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Ricardo Mateus

Bio: Ricardo Mateus is an academic researcher from University of Minho. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sustainability & Building design. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 172 publications receiving 1802 citations. Previous affiliations of Ricardo Mateus include Universidade Nova de Lisboa & VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an innovative approach for developing building sustainability assessment and rating, and contribute to the evolution of generic methodology and international understanding by introducing an approach which takes the different dimensions of sustainability into account.

251 citations

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TL;DR: The first steps in the development of a building sustainability assessment method for Portuguese residential buildings will be presented and discussed in the end as mentioned in this paper, based on a state-of-the-art, feasibility study on performance analysis, and development of an extended life-cycle assessment for buildings.
Abstract: Although social, economic, and cultural indicators are of substantial importance to the concept of sustainable building, this concept is usually related to environmental characteristics Any building level assessment method is complex and involves contradictory aspects Moreover, emphasizing qualitative criteria only increases confusion R&D and standardization are thus concentrated to transparency and usability of the environmental methods Other directions of research aim at performance-based design and methods to take regional and cultural aspects into account In this paper, the perspectives of the sustainability assessment of a whole building are presented, based on a state of the art, feasibility study on performance analysis and the development of an extended life-cycle assessment for buildings Using various tools, and based on the case studies of building sustainability assessment, environmental indicators were often shown to be of lesser importance than the other, soft ones The first steps in the development of a building sustainability assessment method for Portuguese residential buildings will be presented and discussed in the end

215 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the environmental benefits of incorporating different percentages of two types of fly ashes that can be used in concrete as cement replacement, and they showed that both ashes provide a benefit for the concrete production both in terms of environmental impact minimization and a better environmental performance through an increase in cement replacement.

164 citations

01 Jan 2005

131 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a framework for a BIM-based application called SBToolBIM is proposed to assess building sustainability using the SBToolPT-H, which can directly and indirectly assess 24 out of 25 building sustainability criteria using BIM.

109 citations


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01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: In this paper, a natural resource-based view of the firm is proposed, which is composed of three interconnected strategies: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development, and each of these strategies are advanced for each of them regarding key resource requirements and their contributions to sustained competitive advantage.
Abstract: Historically, management theory has ignored the constraints imposed by the biophysical (natural) environment. Building upon resource-based theory, this article attempts to fill this void by proposing a natural-resource-based view of the firm—a theory of competitive advantage based upon the firm's relationship to the natural environment. It is composed of three interconnected strategies: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development. Propositions are advanced for each of these strategies regarding key resource requirements and their contributions to sustained competitive advantage.

902 citations

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TL;DR: A critical review of the existing body of knowledge of researches related to green building is presented in this article, where the common research themes and methodology were identified, such as the definition and scope of green building, quantification of benefits of green buildings compared to conventional buildings, and various approaches to achieve green buildings.
Abstract: Green building is one of measures been put forward to mitigate significant impacts of the building stock on the environment, society and economy. However, there is lack of a systematic review of this large number of studies that is critical for the future endeavor. The last decades have witnessed rapid growing number of studies on green building. This paper reports a critical review of the existing body of knowledge of researches related to green building. The common research themes and methodology were identified. These common themes are the definition and scope of green building; quantification of benefits of green buildings compared to conventional buildings; and various approaches to achieve green buildings. It is found that the existing studies played predominately focus on the environmental aspect of green building. Other dimensions of sustainability of green building, especially the social sustainability is largely overlooked. Future research opportunities were identified such as effects of climatic conditions on the effectiveness of green building assessment tools, validation of real performance of green buildings, unique demands of specific population, and future proofing.

808 citations

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17 Jun 2011-Science
TL;DR: Finite-source imaging reveals that the rupture consisted of a small initial phase, deep rupture for up to 40 seconds, extensive shallow rupture at 60 to 70 seconds, and continuing deep rupture lasting more than 100 seconds, which may have enabled large shallow slip near the trench.
Abstract: Strong spatial variation of rupture characteristics in the moment magnitude (Mw) 9.0 Tohoku-Oki megathrust earthquake controlled both the strength of shaking and the size of the tsunami that followed. Finite-source imaging reveals that the rupture consisted of a small initial phase, deep rupture for up to 40 seconds, extensive shallow rupture at 60 to 70 seconds, and continuing deep rupture lasting more than 100 seconds. A combination of a shallow dipping fault and a compliant hanging wall may have enabled large shallow slip near the trench. Normal faulting aftershocks in the area of high slip suggest dynamic overshoot on the fault. Despite prodigious total slip, shallower parts of the rupture weakly radiated at high frequencies, whereas deeper parts of the rupture radiated strongly at high frequencies.

575 citations

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01 Jan 1987
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to improve the quality of education for children in the developing world:1Basicblnephrojスセy(生理;免疫・病理 ;分子生物学.
Abstract: 1 Basic nephrology(生理;免疫・病理;分子生物学;検査・診断) 2 Clinical nephrology(糸球体障害;尿細管・間質障害;全身性疾患と腎障害;水電解質異常;腎不全)

571 citations