All Outputs (18)

Thermal Imaging in Building Diagnostics: A Systematic Review of Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities (2025)
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Thermal imaging, or infrared thermography, has become an indispensable tool in the building sector for non-invasive energy efficiency assessments, particularly for detecting heat loss, thermal bridging, and insulation defects. This paper presents a s... Read More about Thermal Imaging in Building Diagnostics: A Systematic Review of Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities.

Design Science Research for Digital Information Management System (DIMS) in Construction and Demolition Waste Management (2025)
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In the realm of Industry 4.0, the construction sector has witnessed accelerated strides toward circular economy goals. However, a notable deficiency persists in integrated technologies spanning the entire project lifecycle—covering design, constructi... Read More about Design Science Research for Digital Information Management System (DIMS) in Construction and Demolition Waste Management.

Upcycling of construction materials and products (2024)
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Urbanization and population growth are driving an increase in construction activities, leading to a rise in construction and demolition waste (CDW). The construction industry is responsible for 9 Gtpa of global waste, generated at various stages in t... Read More about Upcycling of construction materials and products.

Circular Economy in Construction - A Stakeholder Perspective (2024)
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Natural resources are finite, therefore, their efficient use is necessary for a sustainable future in the construction industry. Making better use of the materials at our disposal is paramount for resource efficiency and environmental impact reductio... Read More about Circular Economy in Construction - A Stakeholder Perspective.

New Technologies for New Materials and Products from Construction and Demolition Waste (2023)
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Construction and demolition waste (CDW) accounted for almost 36% of total waste produced in the European Union in 2018. Growing recovery rates are achieved but mainly for low-value applications. Variable composition and characteristics undermine cust... Read More about New Technologies for New Materials and Products from Construction and Demolition Waste.

Review of concepts for construction and demolition waste and the circular economy (2023)
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In order forconstruction and demolition waste (CDW)volumes, recovery targets and associated calculation rules to be quantified more accurately, it is critical that the types of CDW are classified andthatthe domains of the various ways in which... Read More about Review of concepts for construction and demolition waste and the circular economy.

An investigation into the effect upon flexural strength of different methods of cutting float glass and sintered recycled container glass (2016)
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This paper outlines an investigation into the effect upon edge quality and flexural strength in 10mm float and sintered recycled container glass of different methods of cutting: hand diamond-scoring, diamond sawing and abrasive waterjet cutting. The... Read More about An investigation into the effect upon flexural strength of different methods of cutting float glass and sintered recycled container glass.

Carbon footprint of educational establishments : the case of the University of Alicante (2016)
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Environmental concerns are increasingly obtaining higher priority in sustainability agenda of educational establishments. This is important not only for its environmental performance in its own right as an organization, but also to present a model fo... Read More about Carbon footprint of educational establishments : the case of the University of Alicante.

Climate change impact due to timber product imports in the UK (2016)
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Buildings are thought to consume about 50% of the total energy in the UK. The use stage in a building life cycle has the largest energy consumption, although different assessments are showing that the construction can equal several years of maintenan... Read More about Climate change impact due to timber product imports in the UK.

Consumption of raw materials and natural resources in construction materials production (2013)
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It is already known that building construction consumes large quantities of materials. According to the Centre for Sustainable Buildings in Catalonia (CIES), about 2,792.8 kg of construction materials are used in the construction stage. But this amou... Read More about Consumption of raw materials and natural resources in construction materials production.

Recovery of CO2 emissions in energetic refurbishment for housing buildings (2013)
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Energetic refurbishment allows reducing CO2 emissions production during the building use. It has a direct influence in the reduction of climate change impact, according to the objective of the European Union to reduce CO2 emissions 20% by 2020. But t... Read More about Recovery of CO2 emissions in energetic refurbishment for housing buildings.

Máster universitario en prevencion de riesgos laborales por la Universidad de Alicante adaptado al EEES (2012)
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Water consumption in buildings: Embedded water in construction materials (2012)
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The environmental impact caused by water consumption in mining and processing of construction materials is quite relevant. This consumption, however, is forgotten very often. The main objective of this study is to make an approximate estimation of em... Read More about Water consumption in buildings: Embedded water in construction materials.

Desarrollo de competencias del estudiante mediante herramientas virtuales y su incidencia en la labor docente. Elaboración y valoración de acciones en el área de Construcciones Arquitectónicas (2011)
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Debates virtuales en la docencia universitaria: comparación entre aplicaciones de chat y foros (2011)
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Las actividades e-learning están suponiendo una herramienta muy útil para la docencia universitaria y, además, de fácil acceso para profesores y alumnos. Entre ellas, los debates virtuales permiten al alumnado desarrollar actividades fuera de clase,... Read More about Debates virtuales en la docencia universitaria: comparación entre aplicaciones de chat y foros.

Enseñanza-aprendizaje de materiales de construcción mediante resúmenes (2011)
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Hoy, se ha convertido en una necesidad reactivar y consolidar habilidades o conocimientos previos adquiridos por parte del alumno/a para facilitarle una enseñanza–aprendizaje basada en una evaluación formativa. Por ello, en el presente artículo se ex... Read More about Enseñanza-aprendizaje de materiales de construcción mediante resúmenes.

Implementación de pruebas objetivas para el autoaprendizaje de materiales de construcción en las carreras de arquitectura, arquitectura técnica e ingeniería de la edificación (2011)
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Los modelos de ocupación del territorio en la provincia de Alicante: medición a través de parámetros estadísticos (2010)
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Las ciudades experimentan un crecimiento cada vez mayor en extensión. Este crecimiento no se produce en la misma proporción al crecimiento de la población. Ello supone que el consumo de suelo por habitante se vaya incrementando con el tiempo, y por l... Read More about Los modelos de ocupación del territorio en la provincia de Alicante: medición a través de parámetros estadísticos.