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Wahhaj Ahmed, Baqer Al-Ramadan, Muhammad Asif and Zulfikar Adamu
Energy and environmental challenges are a major concern across the world and the urban residential building sector, being one of the main stakeholders in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, needs to be more energy efficient and reduce carbon...
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Kyong Min Ro, Min Sook Kim and Young Hak Lee
The previous research introduced an innovative retrofitting technique for reinforced concrete beams using modularized steel plates. This technique enhances structural performance, offering a lightweight solution compared to conventional retrofitting meth...
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Yong-Hee Kim, Soon-Seong Moon and Jun-Oh Yeon
Floor mats are commonly used to improve the impact sound performance of existing homes, but actual impact sound reductions do not consistently appear, as they depend on the test-bed conditions used to determine impact sound performance. Therefore, this s...
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Lorna Dragonetti, Dimitra Papadaki, Margarita-Niki Assimakopoulos, Annarita Ferrante and Marco Iannantuono
The environmental and economic evaluation of energy renovation in buildings plays a crucial role in achieving sustainability goals and the decarbonization of the built environment. This paper presents a case study of a student house in Athens, Greece, to...
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Christopher Tsang, James Parker and David Glew
A substantial number of dwellings in the UK have poor building fabric, leading to higher carbon emissions, fuel expenses, and the risk of cold homes. To tackle these challenges, domestic energy efficiency policies are being implemented. One effective app...
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Sergejus Lebedevas and Edmonas Mila?ius
The decarbonization of maritime transport has become a crucial strategy for the adoption of renewable low-carbon fuels (LCFs) (MARPOL 73/78 (Annex VI) and COM (2021) 562-final 2021/0210 (COD)). In 2018, 98% of operated marine diesel engines ran on fossil...
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Raul B. Rebak
Since 2011, there has been an international effort to evaluate the behavior of newer fuel rod materials for the retrofitting of existing light water reactors (LWR). These materials include concepts for the cladding of the fuel and for the fuel itself. Th...
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Giuseppe Santarsiero
The recent accident of Mestre (northern Italy), which caused 21 fatalities due to a bus falling from a bridge, strongly highlighted the safety problem related to the presence of old railings along Italian roads. Bridge railings, also known as guardrails ...
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Dimitar Yalamov, Petar Georgiev and Yordan Garbatov
Natural gas is cheaper than fuel on an energy basis, making it an alternative ship fuel which leads to a reduced operating cost and clean gas environmental conditions. The current study analyses the retrofit of an ageing multi-purpose ship to use liquefi...
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Haijing Huang, Kedi Zhu and Xi Lin
The full exploration of the energy-saving potential during the operation of buildings is an essential aspect of energy-efficiency retrofitting for existing residential buildings. Setting reasonable energy consumption quotas can promote the improvement of...
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