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The 2030 Agenda to assess the sustainability of campus operations: EPFL as a case study

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Daylight Discomfort Glare Evaluation with Evalglare: Influence of Parameters and Methods on the Accuracy of Discomfort Glare Prediction

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Destroying the circular economy in order to save it - three challenges for accurate investment decisions that have emerged in recent years

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Urban acceptability of building integrated solar systems: LESO-QSV approach

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The concern for sustainable development issues together with the new EU promotion policies are finally leading to a widespread use of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal systems in buildings. This upcoming reality is opening a new debate on the urban/architectu ...

Universität Kassel2011

A system model for water management

André Mermoud, Colin Schenk, Bastien Roquier

Although generally accepted as a necessary step to improve water management and planning, integrated water resources management (IWRM) methodology does not provide a clear definition of what should be integrated. The various water-related issues that IWRM ...

Springer-Verlag2009

Speckle interferometry: A review of the principal methods in use for experimental mechanics applications

With its nearly 40 years of existence, speckle interferometry (SI) has become a complete technique, widely used in many branches of experimental mechanics. It is thus a challenging task to try to summarise in a couple of pages its principal characteristics ...

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BACKGROUND:The evolving concepts of pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence are increasingly influencing health care and medicine. Summarizing published research, this literature review provides an overview of recent developments ...

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Sustainable Liquid Biofuels for Transport: The Context of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)

Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Alberto Panichelli, Juan David Villegas Gomez

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has evolved in 1992 from the former Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) existing since 1980. The SADC aims at regional integration, sustainable growth and alleviation of poverty in ...

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