To reduce both the initial and the maintenance painting costs, engineers in many states have increasingly been designing bridges made of bare, exposed weathering steel. However, after many years of experience, engineers are concerned about the Continue reading
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Creation of a Model for the Study of the Ventilation Air Diffusion of the Falun Hospital
The main aim of the project is the creation of a CFD model for a plant in the Falun Hospital in Sweden. CFD is a new area of engineering that appears because of the great Continue reading
Integrated Analysis of Bioclimatic Building Design in Three Climate Zones in France
At a time where the planet is facing one of its major global crises, re-thinking of systems in every sector is needed. In the field of energy at its global meaning, various ways of Continue reading
The Issue of Trust in Swedish Wind Power Planning: A case study of the Wind Power Project in Markbygden, Sweden
Sweden has decided that by the year of 2020, 30 TWh of energy should come from wind power turbines. The wind power developer Svevind AB is planning to build Europe’s largest Continue reading
Life Cycle Assessment of Concrete Structures using Public Databases: Comparison of a Fictitious Bridge and Tunnel
Concrete structures represent a huge investment in terms of materials and energy and they lead to significant environmental impacts. Thus, there is a need to choose the most Continue reading
Route Planning Using Multiple Attributes: Finding Routes Other Than the Shortest for Bicycles
Congestion and pollution are two ever increasing problems in our would of urbanization. Bicycling is one of the most sustainable means of transport and it is a great way of reducing congestion in cities. Route planners which brings out the Continue reading
Study of Management and Control of Waste Construction Materials in Civil Construction Project
Nowadays, the increased economic growth as well as urbanization in developing countries have led into extensive construction activities that generate large amounts of wastes. Material wastage in Continue reading
Vertical Farming
Vertical farming in urban environments has sprung out of a need to find alternatives to common practice in industrial agriculture. The way in which industrial agriculture is being conducted today has a wide spread negative impact on the Continue reading
Application of Waste Foundry Sand for Evolution of Low-Cost Concrete
Generation of waste foundry sand as by-product of metal casting industries causes environmental problems because of its improper disposal. Thus, its usage in building Continue reading
Struvite Precipitation and Biological Dissolutions
Struvite is a salt that is formed out of Mg2+,NH4+ and PO43- and it crystallizes in form of MgNH4PO4.6H2O. Struvite’s (magnesium ammonium phosphate or MAP) precipitation has recently been Continue reading
Municipal Organic Waste Composting as Management Option for Urban Agriculture
The ever-increasing population in the metropolis of Accra, Ghana resulting in con-cerns for finding lasting solutions to manage large volumes of waste produced can be tackled through Continue reading