Forest bioeconomy in Brazil: potential innovative products from the forest sector

YI Maximo, M Hassegawa, PJ Verkerk, AL Missio - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The forest sector plays an important role in the circular bioeconomy due to its focus on
renewable materials that can substitute fossil or greenhouse gas emissions-intensive …

A review of recent literature on systems and methods for the control of thermal comfort in buildings

B Grassi, EA Piana, AM Lezzi, M Pilotelli - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thermal comfort in indoor environments is perceived as an important factor for the well-
being and productivity of the occupants. To practically create a comfortable environment, a …

Case study: A survey of perceived noise in Canadian multi-unit residential buildings to study long-term implications for widespread teleworking

MS Andargie, M Touchie, W O'Brien - Building Acoustics, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Trends of urbanization, densification, and telework all point to increasing exposure to
ambient noise for workers. With the lockdown policies implemented in response to COVID …

Prefabricated building systems—design and construction

T Gunawardena, P Mendis - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Definition Modern Methods of Construction with Offsite Manufacturing is an advancement
from prefabricated technologies that existed for decades in the construction industry, and is …

The low frequency structure-borne sound problem in multi-storey timber buildings and potential of acoustic metamaterials: A review

B Gibson, T Nguyen, S Sinaie, D Heath, T Ngo - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, advances in timber engineering, combined with an associated evolution in
building codes, have led to a significant expansion of multi-storey timber construction …

Predicting heating and cooling loads in energy-efficient buildings using two hybrid intelligent models

D Tien Bui, H Moayedi, D Anastasios, L Kok Foong - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Today, energy conservation is more and more stressed as great amounts of energy are
being consumed for varying applications. This study aimed to evaluate the application of two …

Wooden additional floor in Finland

A Soikkeli, HE Ilgın, M Karjalainen - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Definition One of the most effective ways to cover real estate development and renovation
processes by improving functionality and energy efficiency is wooden additional floor …

Acoustic characteristics of cross-laminated timber systems

A Di Bella, M Mitrovic - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The growing diffusion of cross-laminated timber structures (CLT) has been accompanied by
extensive research on the peculiar characteristics of this construction system, mainly …

The influence of energy considerations on decision making by institutional real estate owners in the US

PH Christensen, SJ Robinson, RA Simons - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Large bodies of literature investigate the energy and resource impact of green buildings on
consumers, environment, rent and society. However, little research exists that examines the …

Discriminating people's attitude towards building physical features in sustainable and conventional buildings

M Caniato, A Gasparella - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
At the present time, buildings technologies for residential constructions are essentially
divided into two groups. The first one is associated to conventional techniques using …