17 articles in this issue
Jan Niederwestberg, Jianhui Zhou and Ying-Hei Chui
The lay-up of cross laminated timber (CLT) leads to significant differences in properties over its cross-section. Particularly the out-of-plane shear behavior of CLT is affected by the changes in shear moduli over the cross-section. Results from laborator... see more
Camille Pajot, Benoit Delinchant, Yves Maréchal and Damien Frésier
This paper investigates the impact of load shedding strategies on a block of multiple buildings. It particularly deals with the quantification of the factors i.e., peak shaving, occupants’ thermal comfort or CO 2 emission reduction and how t... see more
Marco Vona, Benedetto Manganelli, Sabina Tataranna and Angelo Anelli
The latest Italian seismic events have highlighted a high discrepancy between the potential destructiveness of an earthquake and the consequent economic losses due to damage to buildings. The main reason for this mismatch is the high number of vulnerable ... see more
Juan Fernando Garcia and Lukas Kranzl
Since buildings account for 40% of total energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the European Union (EU), the directive 2010/31/EU “Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPDB)” among other legal provisions concerning the reduction ... see more
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) possesses both good shape stability and possible two-way force transfer ability due to its crosswise lamination. However, the transverse layers in CLT are prone to rolling shear failure under an out-of-plane load. An innovativ... see more
Filipe Santos, Corneliu Cismasiu, Ildi Cismasiu and Chiara Bedon
This paper reports on the dynamic characterisation of a Reinforced Concrete (RC) stadium grandstand module for the Sporting Stadium in Lisbon. To this aim, a three-dimensional (3D) Finite-Element (FE) numerical model, implemented according to the technica... see more
Alba Soler-Estrela
Europe’s cultural heritage is a rich and diverse legacy that shows evolution through many centuries of history. The Mediterranean landscape is the result of a long process of human activity in the physical environment, which makes the cultural lands... see more
Benedetta Barozzi, Alice Bellazzi, Claudio Maffè and Italo Meroni
Green roofs are one of the most extensively investigated roofing technologies. Most of the bibliographical studies show results of researches focused on the analysis of different configurations of green roofs, but only few researches deal with the calcula... see more
Ratih Widiastuti, Wahyu Caesarendra, Eddy Prianto and Wahyu Setia Budi
This research involves the study of two models of green facades and a model of bare wall. A house miniature was used as thermal lab. The aim of the project is evaluating the performance of energy transfer based on the various leaves densities on the green... see more
Marco Gaetani d’Aragona, Maria Polese, Marco Di Ludovico and Andrea Prota
Several studies investigated the influence of infills on the response of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. However, possible shear brittle failures are generally neglected. The interaction between the infill panels and the surrounding frames can lead to an... see more
Oscar González-Galvez, Miguel Morales, Carla Seefoó, David Morillón and Hugo Valdés
The purpose of this study has been to conduct an energy diagnosis research of the third level. An energy diagnosis is a tool aimed to seek improvements related to measures of energy efficiency and saving, and environmental conservation as well. These impr... see more
Yara Saifi and Yonca Hürol
The first part of the title of this article purposefully recalls Walter Benjamin’s interpretation of ‘love at last sight’ in connection with Charles Baudelaire’s famous poem entitled ‘To a Passerby’ in his famous book &... see more
Piero Colajanni, Lidia La Mendola and Alessia Monaco
The hybrid steel trussed concrete beams examined in the present study are comprised of two principal components, i.e., a steel joist with inclined rebars, realized in industry, which is welded to a smooth steel plate and then embedded within the concrete ... see more
Felix Kin Peng Hui and Lu Aye
The World Green Building Council (WGBC) advocates improvements in employee health, wellbeing, and productivity in buildings as people are about 90% of an organisation’s expense and well exceed building costs and energy costs. It was reported that ea... see more
Francesca Valenti, Nicoletta Tomasello, Paolo Lanteri and Simona M. C. Porto
The development of environmentally-friendly methods as alternatives to chemical fumigation for controlling insect pests has attracted public attention. Among these methods, heat treatment is based on the use of fan heaters that are positioned by operators... see more
Chiara Bedon and Massimo Fragiacomo
This paper presents the full-scale experimental assessment of a log-house timber wall with partial thermal insulation under in-plane compression and exposed to fire on one side. A key aspect of the current design application for log-house systems is repre... see more
Nisreen Ardda, Ricardo Mateus and Luís Bragança
The priorities in the design of more sustainable buildings are quite dependent on the specific social context. In developing countries, the sustainability concept and priorities in the residential buildings sector are quite different from the ones of the ... see more