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Deterioration of European apartment buildings
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In this article, a total of 349 residential building audits were performed in seven European countries to collect data on the degradation of building elements (architectural and installations) at different states of deterioration.About:
This article is published in Energy and Buildings.The article was published on 2005-05-01. It has received 104 citations till now.read more
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A systematic approach for maintenance budgeting of buildings façades based on predictive and preventive strategies
Inês Flores-Colen,Jorge de Brito +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic methodology for selecting optimal maintenance strategies for facades based on different maintenance policies and interaction with the user is presented, which can enable better budget allocation and can also minimize the decline in the performance of buildings during their whole life cycle.
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The selection of effective retrofit scenarios for panel houses in urban neighborhoods based on expected energy savings and increase in market value: The Vilnius case
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new approach to determine the retrofit effectiveness of houses based both on expected energy savings and the increase in market value of renovated buildings, and developed retrofit scenarios for apartment buildings in Vilnius.
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Quantifying environmental effects on cement-rendered facades: A comparison between different degradation indicators
Pedro Gaspar,Jorge de Brito +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a holistic approach is proposed based on the assessment of the visual impact of the actual climatic environment that affects the aesthetic performance and durability of 19 cement-rendered facades located in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Refurbishment decision support tools review—Energy and life cycle as key aspects to sustainable refurbishment projects
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the works relating to sustainable refurbishment decision-support tools which have already been developed is presented, highlighting the role of energy as a driving factor and discusses what other research developments are needed to create related tools for the future that could respond to actual construction requirements.
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Changes in renovation policies in the era of sustainability
Cheonghoon Baek,Sang-Hoon Park +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, renovation policies were compared and analyzed with emphasis on: (1) improvement of physical performance, (2) correspondence to the needs of the elderly, (3) improving of energy efficiency and (4) social cohesion and area revitalization.
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Classification and Regression Trees.
Split selection methods for classification trees
Wei-Yin Loh,Yu-Shan Shih +1 more
TL;DR: This article presents an algorithm called QUEST that has negligible bias, which shares similarities with the FACT method, but it yields binary splits and the final tree can be selected by a direct stopping rule or by pruning.
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Energy performance indoor environmental quality retrofit — a European diagnosis and decision making method for building refurbishment
Michael Jaggs,John Palmer +1 more
TL;DR: EPIQR (Energy Performance Indoor Environmental Quality Retrofit) is a methodology developed to assist apartment building owners who are considering refurbishment or retrofitting (upgrading) their building stock.
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TOBUS — a European diagnosis and decision-making tool for office building upgrading
D Caccavelli,H Gugerli +1 more
TL;DR: The TOBUS (a decision-making tool for selecting office building upgrading solutions) methodology and software have been developed as a result of a 2-year European research project, involving eight European institutions, in the frame of the JOULE III programme of the European Commission (EC), Directorate General XII as discussed by the authors.
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The occurrence of thaumasite in modern construction – a review
TL;DR: A review of the reported cases of deterioration in modern construction, where the formation of the sulfate-bearing mineral thaumasite has been identified, is provided in this paper.
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