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Inspection of Biomimicry Approaches as an Alternative to Address Climate-Related Energy Building Challenges: A Framework for Application in Panama
(2020-06-01)
In the Panama context, energy consumption in the building sector is mostly related to the conditioning of indoor spaces for cooling and lighting. Different nature strategies can be mimic to strongly impact these two aspects ...
Air cavity performance in Opaque Ventilated Façades in accordance with the Spanish Technical Building Code
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-02)
Objective: The use and study of Opaque Ventilated Façades (OVF) has considerably expanded in recent years as an efficient envelope option when hoping to reduce cooling thermal loads for buildings. This is due to the solar ...
User comfort and energy consumption of office buildings in Santiago, Chile: results of an unregulated context
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In Chile, non-residential buildings are not subject to regulations in regard of energy consumption or indoor
environmental quality. General urban aspects related to volume, lot occupation, constructability and sun
obstructions ...
The Role of the International Code Council in the U.S. Building Regulation System and Green Building Construction
This paper will address the components of the International Code Council (ICC) as one of the most important organizations in terms of developing the model building codes for the US: the international codes. This membership-driven ...
Energy savings potential of the high-rise office building stock. A case study of Belo Horizonte, Brazil: a case study of Belo Horizonte; Brazil
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2017-02-24)
This study develops a framework to identify and analyse the energy savings potential of an existing building stock category. The methodology consists of six basic steps: (1) a method for obtaining reference buildings, (2) ...
Desempenho de sistema predial de água quente
(Universidade Federal de São CarlosBRUFSCarPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil - PPGECiv, 2009-08-28)
In Hydraulic and Sanitary Building Systems there are nonconformance issues that can occur when user begins occupying and interacting with the building. Among other systems, the Hot Water Building System is responsible to ...
How to Build and Wield Business Power: The Political Economy of Pension Regulation in Chile, 1990-2018
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)
What explains the remarkable resilience of pension regulation in postauthoritarian Chile, even after decades of majoritarian voter discontent and growing international and domestic criticism of Pinochet's pioneering private ...
How to Build and Wield Business Power: The Political Economy of Pension Regulation in Chile, 1990-2018
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)
What explains the remarkable resilience of pension regulation in postauthoritarian Chile, even after decades of majoritarian voter discontent and growing international and domestic criticism of Pinochet's pioneering private ...
Regulation and informal settlements in Brazil: a quasi-experiment approach
(2008)
This paper discusses the relation between urban norms and informality and presents some evidence for Brazil using a quasi-experimental approach. Using a theoretical framework that relates the supply of house elasticity ...