We study whether providing information about the consequences of residential energy retrofitting encourages public housing tenants to agree with retrofitting, and how this differs by type offered. run a choice experiment in which select between packages that differ on renewable technology used, bill savings, corresponding rent increase CO2 reduction. Two subsamples participants get additional f...

Many unreinforced masonry structures were vulnerable in the past earthquakes and required retrofitting. The vulnerability of could solve by providing numerous retrofitting approaches. However, lack appropriate methods, which provide a solution for historical with lesser effects on their façade, is demanding. In this study, two one-third scale wall specimens made clay bricks tested under constan...

Rising energy costs have spawned renewed interest in improving methodologies for the synthesis, design and/or retrofitting of separation rocesses. It is well known that energy use in many process industries is dominated by separation tasks—particularly distillation. In this work, the hortest stripping line approach recently proposed by Lucia, Amale, & Taylor (2006) is used to find minimum energ...

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Natural hazards threaten everybody living in vulnerable areas. With the increasing concentration of people, infrastructure and facilities in them, urban areas are becoming particularly vulnerable to hazards (Pelling 2003, Perrow 2007). Hazards become disasters when they impact on human beings and their artefacts. The people and institutions involved include, amongst others, those participating ...

Typical architecture designers convey through vague and qualified notions. With the increasing number of PV installations on buildings, architects are forced to corporate with technicians and engineers in the design processes. However, the communications between them are often hindered because unlike architects who communicate through semantic descriptors and visual images, engineers are used t...