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Energy renovation of the built heritage housing based on the living building challenge certification. Case study in Bresca (Spain)

In light of increasing sustainability requirements, one of the challenges related to the heritage building stock consists in finding a balance between preserving the existing architectural character and improving energy efficiency. The project presented in ...

2020

Holzbau heute und in Zukunft

Yves Weinand

In recent years, the necessity of using renewable and sustainable resources in the building sector has become obvious, and interest in timber as a building material has revived. Toward this end, Laboratory for Timber Construction (IBOIS) aims to develop a ...

2019

New perspectives for design of lightweight structures by using textile reinforced concrete

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Patrick Lorenzo Valeri

Nowadays, reinforced concrete (RC) is one of the most widely spread construction materials: allowing to build robust and durable structures. Traditionally, due to cover requirements of the reinforcement and to casting and vibration needs, it has yet been a ...

2019

“STRUCTURAL UHPFRC” TO ENHANCE BRIDGES

Eugen Brühwiler

“Structural UHPFRC” stands for Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite material that is complemented by reinforcing and prestressing steel to enhance the resistance and durability of structural elements. Properties of impermeable, te ...

RILEM Publications S.A.R.L.2018

Brevets de la maison en béton, 1892-1923

Gia Bao Khue Aurélie Do-Tran

Looking back at the history of concrete houses around 1900, we can discover how reinforced concrete, initially tied to construction systems of renowned inventors (and other less known), is gradually becoming autonomous and a material on its own, highlighte ...

EPFL2017

Connection systems between composite sandwich floor panels and load-bearing walls for building rehabilitation

Thomas Keller, Mário Alexandre De Jesus Garrido

The use of advanced composites for building rehabilitation presents several advantages when compared with traditional construction materials. When degraded building floors need to be replaced, composite sandwich panels are a potentially interesting solutio ...

Elsevier2016

Characterization of Piezoelectric PDMS-Nanoparticle Composites

Danick Briand, Pierre-André Farine, Paul Bowen, Christopher John Borsa

In this work, the novel fabrication and characterization of elastomeric piezoelectric nanocomposites are explored. Fabrication methods explored herein utilize ball milled barium titanate powder dispersions, along with double walled carbon nanotubes which a ...

2015

Characterization of Piezoelectric PDMS-Nanoparticle Composites

Danick Briand, Pierre-André Farine, Paul Bowen, Christopher John Borsa

Iop Publishing Ltd2015

Facilitating the incorporation of VIP into precast concrete sandwich panels

Andrea Bassi, Thierry Voellinger, Matthew Leslie Heitel

This research focuses on the development of thin, load bearing, composite concrete facade elements containing high performance thermal insulation. A pilot project involving the construction of a detached house has been completed resolving issues related to ...

Elsevier Science Sa2014

Louis I. Kahn, Exposed Concrete and Hollow Stones, 1949-1959

Roberto Gargiani

Through sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House, th ...

EPFL Press2014

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