of the decision-making process when implementing energy-saving …
Erika Mata
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Joel Wanemark
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Farshid Shadram
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A method and databases for estimating detailed industrial waste generation at different scales – With application to biogas industry development
In this study, a top-down method for constructing databases of industrial waste generation profiles is presented. The method employs …
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A data-driven parametric tool for under-specified LCA in the design phase
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is increasingly applied to evaluate the environmental performance of buildings. However, current tools for …
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Deepshi Kaushal
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Saso Basic
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Alina Galimshina
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Guillaume Habert
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The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales
Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants' interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments …
Marcel Schweiker
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Amar Abdul-Zahra
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Farah Al-Atrash
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Hanan Al-Khatri
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Hayder Alsaad
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Rucha Amin
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Eleni Ampatzi
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Alpha Yacob Arsano
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Montazami Azadeh
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Elie Azar
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Bannazadeh Bahareh
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Amina Batagarawa
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Susanne Becker
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Carolina Buonocore
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Bin Cao
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Joon Ho Choi
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Chungyoon Chun
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Hein Daanen
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Siti Aisyah Damiati
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Lyrian Daniel
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Renata De Vecchi
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Shivraj Dhaka
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Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo
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Edyta Dudkiewicz
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Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly
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Jesica Fernández-Agüera
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Mireille Folkerts
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Arjan Frijns
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Gabriel Gaona
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Vishal Garg
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Stephanie Gauthier
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Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari
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Djamila Harimi
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Runa T. Hellwig
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Gesche M. Huebner
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Quan Jin
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Mina Jowkar
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Renate Kania
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Jungsoo Kim
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Nelson King
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Boris Kingma
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M. Donny Koerniawan
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Jakub Kolarik
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Shailendra Kumar
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Alison Kwok
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Roberto Lamberts
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Marta Laska
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M. C.Jeffrey Lee
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Yoonhee Lee
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Vanessa Lindermayr
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Mohammadbagher Mahaki
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Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor
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Laura Marín-Restrepo
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Anna Marquardsen
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Francesco Martellotta
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Jyotirmay Mathur
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Gráinne McGill
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Isabel Mino-Rodriguez
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Di Mou
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Bassam Moujalled
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Mia Nakajima
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Edward Ng
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Marcellinus Okafor
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Mark Olweny
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Wanlu Ouyang
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Ana Ligia Papst de Abreu
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Alexis Pérez-Fargallo
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Indrika Rajapaksha
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Greici Ramos
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Saif Rashid
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Christoph F. Reinhart
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Ma Isabel Rivera
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Mazyar Salmanzadeh
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Karin Schakib-Ekbatan
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Stefano Schiavon
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Salman Shooshtarian
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Masanori Shukuya
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Veronica Soebarto
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Suhendri
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Mohammad Tahsildoost
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Federico Tartarini
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Despoina, Teli
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Priyam Tewari
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Samar Thapa
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Maureen Trebilcock
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Jörg Trojan
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Ruqayyatu B. Tukur
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Conrad Voelker
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Yeung Yam
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Liu Yang
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Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster
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Yongchao Zhai
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Yingxin Zhu
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Zahra Sadat Zomorodian
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United KingdomKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany University of Southampton
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Taking Stock of Built Environment Stock Studies: Progress and Prospects
Maud Lanau
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Gang Liu
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Ulrich Kral
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Dominik Wiedenhofer
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Elisabeth Keijzer
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Chang Yu
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Users have significant impacts on building energy consumption and can interact with indoor environments. Identifying user needs, …
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Spatial analysis of urban material stock with clustering algorithms: A Northern European case study
A large share of construction material stock (MS) accumulates in urban built environments. To attain a more sustainable use of …
Paul, Gontia
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babak-ebrahimi
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Victor, Vinas
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Holger Wallbaum
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Skatteväxla från arbete till mark effektivare än en plastpåseskatt
Lars, Marcus
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Holger Wallbaum
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Simplifying LCA use in the life cycle of residential buildings in Sweden
This thesis discusses the use of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) in the building life cycle. While the life cycle of a …
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Road Planning and Route Alignment Selection Criteria in the Norwegian Context
This paper reveals the main factors that guide road alignment design process in Norway. The goal is to discover what constitutes the …
G. K. Booto
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Reyn O. Born
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H. Vignisdottir
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H. Brattebø
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Kelly Pittera
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Holger Wallbaum
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R. A. Bohne
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NorwayNorwegian University of Science University of Agder
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Norway Technology (NTNU)
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Prioritizing deep renovation for housing portfolios
Cost-effectiveness of deep renovation has been assessed thoroughly on a building level. Such studies pro- vide limited guidance when …
Magnus Österbring
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Clara, Camarasa
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Claudio Nägeli
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Liane-Thuvander
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Holger Wallbaum
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Numerical Simulations and Empirical Data for the Evaluation of Daylight Factors in Existing Buildings in Sweden
Point Daylight Factor (DFP) has been used for daylighting design in Sweden for more than 40 years. Progressive densification of urban …
Sara Eriksson
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Lovisa Waldenstrom
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Max Tillberg
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Magnus Österbring
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Angela, Sasic Kalagasidis
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Chalmers tekniska högskolaNordic Construction Company AB - NCC
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Nonwoven geotextile scour protection at offshore wind parks, application and life cycle assessment
The sand surrounding a construction (e.g. monopile) for mounting an offshore wind turbine, could be scoured due to the affection of …
Helge Hoyme
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Jong Hao Su
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Jun, Kono
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Holger Wallbaum
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Life Cycle Management of Infrastructures
By definition, life cycle management (LCM) is a framework “of concepts, techniques, and procedures to address environmental, economic, …
Holger Wallbaum
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babak-ebrahimi
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Improving the collaboration between architects and energy consultants through design-integrated early BIM-tools
There is a lack of optimization of buildings towards energy performance in early design stages in practice. Interviews with architects …
Alexander Hollberg
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Norman Klüber
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Matthias Götz
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Thomas Lichtenheld
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Philipp Hollberg
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Alina Galimshina
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Guillaume Habert
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Identify Optimal Renovation Packages for Residential Buildings: A State-of-the-Art Computational Model
Renovating the existing building stock has a significant potential to achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in …
Mohamad, Kharseh
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Claudio Nägeli
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Holger Wallbaum
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How adding a battery to a grid-connected photovoltaic system can increase its economic performance: A comparison of different scenarios
© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The current work investigates how adding a battery of optimal capacity to a …
Mohamad, Kharseh
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Health & wellbeing in offices - A study of literature on the Nordic perspective
Aim : This review aims to explore the relation between the physical office environment and employee health as found in the Nordic …
Melina Forooraghi
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Holger Wallbaum
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Nina, Ryd
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Exploring Office Design Approaches in Relation to Health and Wellbeing: A Scoping Review
Aim: This article explores emerging design approaches in relation to health in the context of office building design. Background: …
Melina Forooraghi
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Holger Wallbaum
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Nina, Ryd
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Explorative life-cycle assessment of renovating existing urban housing-stocks
Urban building-stocks are responsible for a significant share of resource and energy use. To quantify the potential for reducing energy …
Magnus Österbring
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Erika Mata
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Liane-Thuvander
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Holger Wallbaum
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Estimation of Norwegian Asphalt Surfacing Lifetimes Using Survival Analysis Coupled with Road Spatial Data
Combinations of different factors and their relative importance have a mixed effect on the longevity of pavements, which are essential …
babak-ebrahimi
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Holger Wallbaum
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Kristin Svensson
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Dagfin Gryteselv
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End-user activities context information management framework for sustainable building operation
The concept of sustainable buildings includes not only technological aspects related to energy efficiency and resources usage …
Elena Malakhatka
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Per,Professor Lundqvist
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KTHTillämpad termodynamik och kylteknik
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Diffusion of energy efficiency technologies in European residential buildings: A bibliometric analysis
Many studies have investigated different aspects in the decarbonisation of the European housing stock. However, a comprehensive …
Clara, Camarasa
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Claudio Nägeli
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York Ostermeyer
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Michael Klippel
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Sebastian Botzler
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CREATE: A toolbox to develop, implement and monitor advanced energy and climate goals and strategies
Various environmental and regulatory changes, such as climate change mitigation strategies and market regulation, have increased the …
Martin Jakob
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Giacomo Catenazzi
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Benjamin Sunarjo
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Claudio Nägeli
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Holger Wallbaum
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York Ostermeyer
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Combining Industrial Symbiosis with Sustainable Supply Chain Management for Development of Urban Communities
Growing urban population is putting pressure on the supply of natural resources leading to global environmental impacts and calling for …
Leonardo Rosado
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Bottom-Up Modeling of Building Stock Dynamics - Investigating the Effect of Policy and Decisions on the Distribution of Energy and Climate Impacts in Building Stocks over Time
In Europe, residential and commercial buildings are directly and indirectly responsible for approximately 30–40% of the overall energy …
Claudio Nägeli
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A Swedish comment on ‘review: the availability of life-cycle studies in Sweden’
The article entitled ‘Review: the availability of life-cycle studies in Sweden’ by Croft and colleagues (January 2019, volume 24, issue …
Gregory, Peters
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Robin, Harder
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Rickard, Arvidsson
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Henrikke, Baumann
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Anna Björklund
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Mélanie, Despeisse
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Tomas, Ekvall
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Niclas Ericsson
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Göran, Finnveden
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Torun Hammar
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Mathias, Janssen
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Carl, Karheiding
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Hanna Karlsson
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Maria, Ljunggren Söderman
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Magdalena, Svanström
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Anne-Marie, Tillman
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Holger Wallbaum
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A service-life cycle approach to maintenance and energy retrofit planning for building portfolios
© 2019 The Authors Residential buildings account for almost a quarter of the total energy use in Sweden and building owners are, …
Claudio Nägeli
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Abolfazl, Sousanabadi Farahani
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Magnus Österbring
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Jan-Olof, Dalenbäck
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Holger Wallbaum
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A review of environmental impacts of winter road maintenance
The need for winter road maintenance (WRM) is changing in cold regions due to climate change. How the different modes of WRM will …
H. Vignisdottir
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babak-ebrahimi
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G. K. Booto
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Reyn O'Born
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H. Brattebø
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Holger Wallbaum
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R. A. Bohne
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Chalmers tekniska högskolaNorwegian University of Science
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Norway Technology (NTNU)
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A comprehensive approach to building-stock modelling - Assessing the impact of renovating urban housing stocks
The existing building stock provide a possibility for cost-efficient energy efficiency measures and related reductions in …
Magnus Österbring
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Trade-Off between the Social and Environmental Performance of Green Concrete: The Case of 6 Countries
Improving the sustainability performance of construction industry is driven by two forces: regulatory push (policy initiatives), and …
Jun, Kono
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York Ostermeyer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Tank-to-wheel emissions from articulated steered wheel loaders
Performing a comprehensive emission accounting via monitoring equipment to survey the performance of machinery is often an intensive …
babak-ebrahimi
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Gaylord Kabongo Booto
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Hrefna Run Vignisdottir
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Holger Wallbaum
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Rolf André Bohne
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Pål Drevland Jakobsen
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Amund Bruland
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Synthetic building stocks as a way to assess the energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions of national building stocks
In Europe, the final energy demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of residential and commercial building stocks account for …
Claudio Nägeli
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Clara, Camarasa
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Martin Jakob
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Giacomo Catenazzi
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York Ostermeyer
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Sustainability review of Norwegian road construction and infrastructure
Effective and efficient road transportation in Norway is a continuing concern. The growth in population and the continuing need for …
Reyn O'Born
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Gaylord Kabongo Booto
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babak-ebrahimi
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Hrefna Run Vignisdottir
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Holger Wallbaum
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Rolf André Bohne
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Norwegian University of Science
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NorwayUniversity of Agder, Norway Technology (NTNU)
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Superisoleringsmaterial i byggnader: Rekommendationer från IEA EBC Annex 65
Värmeledningsförmågan (λ) hos superisoleringsmaterial (SIM) är mellan 2-5 gånger lägre än för konventionella isoleringsmaterial. Detta …
Pär, Johansson
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Bijan, Adl-Zarrabi
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Holger Wallbaum
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Jun, Kono
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Stakeholder Specific Multi-Scale Spatial Representation of Urban Building-Stocks
Urban building-stocks use a significant amount of resources and energy. At the same time, theyhave a large potential for energy …
Magnus Österbring
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Liane-Thuvander
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Erika, Mata Las Heras
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Holger Wallbaum
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Services supporting users: The case of energy services to end-users
Energy services provided by energy suppliers have been identified as important in supporting sustainable development. However, the …
Arni, Halldorsson
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Ida, Gremyr
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Sofia, Börjesson
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Holger Wallbaum
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Research Roadmap for Intelligent and Responsive Buildings
Intelligence has three parts cognitive, emotional and practical. A building needs to reflect this. So an intelligent building will …
Derek Clements-Croome
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Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini
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Ali Ghaffarianhoseini
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Husam AlWaer
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John Tookey
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Quan Jin
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Holger Wallbaum
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Matthew Marson
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Juergen Koch
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Mark Worall
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Xingxing Zhang
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Eva D'Souza
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Peter McDermott
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Tong Yang
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Rosangela Tenorio
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Pete Halsall
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Isaac Jamieson
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New ZealandUniversity of Reading, United Kingdom Auckland University of Technology
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Metod för omställning av urbana byggnadsbestånd
Även om den teoretiska och tekniska potentialen för att minska energianvändningen i befintliga byggnader är stor, är den faktiska …
Magnus Österbring
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Liane-Thuvander
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Erika Mata
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Filip, Johnsson
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Holger Wallbaum
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Material-intensity database of residential buildings: A case-study of Sweden in the international context
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Material intensity coefficient (MIC) databases are crucial for bottom-up material stock studies. However, MIC …
Paul, Gontia
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Claudio Nägeli
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Leonardo Rosado
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Magnus Österbring
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Investigation of regional conditions and sustainability indicators for sustainable product development of building materials
With the increasing importance of the sustainable product development of the building materials for the sustainable building and its …
Jun, Kono
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York Ostermeyer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Enabling industrial symbiosis collaborations between SMEs from a regional perspective
Small and Medium Enterprises make up the vast majority of the businesses within the European Union, and are consequently important …
Joao, Patricio
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Lovisa, Axelsson
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Simon Blome
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Rosado, Leonardo
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Determining material suitability for Low-Rise housing in the Philippines: Physical and mechanical properties of the bamboo species Bambusa blumeana
The use of cellulosic materials in the construction of low-rise housing in tropical climates has great potential. Bambusa blumeana (B. …
Corinna, Salzer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Marina Alipon
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Luis Felipe Lopez
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Circular economy – From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools
The paper provides an overview of the literature on Circular Economy (CE) theoretical approaches, strategies and implementation cases. …
Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Madumita Sadagopan
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Leonardo Rosado
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Building Inventory and Refurbishment Scenario Database Development for Switzerland
Material usage and the related embodied environmental impact have grown in significance in the built environment. Therefore, cities and …
York Ostermeyer
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Claudio Nägeli
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Niko Heeren
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Holger Wallbaum
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Too complex to standardise? A case study of a socially loaded pier inspection process at the port of Gothenburg
This paper presents a micro-level study of an organisation considering to standardise a facility management process. Standards serve an …
Sjouke Beemsterboer
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JOHANNA, HALLGREN
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RICKARD, OLSSON
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Christian, Koch
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The trends of hourly carbon emission factors in Germany and investigation on relevant consumption patterns for its application
PurposeThe share of variable renewable energy sources (vRES) in the German electricity grid has increased over the past few decades. …
Jun, Kono
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York Ostermeyer
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Holger Wallbaum
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The effect of different working parameters on the optimal size of a battery for grid-connected PV systems
This work investigates the possibility of improving the economic performance of PV in Northern Europe. The PV system investigated in …
Mohamad, Kharseh
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Holger Wallbaum
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Sustainability assessment as problem structuring: three typical ways
Sustainability assessment (SA) is an increasingly popular term referring to a broad range of approaches to align decision-making with …
M. Dijk
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J. de Kraker
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A. van Zeijl-Rozema
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H. van Lente
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C. Beumer
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Sjouke Beemsterboer
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P. Valkering
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Renovation Needs and Potential for Improved Energy Performance Depending on Ownership – A Location Based Study of Multi-Family Building Stocks in an Urban Context
The transformation of urban building-stocks is fundamental to achieve climate change mitigation targets. As therate of renewal of the …
Magnus Österbring
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Liane-Thuvander
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Erika, Mata Las Heras
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Holger Wallbaum
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Relationship between Human Thermal Comfort and Indoor Thermal Environment Parameters in Various Climatic Regions of China
Architectural design is based on the reliability and rationality of construction standards. The thermal comfort standard is a very …
Lin Duanmu
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Xingwei Sun
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Quan Jin
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Zhiqiang Zhai
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Region prioritization for the development of carbon capture and utilization technologies
In recent years several strategies have been developed and adopted to reduce the levels of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions released to the …
Joao, Patricio
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Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis
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Arturo Castillo-Castillo
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Next Generation Living Labs: Comprehensive Report
This report aims to expand on existing logic and knowledge of Living Labs and take into consideration the innovation ecosystems …
Shea, Hagy
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Frida, Bard
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Angela, Sasic Kalagasidis
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Ena, Sredanovic
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Clara, Camarasa
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Method to identify opportunities for CCU at regional level - Matching sources and receivers
Carbon Capture and Utilization is an attractive strategy not only due to its potential for CO2 emissions reduction but also because it …
Joao, Patricio
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Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis
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Arturo Castillo-Castillo
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Making an engine: performativities of building information standards
Digitization of buildings requires the systematic handling of a variety and volumes of data. It is a common vision to aim for …
Christian, Koch
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Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Learning how to grow – Management Competences in play at an International Acquisition by a Medium-Sized, Swedish Engineering Company
It has become increasingly important for also medium-sized building companies to internationalise.Many of these companies are not ready …
Christian, Koch
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Ludwig, Wingsjö Elmehed
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TOBIAS, HEIMSCH
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Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Laboratory study of subjective perceptions to low temperature heating systems with exhaust ventilation in Nordic countries
Given the global trends of rising energy demand and the increasing utilization of low-grade renewable energy, low-temperature heating …
Quan Jin
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Angela Simone
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Bjarne W. Olesen
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Sture K.M. Holmberg
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Eleftherios Bourdakis
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Hur mycket energi kan vi spara i våra flerbostadshus? Byggnadsbeståndsmodellering för anpassade renoveringar av flerbostadshus.
Vad är den faktiska energisparpotentialen i vårt byggnadsbestånd? Hur kan den beskrivas och vilka faktorerbör beaktas? Genom …
Magnus Österbring
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Liane-Thuvander
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Erika, Mata Las Heras
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Holger Wallbaum
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Humid Wall: Review on Causes and Solutions
Mohamad, Kharseh
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York Ostermeyer
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Claudio Nägeli
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Izabela, Kurkowska
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Holger Wallbaum
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Environmental performance of social housing in emerging economies: life cycle assessment of conventional and alternative construction methods in the Philippines
Purpose The environmental impact of the social buildingstock is relevant, particularly in emerging economies. Life cycle thinking is …
Corinna, Salzer
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Holger Wallbaum
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York Ostermeyer
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Jun, Kono
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CLT Constructions and Sustainability - Case Study in Sweden
Yutaka Goto
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Climate-Smart Stormwater Management
Increased precipitation and risk of flooding are major effects due to climate change that Swedish municipalities need to consider, …
Sebastien, Rauch
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Cecilia, Burzio
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Leonardo Rosado
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Lena, Blom
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A Multidimensional Optimization Approach to Refurbishment Design on a Multi-Building Scale
European countries face a large challenge in retrofitting their aging building stock, which they need to embark on, in order to reach …
Claudio Nägeli
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York Ostermeyer
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Mohamad, Kharseh
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Holger Wallbaum
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A human touch: Examining the roles of middle managers for innovation in contractors
Innovation in construction is becoming increasingly important. Many studies on construction innovation focus either on the project …
Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Christian, Koch
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Urban metabolism profiles. An empirical analysis of the material flow characteristics of three metropolitan areas in Sweden
Knowledge about the characteristics and driving forces of material flows in urban areas is crucial, as the pathways towards …
Leonardo Rosado
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Joao, Patricio
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The Storyline for the design process that shaped the HSB living lab
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017.The storyline for the design of a Living Lab is presented from the idea stage …
P. Elfstrand
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Greg, Morrison
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Larry, Toups
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Shea, Hagy
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Australia Chalmers tekniska högskolaCurtin University
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Tapping design and optimization potentials of ICT equipment and data centres
Martin Jakob
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Remo Forster
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Thomas Egli
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Claudio Nägeli
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Adrian Altenburger
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Sustainability of Social Housing in Asia: A Holistic Multi-Perspective Development Process for Bamboo-Based Construction in the Philippines
This paper highlights the need for a more inclusive and sustainable development of social housing in rapidly developing countries of …
Corinna, Salzer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Luis Felipe Lopez
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Jean Luc Kouyoumji
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Sustainability contributions to the energy system: more than one problem to address
Current debates about a more sustainable energy system strongly emphasise the role of CO2 emissions and climate change. Without denying …
Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Sustainability Assessment of Infrastructure Elements with Integrated Energy Harvesting Technologies
The possibility of integrating energy harvesting devices into the bridge/tunnel structures along Coastal Highway Route E39 has been …
Bijan, Adl-Zarrabi
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Mohammad Hoseini
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York Ostermeyer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Spatial analysis of urban housing stocks
Urban building-stocks must be transformed in order to reduce energy and resource use to achieve climate change mitigation targets. As …
Magnus Österbring
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Socio-economic impact of renovation and energy retrofitting of the Gothenburg building stock
The European building stock was renewed at a rapid pace during the period 1950-1975. In many European countries the building stock from …
Mikael, Mangold
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Magnus Österbring
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Holger Wallbaum
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Liane-Thuvander
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Paula, Femenias
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Resource consumption drivers and pathways to reduction: economy, policy and lifestyle impact on material flows at the national and urban scale
An analysis of material flows that also considers economic and social indicators has been performed at the national (Sweden) and urban …
Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Joao, Patricio
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On the usefulness of a cost-performance indicator curve at the strategic level for consideration of energy efficiency measures for building portfolios
There is an increasing desire by managers to reduce the amount of energy consumed by the buildings in their portfolio. Energy …
Markus Christen
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Bryan T. Adey
,
Holger Wallbaum
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Switzerland Chalmers tekniska högskolaSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
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Less than the sum of its parts – Economic and Environmental Challenges in designing Deep Energy Retrofit Concepts, the Case of Sweden
Claudio Nägeli
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York Ostermeyer
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LCA in architectural design—a parametric approach
Purpose Life cycle assessment (LCA) has not been widely applied in the building design process because it is perceived to be complex …
Alexander Hollberg
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Jürgen Ruth
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Hygrothermal performance of a vapor-open envelope for subtropical climate, field test and model validation
The construction industry is known to be a key contributor to manmade climate change. Amongst other nations, Japan has a building …
Yutaka Goto
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Karim Ghazi Wakili
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York Ostermeyer
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Angela, Sasic Kalagasidis
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Holger Wallbaum
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Hygrothermal Design of a Prefabricated Wooden Facade Module for School Building Renovation in Sweden
Today it is widely recognized that the construction industry plays a key role in the rational use of resources and the realization of a …
Yutaka Goto
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Shea, Hagy
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Holger Wallbaum
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Fire resistance for low-rise housing in the tropics: Test results for bamboo-based construction systems
The use of round bamboo as load bearing member for low-rise housing is an interesting alternative construction method for tropical …
Corinna, Salzer
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Holger Wallbaum
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L. Tambunan
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Feasibility of solar energy in south sweden: artificial neural network modeling
Observations provide evidence that atmospheric greenhouse gases concentration has increased rapidly over last century. This leads to …
Mohamad, Kharseh
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Holger Wallbaum
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Claudio Nägeli
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York Ostermeyer
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Factors for Eco-Efficiency Improvement of Thermal Insulation Materials
Thermal insulation material is an important component to reduce the environmental impact of buildings through the reduction of energy …
Jun, Kono
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Yutaka Goto
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York Ostermeyer
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Rolf Frischknecht
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Holger Wallbaum
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Experimental study of thermal sensation and physiological response during step changes in non-uniform indoor environment
To examine thermal comfort and the corresponding physiological responses in non-uniform and dynamic indoor thermal environments,this …
Quan Jin
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Lin Duanmu
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Equivalent temperature based comfort zone study under task/ambient conditioning system
To study thermal comfort under task/ambient conditioning (TAC) system, equivalent temperature (EQT) index was used to evaluate local …
Yuting Ren
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Lin Duanmu
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Quan Jin
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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Road Pavements: Comparing the Quality and Point of Application of Existing Software Tools on the basis of a Norwegian Case Study
Various software tools have been developed to evaluate the life cycle performances of roads toprovide decision supports for road …
babak-ebrahimi
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Holger Wallbaum
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Helge Brattebø
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Hrefna Run Vignisdottir
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Rolf André Bohne
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Gaylord Kabongo Booto
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DARE2Build
Education efforts, both at Chalmers and elsewhere, could be developed to better suit the needs of competences that would help with …
Shea, Hagy
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Peter, Selberg
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Larry, Toups
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Paula, Femenias
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Co-creation in living labs
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017.Living Labs are places for open innovation where co-creation is a method for …
Shea, Hagy
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Greg, Morrison
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P. Elfstrand
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Building Stock Modelling - A novel instrument for urban energy planning in the context of climate change
Cities and their building stock represent one of the largest energy consumer groups and emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). The urban …
Claudio Nägeli
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Martin Jakob
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Benjamin Sunarjo
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Giacomo Catenazzi
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Building information standards: Big data technologies prevented from becoming big in building
The increased use of BIM in the building sector have led certain actors to commence riding on the big data hype. Big data techniques …
Sjouke Beemsterboer
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Christian, Koch
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Assessments of indoor environmental quality on occupant satisfaction and physical parameters in office buildings
The indoor environmental quality is of major interest for occupants in office buildings. This study is to identify the benchmarking …
Quan Jin
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Holger Wallbaum
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Thomas Leiblein
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Thomas Hofmann
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Marcel, Janser
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Lukas Windlinger
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A differentiated description of building-stocks for a georeferenced urban bottom-up building-stock model
Several building-stock modelling techniques have been employed to investigate the impact of energy efficiency measures (EEM), where the …
Magnus Österbring
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Erika, Mata Las Heras
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Liane-Thuvander
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Mikael, Mangold
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Filip, Johnsson
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Holger Wallbaum
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Utilization of Multi-Criteria Assessment on Building Thermal Insulation Materials
IntroductionMulti-criteria assessment (MCA) is a methodology that supports making decisions by capturing multiple aspects. Building …
Jun, Kono
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Yutaka Goto
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York Ostermeyer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Urban Metabolism as Framework for Circular Economy Design for Cities
Circular economy (CE) principles can be applied at different scales: from materials to products, from individual supply chains to …
Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Urban Economies Resource Productivity and Decoupling: Metabolism Trends of 1996-2011 in Sweden, Stockholm, and Gothenburg
Resource productivity and evidence of economic decoupling were investigated on the basis of the time series in 1996-2011 of material …
Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Joao, Patricio
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Uncertainty in Material Flow Analysis Indicators at Different Spatial Levels
Material flow analysis (MFA) is a tool for research and decision support in environmental policy and management. In order to promote …
Joao, Patricio
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Leonardo Rosado
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Vera, Lisovskaja
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Göteborgs universitet
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Gothenburg University
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Umgebungsbedingungen in Büros in Abhängigkeit von der Lüftung - Auswertungen aus dem Projekt „Qualität von Nachhaltigen Bürogebäuden“
During the research project “Quality of Sustainable Buildings” (English: QSB, German: QNB), twenty seven buildings were investigated. …
Christian Monn
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Thomas Leiblein
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Marcel, Janser
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Annika Feige
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Holger Wallbaum
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Lukas Windlinger
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Thomas Hofman
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Towards Sustainable highways, from its foundation
Jun, Kono
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Holger Wallbaum
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Sybille Büsser
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René Itten
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Rolf Frischknecht
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The Industrial Ecology of the Göteborg City Region�a first appraisal
Maud Lanau
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Henrikke, Baumann
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Birgit Brunklaus
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The Industrial Ecology of the Göteborg City Region — a first appraisal
An infrastructure system – here, the industrial ecology of Gothenburg — is more important for society than we usually credit it for …
Maud Lanau
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Henrikke, Baumann
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Birgit Brunklaus
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Specific Barriers to Massive Scale Energetic Refurbishment for Sample Markets in Europe
International bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the United Nations agree in seeing the built environment …
Clara, Camarasa
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Claudio Nägeli
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Corinna, Salzer
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Saurabh, Saraf
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York Ostermeyer
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Primary and secondary battery consumption trends in Sweden 1996-2013: Method development and detailed accounting by battery type
In this article, a new method based on Material Flow Accounting is proposed to study detailed material flows in battery consumption …
Joao, Patricio
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Per E. O., Berg
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Leonardo Rosado
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Helena, Åberg
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Göteborgs universitet
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Gothenburg University
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Out with the old, out with the new - The effect of transitions in TVs and monitors technology on consumption and WEEE generation in Sweden 1996-2014
The recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is important due to its content of valuable and hazardous compounds. …
Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Joao, Patricio
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Leonardo Rosado
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Per Eo, Berg
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Indoor Comfort Evaluation of a Sustainable Wooden House with a Novel Vapor-open Envelope System in Subtropical Climate
Concerning the resource depletion and global warming, the realization of sustainable constructions is crucial because the building …
Yutaka Goto
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York Ostermeyer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Indoor air conditions in offices with different ventilation regimes - results from the QSB project (quality of sustainable buildings)
During the research project "Quality of Sustainable Buildings" (English: QSB, German: QNB), 27 office buildings in …
C. Monn
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T. Leiblein
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M. Janser
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A. Feige
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Holger Wallbaum
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L. Windlinger
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T. Hofmann
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Handling data uncertainties when using Swedish energy performance certificate data to describe energy usage in the building stock
Abstract The EU directive to create Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) for all buildings was implemented in Sweden as a tool to …
Mikael, Mangold
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Magnus Österbring
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Holger Wallbaum
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Environmental product declarations entering the building sector: critical reflections based on 5 to 10 years experience in different European countries
Purpose Growing awareness of the environmental performanceof construction products and buildings brings aboutthe need for a suitable …
Alexander Passer
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Sébastien Lasvaux
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Karen Allacker
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Dieter De Lathauwer
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Carolin Spirinckx
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Bastian Wittstock
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Daniel Kellenberger
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Florian Gschösser
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Johannes Wall
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Holger Wallbaum
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BelgiumTechnische Universität Graz, Austria Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Environmental impact of buildings - what matters?
The goal of this study was to identify drivers of environmental impact and quantify their influence on the environmental performance of …
Niko Heeren
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Christopher L Mutel
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Bernhard Steubing
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York Ostermeyer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Stefanie Hellweg
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SwitzerlandSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH), Switzerland Paul Scherrer Institut
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Assessing Transport Infrastructure Sustainability - Literature Review of Practices in Sustainability Assessment of Transport Infrastructures with the Identification of Issues and Knowledge Gaps
In this study we report a review of scientific literature, published from the year 2000 to 2014, aiming to identify the current best …
Anna, Furberg
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Sverker, Molander
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Holger Wallbaum
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A review of Swedish residential building stock research
Energy usage in the Swedish building stock has changed significantly the last 20 years. The target of reducing the Green Houses Gas …
Mikael, Mangold
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Magnus Österbring
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Holger Wallbaum
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A new systemic approach to improve the sustainability performance of office buildings in the early design stage
Different users and investors´ project preferences, often lead to trade-offs during the early design phase of a project. Currently, …
Helmuth Kreiner
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Alexander Passer
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Holger Wallbaum
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Austria Chalmers tekniska högskolaTechnische Universität Graz
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A living lab co-creation environment exemplifying Factor 10 improvements in a city district
The greater proportion of global emission production and resource consumption takes place in cities. Innovations are needed to reduce …
Leonardo Rosado
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Shea, Hagy
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Yuliya, Kalmykova
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Greg, Morrison
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York Ostermeyer
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A building specific economic building stock model to evaluate energy efficiency and renewable energy
In developed countries, the residential and commercial building stock account for a considerable share of final energy demand and …
Claudio Nägeli
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Martin Jakob
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Benjamin Sunarjo
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Giacomo Catenazzi
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The use of LEED Green Building Rating System - A case study of Gröna Skrapan in Gothenburg
Maud Lanau
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