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From Buildings' End of Life to Aggregate Recycling under a Circular Economic Perspective: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Case Study
2021
The demolition of buildings, apart from being energy intensive and disruptive, inevitably produces construction and demolition waste (C&Dw). Unfortunately, even today, the majority of this waste ends up underexploited and not considered as valuable resources to be re-circulated into a closed/open loop process under the umbrella of circular economy (CE). Considering the amount of virgin aggregates needed in civil engineering applications, C&Dw can act as sustainable catalyst towards the preservation of natural resources and the shift towards a CE. This study completes current research by presenting a life cycle inventory compilation and life cycle assessment case study of two buildin…
Relationship between erythemal UV and broadband solar irradiation at high altitude in Northwestern Argentina
2018
An analysis of the broadband solar irradiation, IT, and the erythemal UV irradiation, IUVER, has been performed using the measurements made from 2013 to 2015 at three sites located at altitudes over 1000 m a.s.l. In Northwestern Argentina (Salta, El Rosal, and Tolar Grande). The main objective of this paper is to determine a relationship between IT and IUVER, which would allow to estimate IUVER from IT in places with few IUVER measurements available, and especially in those where is important to establish adequate photoprotection measures given their dense population and location at high altitude. The relationship between the daily values of IUVER and IT has been fitted to a linear regressi…
The effect of Water on passive cooling systems in the Arab-Norman architecture of the Zisa Palace in Palermo
2019
This paper shows the theories argued by some historians with reference to the working of natural water passive cooling systems employed in the Zisa Complex. Albeit such theories are seminal attempts to understand passive water systems, they have no scientific evidence. This study instead concentrates on a more rigorous treatment that enabled to set up a robust framework for designing a historical water passive system such as the Salsabil, which in fact was conceived and developed in an empirical way. Several historical buildings of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern architecture include relevant artefacts useful to control humidity and temperature through water passive systems . The archi…
Thermal characterisation of Bio Based Building Materials
2006
This paper describes how the characterization of indigenous renewable biomass sources that are applicable for making bio-based building (BBB) materials is crucial as it can significantly affect the cost of production and the quality of material. Nowadays, in any specific area, wide ranges of biomass sources are usually available but only a few sources may be suitable for making BBB material. Therefore the suited sources should be determined. In this paper, the use of BBB materials is focused on Insulation Materials which are widely used in the buildings. Compared with currently used materials, these materials are bio-degradable. Insulation material with a good energy-adsorbing property and …
WiseEye: A Platform to Manage and Experiment on Smart Camera Networks
2016
International audience; Embedded vision is probably at the edge of phenomenal expansion. The smart cameras are embedding some processing units which are more and more powerful. Last decade, high-speed image processing can be implemented on specifically designed architectures [1] nevertheless the designing time of such systems was quite high and time to market therefore as well. Since, powerful chips (i.e System On Chip) and quick prototyping methodologies are contently emerging [2],[3],[4] and enable more complex algorithms to be implemented faster. Moreover, smart cameras which are embedding flexible and powerful multi-core processors or Graphic Processors Unit (GPU) are now available and …
Recommendation of RILEM TC237-SIB on fragmentation test for recycled asphalt
2019
This recommendation describes how to characterize the reclaimed asphalt through the fragmentation test. The guidelines given hereafter are based on the results of a round robin test organized by the RILEM Technical Committee 237-SIB ‘‘Testing and characterization of sustainable innovative bituminous materials and systems’’ and provide information on the testing procedure, data analysis and indications for the preparation of a test report.
La centrale ENEL “Tifeo” di Augusta: ricerca e progetti per il recupero
2015
L'articolo presenta il lavoro, avviato nell'ambito del Dottorato di ricerca in Architettura/Progettazione Architettonica dell'Università di Palermo e conseguente alla stipula di una apposita convenzione con l'ENEL, finalizzato ad uno studio di fattibilità per individuare proposte qualificate e innovative per la riqualificazione e il riuso della centrale termoelettrica "Tifeo" di Augusta, ormai prossima alla dismissione. Lo studio mira ad individuare una strada concreta per la protezione di quest'opera di Giuseppe Samonà, legandola ad un possibile impatto positivo nell'ambito del difficile contesto in cui essa insiste. The recovery of the central "Tifeo" Augusta (SR), a valuable work of the …
Arquitectura rural y puesta en valor del patrimonio cultural en Sicilia
2020
espanolLa contribucionpretende examinar los resultados que las medidas de puesta en valor del patrimonio cultural aportan a la arquitectura rural y al paisaje sicilianos, centrandose en la mejora de la construccion en las zonas rurales y sobre la posible capacidad de devolver centralidad y valor adecuado al territorio, en quanto recurso multifuncional, capaz de garantizar servicios fundamentales para el bienestar de las comunidades locales y de conservar el patrimonio historico, cultural y paisajistico. A tal efecto, se analizaun caso de estudio de recalificacion de un ejemplo arquitectonico siciliano EnglishThe work proposes to examine the results that measures to redevelopment of the cult…
Architettura rurale e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale in Sicilia
2020
La contribuciónpretende examinar los resultados que las medidas de puesta en valor del patrimonio cultural aportan a la arquitectura rural y al paisaje sicilianos, centrándose en la mejora de la construcción en las zonas rurales y sobre la posible capacidad de devolver centralidad y valor adecuado al territorio, en quanto recurso multifuncional, capaz de garantizar servicios fundamentales para el bienestar de las comunidades locales y de conservar el patrimonio histórico, cultural y paisajístico. A tal efecto, se analizaun caso de estudio de recalificación de un ejemplo arquitectónico siciliano. The work proposes to examine the results that measures to redevelopment of the cultural heritage…
Toward more realistic viscosity measurements of tyre rubber–bitumen blends
2014
AbstractThe measurement of rheological properties of the tyre rubber bitumen blends is often challenging due to presence of suspended tyre rubber’s crumbs. Furthermore, the phase separation during the course of measurements makes the viscosity of these non-homogeneous blends difficult to ascertain. In this study, a new dual helical impeller was designed and manufactured to be used with a rotational viscometer in order to have a real-time control of the viscosity while performing a laboratory mixing of the blends. Layer based manufacturing techniques showed to be a convenient method to produce complex shaped impeller prototypes before manufacturing the more expensive stainless steel assembly…