the process of constructing buildings is a complex activity, which has a variety of impacts on our environment, society and economy. buildings provide shelter, encourage productivity, embody our culture and can create a great legacy for the future while at the same time establishing links with the past. but they also consume a huge share of our land, energy, water and material resources. regard...

Offshore wind turbines face ever increasing challenges from the harsh environment of humidity, corrosion, vibration etc. at sea. The effect of the environment on the equipment employed at sea has caused many problems in terms of delay of projects, reduced reliability, down periods etc. Knowledge of the electrical, climatic and mechanical conditions to be conquered and their impact on the differ...

Introduction: Brazilian Government's Proinfância Program developed Standardized Preschool Designs (SPDs) to ensure children's access preschool while reducing design costs and shortening bidding construction processes. Local administrations are expected define the SPD’s building orientation in an available site, provides no information regarding SPDs' definition. Methods: This study proposes a s...

This paper presents an original two-steps methodology to size DERs (Distributed Energy Resources) in stand-alone microgrids, be installed different areas, featuring meteorological conditions, but same kind of loads. Design examples are simulated analyze how increased level resilience, considered terms number days autonomy after initial incident, affects the sizing a PV field and its storage. A ...

Analyses of more than 40 years of climatic data reveal intriguing spatial variations in climatic patterns for Beringia (North-eastern Siberia and Alaska), aiding the understanding of the hierarchy of climatic controls that operate at different spatial scales within the Arctic. A synoptic climatology, using a subjective classification methodology on January and July sea level pressure, and July ...