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Lightning is a natural phenomenon in which large amounts of electricity are discharged from one location to another through open air, resulting in a bright arc of light. During an electrical storm, clouds begin to build up powerful... more
Lightning is a natural phenomenon in which large amounts of electricity are discharged from one location to another through open air, resulting in a bright arc of light. During an electrical storm, clouds begin to build up powerful electric fields, eventually ionizing the air around them and developing a powerful current. These areas, called step leaders, form paths of ionized air (or plasma) that slowly make their way toward the Earth. If a step leader makes contact with another ionized path, called a positive streamer, it creates a completed path for the plasma to travel on, allowing the accumulated current in the cloud to travel between the two points. This results in a lightning bolt and an explosion of air, which we call thunder. This project discusses the steps to design earthing and lightning protection system on building. The building is made strong and resistive against lightning strikes by making the building as negatively charged structure with use of cathodic protection materials and coatings. In addition, treating the problems that affects the structure gets reduced by lightning protection method which are determined by experiments and case studies.
As an Official Article Contributor, and this Article entitled, "Importance of Remote Sensing & Monitoring in Engineering Projects" contribution for the CEAI VIEWPOINT Journal March 2019 Edition. The article paper tackled about the... more
As an Official Article Contributor, and this Article entitled, "Importance of Remote Sensing & Monitoring in Engineering Projects" contribution for the CEAI VIEWPOINT Journal March 2019 Edition. The article paper tackled about the importance of the Remote Sensing and Remote Monitoring that has an implication in the building physic strategy and within the building management through design optimization of the building envelope and consequently the passive energy saving gained from the building which enhances energy conversion. It’s only through analysis and an iterative process that examines the real estate needs of a building and the proposed architectural, and engineering design can be the most appropriate solution. The Remote Monitoring is being designed to control the astronomical or complex facilities of factories & towers, power plants, network operations centers, airports, and spacecraft, which involves automation. The passive remote sensing system defines as the naturally radiated or reflected energy from the earth’s surface features which are measured by the sensors operating in different selected spectral bands on board the air-borne/space-borne platforms. However, the objective is to support the science, art, and practice of the technological aspect of the building services engineering controls and monitoring for the facility management that is a specialized form of building controls and engineering concerned.
This research analyzes an advanced cooling system, termed a low-lift cooling system (LLCS), that comprises thermally activated building surfaces (TABS) and a parallel dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) for dehumidification and... more
This research analyzes an advanced cooling system, termed a low-lift cooling system (LLCS), that comprises thermally activated building surfaces (TABS) and a parallel dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) for dehumidification and ventilation. The system utilizes model predictive control (MPC) that, based on weather and load predictions, determines the cooling strategy over next 24 h that minimizes energy consumption. Different objectives, such as minimizing the total cost of electricity, can be achieved by modifying the objective function. The LLCS performance was analyzed across 16 different U.S. climates relative to a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) for sensible cooling only, and to the VAV system for cooling, dehumidification and ventilation. Five dehumidification strategies that can be used in combination with the LLCS were also investigated. The results suggest that the electricity savings using the LLCS are up to 50% relative to the VAV system under conventional control and up to 24% relative to the VAV system under MPC. The savings were achieved through lower transport energy and better utilization of part-load efficiencies inherent in inverter-compressor equipment, a result of the TABS technology and the optimal control. The LLCS also had better performance than the conventionally controlled VRF system.
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over... more
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over short timeframes, these new technologies are however rarely designed within the broader frame of sustainability over their entire lifecycle. How sustainable these zero energy technologies really are is yet to be established. The purpose of the research is to develop a flexible easy-to-use Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool to support creative innovation and sustainable design choices in the early concept and design stages of Adaptive Building Technologies. This paper reports on the results of the first step of the research, providing a mapping in terms of structure and contents of the parameters involved in the design of these technologies. Addressed from a holistic point of view, the elements of the system were defined though a qualitative approach: relevant parameters were collected through document analysis, reviewing the state-of-the-art technology through online databases as ScienceDirect, Scopus, MDPI, ResearchGate, and organized according to hierarchy and relevance in the different life cycle stages. As a result, the paper identifies (1) relevant parameters defining the design of Adaptive Building Technologies; (2) materials, processes and concepts specific to the design of these technologies, as compared to conventional building technologies; (3) issues and knowledge gaps to enable successive research phases; (4) specific actions in each life cycle stage for designers and producers to optimize the design of the technology. The mapping graphically and hierarchically organizes the elements of the system within a flexible structure to be implemented and integrated over time, as the technology evolves, to support parametric design and enable alternative design concepts to arise within a cradle-to-cradle perspective.
► A kind of Elastic Composite, Reinforced Lightweight Concrete (ECRL.C) with the mentioned specifics is a type of "Resilient Composite Systems (RCS)" in which, contrary to the basic geometrical assumption of the flexure theory in Solid... more
► A kind of Elastic Composite, Reinforced Lightweight Concrete (ECRL.C) with the mentioned specifics is a type of "Resilient Composite Systems (RCS)" in which, contrary to the basic geometrical assumption of the flexure theory in Solid Mechanics, "the strain changes in the beam height during bending" is typically "Nonlinear". (The RCS could be counted as "The Methodically Reinforced Nonlinear Porous Materials", also having the high specific modulus of resilience in flexure.)
♦ Through employing this integrated structure, with significantly high strain capability and modulus of resilience in bending, we can achieve the high bearing capacities in beams with the secure fracture pattern, in less weight.
♦ Due to the system particulars and its behavior in bending, the usual calculation of the necessary equilibrium steel amount to attain the low-steel bending sections with the secure fracture pattern in the beams and its related limitations do not become propounded. Thereby, the strategic deadlock of the high possibility of the brittle fracture pattern in the bending elements made of the usual reinforced lightweight concretes, especially about the low-thickness bending elements as slabs, is unlocked.
♦ This simple, applied technology and the related components and systems can have several applications in the road and building industries. (It can also be used in making the resilient pieces and constructions "with appropriate behavior and high resistance against severe blasts and shocks.)
♦ Regarding the "strategic importance of Lightweight and Integrated Construction in the practical increase of the resistance and safety against earthquake" and considering the appropriate behavior of this "resilient", durable structure against the dynamic loads, shakes, impacts, blasts, and shocks and the possibility of making some lightweight and insulating, non-brittle, reinforced sandwich panels and pieces, this resilient system and its components can especially be useful in the "seismic areas".
♦ This system can also be employed in constructing the vibration and impact absorber bearing pieces & slabs, which can be used in the "Railroad & Subway Structures" too.
♦ Here, the "Resilient Composite Systems (RCS)" and particularly, the ECRLC as a type of the RCS have been concisely presented. [By the way, an instance of the said new structure and its components and the results of some performed experiments (as bending loading and compressive loading of the slabs made of this structure, similar to ASTM E 72 Standard) have been shown in the related pictures & figures.]
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/ ● Key Words: Strength of materials (solid mechanics), Civil (construction), Materials, Earthquake (resistance and safety), Resilient concrete (flexible concrete, bendable concrete, elastic concrete), Composite concrete, Lightweight concrete, Reinforced concrete, Fibered concrete, Lightweight and integrated construction, Rail (railroad, railway), Subway, Road, Bridge, Resilience, Energy absorption, Fracture pattern, Non-linear, Strain changes, Beam, Ductility, Toughness, Insulating (insulation), Thin, Slab, Roof, Ceiling, Wall (partition), Building, Tower, Plan of mixture, Insulating reinforced lightweight pieces, 3d, Sandwich panel, Dry mix, Plaster, Foam, Expanded polystyrene (EPS), Polypropylene, Pozzolan, Porous matrix (Pored matrix), Mesh (lattice), Cement, RCS, ECRLC
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* ABSTRACT
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* I. INTRODUCTION
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* II. WHAT ARE THE RESILIENT COMPOSITE SYSTEMS
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- A. General Review
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- B. Components
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. - 1) Mesh or Lattice
. - 2) Fibers or Strands
. - 3) "Matrix" With the Suitable Hollow "Pores (Voids)" and/or "Lightweight Aggregates" in its Context
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- C. More Explanations About the RCS
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- D. Why Are These Systems Called "Composite"?
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- E. The General Structural Particulars and Functional Criteria as the Necessary Specifications of the Compound Materials Generally Called "Resilient Composite Systems"
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. - 1) General Structural Criteria
. - 2) Functional Criteria (Required Specifications)
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* III. "ELASTIC COMPOSITE REINFORCED LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE (ECRLC)" AS A TYPE OF THE RESILIENT COMPOSITE SYSTEMS (RCS)
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- An Instance of the Lightweight Concrete That Could be Used in Making the ECRLC
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* IV. REVIEW OF SOME EXPERIMENTS, AND MORE DESCRIPTION ABOUT ECRLC
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* V. SUPPLEMENTARY ELEMENTS
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* VI. APPLICATIONS
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* VII. FINAL REVIEW
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* ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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* REFERENCES
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/ ● General Review:
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• A kind of "Elastic Composite, Reinforced Lightweight Concrete" with the said specifics is a type of the "Resilient Composite Systems (R.C.S.)" in which, contrary to the basic geometrical assumption of flexure theory in the Solid Mechanics, the strain changes in the beam height during bending is typically "Non-linear".
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• Indeed, the RCS, as the Elastic Composite, Reinforced Lightweight Concrete (ECRLC), do not behave as most of the solid materials in bending.
.
• In the "Resilient Composite Systems", distributed pores and/or appropriate lightweight aggregates or beads, accompanied by the reticular structure of the strengthened conjoined matrix, bring about the expedient internal shape changes during bending and continuing the elasticity in bending with the said nonlinearly pattern. This means better distribution of the stresses and strains and better utilizing the potential capacities of the employed reinforcements in bending and tension; whereas, in the usual lightweight concretes for instance, distributed hollow pores (such as the gas bulbs in the cellular concretes) or lightweight aggregates (such as Plastic, Rubber or polystyrene beads or any other kind of lightweight aggregates such as Perlite and Vermiculite) decrease the modulus of resilience in bending and could increase "the possibility of beam fracture of brittle and primary compressive type" in bending (compared to the concrete with higher density) according to the case.
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• In this way, by using the mentioned method to make the said particular composite systems, we could considerably increase the modulus of resilience and bearing capacity in bending "together with" significant decrease of the weight and also the possibility of beam fracture of primary compressive type. Through making these particular integrated functioning systems, for the first time, the said (paradoxical) properties have been concomitantly fulfilled in "one functioning unit" altogether.
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• Respect to the special pattern of the strain changes during bending in the particular Resilient Composite System termed ECRLC, this system as an integrated functioning unit with the reticular arrangement and texture has more strain capability (particularly within the elastic limit), energy absorption and load bearing capacities in bending compared to the usual reinforced concrete beams.
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• Thereby, through employing this applied structure, solving some of the main problems in lightweight concretes application, especially the deadlock of brittle and insecure being of fracture pattern in many of the usual reinforced lightweight concrete structures, is provided; reaching to the high bearing capacities in bending elements (even with low dimensions & weights) is to hand, and getting access to a simple and practical opportunity for "qualitative development of possibilities of using lightweight concretes" (especially with oven-dry densities of < 1350-1400kg/m3 and compressive strengths of <14-17mpa, and even with oven-dry densities of < 800kg/m3) is conceivable.
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• Naturally, by more studies in the field, these structures and their applications in various fields could be developed more.
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/ ► FULL TEXT (Open Access):
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- http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03933
( https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1510/1510.03933.pdf ) ;
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. Kamyar Esmaeili: "Elastic Composite Reinforced Lightweight Concrete as a Type of Resilient Composite Systems";
The Internet Journal of Innovative Technology and Creative Engineering (IJITCE); 2012; 2(8): 1-22.
- http://ia800305.us.archive.org/34/items/IJITCE/vol2no801.pdf [Also archived at: http://www.webcitation.org/6B2pFPpBh ] ;
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- https://www.scribd.com/doc/11530978/Elastic-Composite-Reinforced-Lightweight-Concrete-ECRLC-as-a-type-of-Resilient-Composite-Systems-RCS-http-arxiv-org-abs-1510-03933 ;
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- https://sites.google.com/site/NEWSTRUCTURE1 ;
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- https://sites.google.com/site/newstructure1/publications-page/ELASTIC%20COMPOSITE%2C%20REINFORCED%20LIGHTWEIGHT%20CONCRETE%20AS%20A%20TYPE%20OF%20RESILIENT%20COMPOSITE%20SYSTEMS.pdf ;
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- http://www.pdf-archive.com/2015/09/22/elasticcomposite-reinforcedlightweightconcreteasatypeofrcs/elasticcomposite-reinforcedlightweightconcreteasatypeofrcs.pdf ;
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- The link to the document in PDF format on this site:
file:///C:/Users/pc5/Downloads/ELASTIC_COMPOSITE_REINFORCED_LIGHTWEIGHT.pdf ;
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♦ Through employing this integrated structure, with significantly high strain capability and modulus of resilience in bending, we can achieve the high bearing capacities in beams with the secure fracture pattern, in less weight.
♦ Due to the system particulars and its behavior in bending, the usual calculation of the necessary equilibrium steel amount to attain the low-steel bending sections with the secure fracture pattern in the beams and its related limitations do not become propounded. Thereby, the strategic deadlock of the high possibility of the brittle fracture pattern in the bending elements made of the usual reinforced lightweight concretes, especially about the low-thickness bending elements as slabs, is unlocked.
♦ This simple, applied technology and the related components and systems can have several applications in the road and building industries. (It can also be used in making the resilient pieces and constructions "with appropriate behavior and high resistance against severe blasts and shocks.)
♦ Regarding the "strategic importance of Lightweight and Integrated Construction in the practical increase of the resistance and safety against earthquake" and considering the appropriate behavior of this "resilient", durable structure against the dynamic loads, shakes, impacts, blasts, and shocks and the possibility of making some lightweight and insulating, non-brittle, reinforced sandwich panels and pieces, this resilient system and its components can especially be useful in the "seismic areas".
♦ This system can also be employed in constructing the vibration and impact absorber bearing pieces & slabs, which can be used in the "Railroad & Subway Structures" too.
♦ Here, the "Resilient Composite Systems (RCS)" and particularly, the ECRLC as a type of the RCS have been concisely presented. [By the way, an instance of the said new structure and its components and the results of some performed experiments (as bending loading and compressive loading of the slabs made of this structure, similar to ASTM E 72 Standard) have been shown in the related pictures & figures.]
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/ ● Key Words: Strength of materials (solid mechanics), Civil (construction), Materials, Earthquake (resistance and safety), Resilient concrete (flexible concrete, bendable concrete, elastic concrete), Composite concrete, Lightweight concrete, Reinforced concrete, Fibered concrete, Lightweight and integrated construction, Rail (railroad, railway), Subway, Road, Bridge, Resilience, Energy absorption, Fracture pattern, Non-linear, Strain changes, Beam, Ductility, Toughness, Insulating (insulation), Thin, Slab, Roof, Ceiling, Wall (partition), Building, Tower, Plan of mixture, Insulating reinforced lightweight pieces, 3d, Sandwich panel, Dry mix, Plaster, Foam, Expanded polystyrene (EPS), Polypropylene, Pozzolan, Porous matrix (Pored matrix), Mesh (lattice), Cement, RCS, ECRLC
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/ ► Contents:
.
* ABSTRACT
.
* I. INTRODUCTION
.
* II. WHAT ARE THE RESILIENT COMPOSITE SYSTEMS
.
- A. General Review
.
- B. Components
.
. - 1) Mesh or Lattice
. - 2) Fibers or Strands
. - 3) "Matrix" With the Suitable Hollow "Pores (Voids)" and/or "Lightweight Aggregates" in its Context
.
- C. More Explanations About the RCS
.
- D. Why Are These Systems Called "Composite"?
.
- E. The General Structural Particulars and Functional Criteria as the Necessary Specifications of the Compound Materials Generally Called "Resilient Composite Systems"
.
. - 1) General Structural Criteria
. - 2) Functional Criteria (Required Specifications)
.
* III. "ELASTIC COMPOSITE REINFORCED LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE (ECRLC)" AS A TYPE OF THE RESILIENT COMPOSITE SYSTEMS (RCS)
.
- An Instance of the Lightweight Concrete That Could be Used in Making the ECRLC
.
* IV. REVIEW OF SOME EXPERIMENTS, AND MORE DESCRIPTION ABOUT ECRLC
.
* V. SUPPLEMENTARY ELEMENTS
.
* VI. APPLICATIONS
.
* VII. FINAL REVIEW
.
* ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.
* REFERENCES
.
***
.
/ ● General Review:
.
• A kind of "Elastic Composite, Reinforced Lightweight Concrete" with the said specifics is a type of the "Resilient Composite Systems (R.C.S.)" in which, contrary to the basic geometrical assumption of flexure theory in the Solid Mechanics, the strain changes in the beam height during bending is typically "Non-linear".
.
• Indeed, the RCS, as the Elastic Composite, Reinforced Lightweight Concrete (ECRLC), do not behave as most of the solid materials in bending.
.
• In the "Resilient Composite Systems", distributed pores and/or appropriate lightweight aggregates or beads, accompanied by the reticular structure of the strengthened conjoined matrix, bring about the expedient internal shape changes during bending and continuing the elasticity in bending with the said nonlinearly pattern. This means better distribution of the stresses and strains and better utilizing the potential capacities of the employed reinforcements in bending and tension; whereas, in the usual lightweight concretes for instance, distributed hollow pores (such as the gas bulbs in the cellular concretes) or lightweight aggregates (such as Plastic, Rubber or polystyrene beads or any other kind of lightweight aggregates such as Perlite and Vermiculite) decrease the modulus of resilience in bending and could increase "the possibility of beam fracture of brittle and primary compressive type" in bending (compared to the concrete with higher density) according to the case.
.
• In this way, by using the mentioned method to make the said particular composite systems, we could considerably increase the modulus of resilience and bearing capacity in bending "together with" significant decrease of the weight and also the possibility of beam fracture of primary compressive type. Through making these particular integrated functioning systems, for the first time, the said (paradoxical) properties have been concomitantly fulfilled in "one functioning unit" altogether.
.
• Respect to the special pattern of the strain changes during bending in the particular Resilient Composite System termed ECRLC, this system as an integrated functioning unit with the reticular arrangement and texture has more strain capability (particularly within the elastic limit), energy absorption and load bearing capacities in bending compared to the usual reinforced concrete beams.
.
• Thereby, through employing this applied structure, solving some of the main problems in lightweight concretes application, especially the deadlock of brittle and insecure being of fracture pattern in many of the usual reinforced lightweight concrete structures, is provided; reaching to the high bearing capacities in bending elements (even with low dimensions & weights) is to hand, and getting access to a simple and practical opportunity for "qualitative development of possibilities of using lightweight concretes" (especially with oven-dry densities of < 1350-1400kg/m3 and compressive strengths of <14-17mpa, and even with oven-dry densities of < 800kg/m3) is conceivable.
.
• Naturally, by more studies in the field, these structures and their applications in various fields could be developed more.
.
***
.
/ ► FULL TEXT (Open Access):
.
- http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03933
( https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1510/1510.03933.pdf ) ;
.
. Kamyar Esmaeili: "Elastic Composite Reinforced Lightweight Concrete as a Type of Resilient Composite Systems";
The Internet Journal of Innovative Technology and Creative Engineering (IJITCE); 2012; 2(8): 1-22.
- http://ia800305.us.archive.org/34/items/IJITCE/vol2no801.pdf [Also archived at: http://www.webcitation.org/6B2pFPpBh ] ;
.
- https://www.scribd.com/doc/11530978/Elastic-Composite-Reinforced-Lightweight-Concrete-ECRLC-as-a-type-of-Resilient-Composite-Systems-RCS-http-arxiv-org-abs-1510-03933 ;
.
- https://sites.google.com/site/NEWSTRUCTURE1 ;
.
- https://sites.google.com/site/newstructure1/publications-page/ELASTIC%20COMPOSITE%2C%20REINFORCED%20LIGHTWEIGHT%20CONCRETE%20AS%20A%20TYPE%20OF%20RESILIENT%20COMPOSITE%20SYSTEMS.pdf ;
.
- http://www.pdf-archive.com/2015/09/22/elasticcomposite-reinforcedlightweightconcreteasatypeofrcs/elasticcomposite-reinforcedlightweightconcreteasatypeofrcs.pdf ;
.
- The link to the document in PDF format on this site:
file:///C:/Users/pc5/Downloads/ELASTIC_COMPOSITE_REINFORCED_LIGHTWEIGHT.pdf ;
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In this paper details about the results of a code-to-code validation procedure of an in-house developed building simulation model, called DETECt, are reported. The tool was developed for research purposes in order to carry out dynamic... more
In this paper details about the results of a code-to-code validation procedure of an in-house developed building simulation model, called DETECt, are reported. The tool was developed for research purposes in order to carry out dynamic building energy performance and parametric analyses by taking into account new building envelope integrated technologies, novel construction materials and innovative energy saving strategies. The reliability and accuracy of DETECt was appropriately tested by means of the standard BESTEST validation procedure. In the paper, details of this validation process are accurately described. A good agreement between the obtained results and all the reference data of the BESTEST qualification cases is achieved. In particular, the obtained results vs. standard BESTEST output are always within the provided ranges of confidence. In addition, several test cases output obtained by DETECt (e.g., dynamic profiles of indoor air and building surfaces temperature and heat fluxes and spatial trends of temperature across walls) are provided. Keywords: building energy performance simulation; BESTEST validation procedure; building heating and cooling demand and load
Un’attenzione specifica e costante da parte della storiografia ha contrassegnato da sempre il piccolo forte borgiano realizzato a Nettuno agli albori del XVI secolo. Fin dall’Ottocento, gli scrittori dediti a ricostruire gli sviluppi... more
Un’attenzione specifica e costante da parte della storiografia ha contrassegnato da sempre il piccolo forte borgiano realizzato a Nettuno agli albori del XVI secolo. Fin dall’Ottocento, gli scrittori dediti a ricostruire gli sviluppi delle opere di fortificazione a seguito dei progressi tecnologici dell’artiglieria hanno segnalato l’importanza di questa fabbrica, individuandone il valore nodale nell’evoluzione delle strutture difensive a cavallo fra Quattrocento e Cinquecento. E ciò è stato riconfermato via via, in un quadro sempre più ampio di conoscenze, da tutta la letteratura successiva, sino ai nostri giorni. Molteplici sono dunque i riferimenti e le considerazioni di cui l’opera ha beneficiato, seppure molto limitata sia stata la sua analisi diretta e approfondita, tanto sul piano filologico che in merito a quelle stesse qualità particolari che vi si riscontrano. Da qui l’iniziativa del volume che affronta il monumento da diverse angolazioni, trattando temi storici, costruttiv...
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over... more
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over short timeframes, these new technologies are however rarely designed within the broader frame of sustainability over their entire lifecycle. How sustainable these zero energy technologies really are is yet to be established. The purpose of the research is to develop a flexible easy-to-use Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool to support creative innovation and sustainable design choices in the early concept and design stages of Adaptive Building Technologies. This paper reports on the results of the first step of the research, providing a mapping in terms of structure and contents of the parameters involved in the design of these technologies. Addressed from a holistic point of view, the elements of the system were defined though a qualitative approach: rele...
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over... more
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over short timeframes, these new technologies are however rarely designed within the broader frame of sustainability over their entire lifecycle. How sustainable these zero energy technologies really are is yet to be established. The purpose of the research is to develop a flexible easy-to-use Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool to support creative innovation and sustainable design choices in the early concept and design stages of Adaptive Building Technologies. This paper reports on the results of the first step of the research, providing a mapping in terms of structure and contents of the parameters involved in the design of these technologies. Addressed from a holistic point of view, the elements of the system were defined though a qualitative approach: rele...
In Chile, non-residential buildings are not subject to regulations in regard of energy consumption or indoor environmental quality. With the exception of urban aspects related to volume and sun obstructions, other aspects such as energy... more
In Chile, non-residential buildings are not subject to regulations in regard of energy consumption or indoor environmental quality. With the exception of urban aspects related to volume and sun obstructions, other aspects such as energy performance or façade performance are left to the market's ability to define without any standards or models of adaptation to the country's climate and energy conditions. Santiago, the capital, concentrates most of office buildings, where this development has turned critical due to the widespread use of architectural models based on highly transparent façades, associated with economic success and trans-nationalization, but little consideration of Santiago's temperate-warm climate. This paper presents the results of a currently ongoing measurement campaign considering nine representative buildings selected by types according to the characteristics of its architecture and façade systems. Measurements considered energy consumption, indoor environment quality and user satisfaction. The results obtained in the spring and summer, critical periods of the year in Santiago's climatic context, will be presented. The conclusions of the study show results in two areas regarding the role that architecture plays in the energy performance of buildings: the results obtained when only market mechanisms regulate building performance; and the consequences of this for user comfort
Declension of the terms Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in relation to urban development, nowadays offers the opportunity for a new generation of spaces and architectures that interpret construction – dilapidated, neglected worn out or abandoned –... more
Declension of the terms Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in relation to urban development, nowadays offers the opportunity for a new generation of spaces and architectures that interpret construction – dilapidated, neglected worn out or abandoned – as a real resource and hence value. Renewal activities concern new programmes and projects for rethinking uses, meanings and values which existing construction – from the individual building to the neighbourhood – contain and which can change. Indeed, nowadays, a series of design approaches can be acknowledged and consolidated; European best practices which reinterpret renewal projects – including energy regeneration –, not limiting themselves to technological and typological updating of buildings, but also to urban and social implications. The paper proposes to document these advanced reference scenarios, flanked by educational experimentation and research being performed in case studies developed together with Rome’s local building authority (ATER)
Un’attenzione specifica e costante da parte della storiografia ha contrassegnato da sempre il piccolo forte borgiano realizzato a Nettuno agli albori del XVI secolo. Fin dall’Ottocento, gli scrittori dediti a ricostruire gli sviluppi... more
Un’attenzione specifica e costante da parte della storiografia ha contrassegnato da sempre il piccolo forte borgiano realizzato a Nettuno agli albori del XVI secolo.
Fin dall’Ottocento, gli scrittori dediti a ricostruire gli sviluppi delle opere di fortificazione a seguito dei progressi tecnologici dell’artiglieria hanno segnalato l’importanza di questa fabbrica, individuandone il valore nodale nell’evoluzione delle strutture difensive a cavallo fra Quattrocento e Cinquecento. E ciò è stato riconfermato via via, in un quadro sempre più ampio di conoscenze, da tutta la letteratura successiva, sino ai nostri giorni. Molteplici sono dunque i riferimenti e le considerazioni di cui l’opera ha beneficiato, seppure molto limitata sia stata la sua analisi diretta e approfondita, tanto sul piano filologico che in merito a quelle stesse qualità particolari che vi si riscontrano.
Da qui l’iniziativa del presente volume che affronta il monumento da diverse angolazioni, trattando temi storici, costruttivi e di restauro, nell’ottica di un inquadramento diacronico.
Obiettivo prescelto, infatti, è stato quello di intraprendere un’indagine organicamente coordinata, tesa a presentare l’edificio in modo circostanziato, a ricostruirne il più possibile la vicenda, ad individuare istanze e a focalizzare ambiti di riferimento di vasta portata in cui l’opera rientra.
In questo senso, i saggi redatti dai diversi autori – in sé autonomi e frutto di approfondimenti mirati – compongono nel loro insieme un’analisi dell’opera in rapporto alle sequenze spazio-temporali che la riguardano, sino al presente, ossia immersa nella storia.
Fin dall’Ottocento, gli scrittori dediti a ricostruire gli sviluppi delle opere di fortificazione a seguito dei progressi tecnologici dell’artiglieria hanno segnalato l’importanza di questa fabbrica, individuandone il valore nodale nell’evoluzione delle strutture difensive a cavallo fra Quattrocento e Cinquecento. E ciò è stato riconfermato via via, in un quadro sempre più ampio di conoscenze, da tutta la letteratura successiva, sino ai nostri giorni. Molteplici sono dunque i riferimenti e le considerazioni di cui l’opera ha beneficiato, seppure molto limitata sia stata la sua analisi diretta e approfondita, tanto sul piano filologico che in merito a quelle stesse qualità particolari che vi si riscontrano.
Da qui l’iniziativa del presente volume che affronta il monumento da diverse angolazioni, trattando temi storici, costruttivi e di restauro, nell’ottica di un inquadramento diacronico.
Obiettivo prescelto, infatti, è stato quello di intraprendere un’indagine organicamente coordinata, tesa a presentare l’edificio in modo circostanziato, a ricostruirne il più possibile la vicenda, ad individuare istanze e a focalizzare ambiti di riferimento di vasta portata in cui l’opera rientra.
In questo senso, i saggi redatti dai diversi autori – in sé autonomi e frutto di approfondimenti mirati – compongono nel loro insieme un’analisi dell’opera in rapporto alle sequenze spazio-temporali che la riguardano, sino al presente, ossia immersa nella storia.
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