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Muntané Raich, Oriol (Fecha de defensa: 2016-12-22)
This document is about cool roofs. This is a relatively new term and refers to those roofs that are able to keep its surface temperature similar to the air's temperature in spite of solar radiation. Cool roofs could be ...
Valencia Barba, Yovanna Elena (Fecha de defensa: 2023-07-19)
(English) The growth and development of the construction sector has significant potential for sustainable development strategies, since it consumes considerable amounts of resources, materials and energy worldwide and is ...
Gámez García, Diana Carolina (Fecha de defensa: 2020-05-29)
The construction sector has the potential to contribute to the achievement of essential objectives of sustainable development, such as the fight against climate change, the defense of the environment or the design of cities. ...
Burgos Leiva, Camila (Fecha de defensa: 2016-05-30)
This research aims to study the behavior of wooden facades in Mediterranean climate, to check its performance and durability through two years of weathering. We performed a theoretical studyof sorne examples of traditiona ...
Solé Marzo, Josep Ramón (Fecha de defensa: 2017-03-03)
An unprecedented calculation model for slabs of post-tensioned concrete is proposed, based on the general theory of thin plate analysis, using the finite element method, taking into account the degradation of the most ...
Mashhouri, Leila (Fecha de defensa: 2021-11-18)
This research has been developed with the intention of investigating a different generation of pavements. Most of the current pavements have the same basic standard characteristics and this ensures that living conditions ...
De Angelis, Gabriella (Fecha de defensa: 2015-11-20)
The great increase in natural phenomena with high destructive potential, that have materialized in events with social and economic catastrophic consequences for people and governments during the last decades, show the ...
Ramírez-Casas, J. (Fecha de defensa: 2024-03-07)
(English) In the area of architecture and construction, natural cement is the least known of traditional conglomerates. Most professionals in the sector who are interested in conglomerates have broad knowledge of the two ...
Santana, Bruno Oliveira (Fecha de defensa: 2021-11-23)
This thesis analyzes the wall’s thermal performance of learning spaces and its impact on cooling demand. Three classrooms are selected as case studies, each located on a different university campus in separate cities in ...
Torres Quezada, Jefferson Eloy (Fecha de defensa: 2018-11-07)
The central scope of this thesis is the architectonic element THE ROOF within the context of regions with warm and humid climates near the equator. The constant population growth in the world has been reflected, in these ...
Banirazi Motlagh, Seyed Hamed (Fecha de defensa: 2024-02-13)
(English) Environmental protection is a principle of both Millennium Development Goals and sustainable development, underscoring critical issues like greenhouse gases, global warming, and air pollution. Air pollution is a ...
Martin Sáiz, Rodrigo (Fecha de defensa: 2015-12-18)
At the beginning of times, technique was used to reduce the physical stress of any work undertaken by the mankind; this was done without taking into consideration any saving of the resources used. Indeed, it was the other ...
Rossi, Ludovica (Fecha de defensa: 2019-11-25)
This thesis deals with the methodology and development of a case study of biomimicry applied to the architectural design process. The case study integrates aspects of plant biology with architectural design in a theoretical ...
Avellaneda López, Omar Fabrisio (Fecha de defensa: 2020-07-16)
Deployable structures with articulated straight bars have the virtue of being lightweight, modular and transformable. This is how the architect Felix Escrig defined them, who left us a fantastic legacy on these structures. ...
Torres Londoño, Natalia Paola (Fecha de defensa: 2022-06-16)
This research proposes a design method for deployable domes from the scissor-type system, starting from the geometry of regular polygons for its configuration. The geometry of the regular polygons inscribed in a circumference, ...
Crespo Sánchez, Eva (Fecha de defensa: 2017-07-24)
This thesis aims to take advance of the slowdown of the construction sector in recent years, in order to achieve a qualitative leap in the design and implement system of the vertical grids in multifamily residential buildings ...
Espinoza Cateriano, Edgard Eduardo (Fecha de defensa: 2022-09-05)
The research focuses on how to illuminate low light intensity spaces. Different uses of those spaces serve as the start point for rethinking lighting design. The characteristics of light, surface and vision are essential ...
Marín Sellarés, Laia (Fecha de defensa: 2017-09-06)
The lack of housing existing in Spain during post-war period lead Spanish government to implement housing policies with financial support to those projects that meet certain conditions both constructive and cost. Among ...
Villanueva Retamales, Laura Alicia (Fecha de defensa: 2022-11-22)
(English) Since last decade, tourism in Chilean Patagonia has grown rapidly, largely promoted by State policies and encouraged by privately held companies, whose objective is to turn this region into a pole of attraction ...
Guzmán Hernández, Ignacio Alejandro (Fecha de defensa: 2023-11-06)
(English) Popular housing in hot and humid areas of Mexico often faces challenges in terms of energy efficiency and comfort due to extreme weather conditions. Humidity is one of the main problems affecting the habitability ...