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Assessment of the seismic vulnerability of the building stock in the earthquake-prone Marmara region of Turkey is of growing importance since such information is needed for reliable estimation of the losses that possible future earthquakes are likely to induce. The outcome of such loss assessment exercises …

DBELA is a Displacement-Based Earthquake Loss Assessment methodology for urban areas which relates the displacement capacity of the building stock to the displacement demand from earthquake scenarios. The building stock is modeled as a random population of building classes with varying geometrical and …

Seismic risk assessment of two real RC multi-story buildings, located on similar soil profile in Kocaeli, is conducted in respect to code-based linear and nonlinear approaches, as well as to P25-v2 Method, a recently suggested method for risk evaluation and preliminary assessment of existing buildings …

Handboek over groendaken. De voordelen van groendaken worden via 3 thema's uitgelegd: verbeteren luchtkwaliteit, waterberging en energievermindering. De volgende type daken worden behandeld: sedum, gras, park/tuin,water en verharding. Bij elk type dak zijn diverse voorbeeldprojecten gegeven die een beeld …

Onderzoek naar methoden van implementeren van een besluitvormingsondersteunend model, IWR, bij huisvestingsbeslissingen. De probleemstelling is: "Op welke wijze kan het CfPB komen tot de meest passende methode van implementeren van het besluitvormingsondersteunend model, IWR, rekening houdend met de …

The predicted mean vote (PMV) model of thermal comfort, created by Fanger in the late 1960s, is used worldwide to assess thermal comfort. Fanger based his model on college-aged students for use in invariant environmental conditions in air-conditioned buildings in moderate thermal climate zones. Environmental …

This research report will analyse the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which is considered to be a very important legislative part of the energy efficiency activities of the European Union designed to meet the Kyoto commitments (reducing global warming) and reduce Europe's increasing …

De creatieve sector in Nederland groeit, wat inhoudt dat steeds meer mensen creatief moeten zijn in hun werk. De werkomgeving kan deze creativiteit ondersteunen. Het StudioLab, een instituut binnen de faculteit Industrieel Ontwerpen van de Technische Universiteit, probeert voor haar medewerkers een creativiteit …

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