Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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(English) Technical, ecological, territorial, and cultural transformations at various levels and spaces of society where hydroelectric projects exist often involve conflicts, new knowledge regimes, different local practices, ...
As new promising alternatives, novel bio-based materials are already developed to apply in construction sectors due to biodegradability, low toxicity, sustainability, renewability, and acceptable general properties. However, ...
This thesis is a interdisciplinary research in the field of sustainable energy systems with the falsifiable hypothesis "a necessary transition from a society highly dependent on oil to one based on the use of local resources ...
Urban energy systems are an essential part of cities, which require a reliable and abundant supply of electricity and other services (such as water, fuel for transportation or food). On the other hand, the double crisis ...
Energy recovery elements play a major role in the efficiency and sustainability of building ventilation systems. The use of a sensible or total energy recovery ventilator is a key decision for ventilation systems designers. ...
(English) Chicken meat production has increased in recent years and is expected to continue growing, which also increases the generation of waste from the poultry industry. Chicken feathers (PlP) are one of these wastes ...
Energy audits have been, and are basically the study and analysis of energy flows in a building, process or system with the aim of knowing its behavior in order to find possibilities for energy improvement. It is primarily ...
The energy sector reform is one of the major challenges that must be faced globally during the current century. The energy model, in which the economic growth of major economies is sustained, based mainly on the intensive ...
The development of society has led to a global concern regarding the improvement of resources performance, especially water. The design of nature-based solutions (NBS) for the treatment and reuse of wastewaters, in accordance ...
This PhD thesis shows the results of 10 years of energy audits for buildings as a proposal for a methodological improvement in the energy audit process itself. The main findings are referred to the three key points of any ...
