The authors compare the energy consumption and CO₂ emissions from vehicles using internal combustion engines (ICE), battery electric vehicles (BEV), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), and two types of hybrid vehicles, BEV‐ICE hybrid and BEV‐FCEV hybrid. This paper considers several scenarios for four countries’ electricity production from primary energy sources to estimate total ...

With the associated environmental challenges and unsustainable patterns of construction, there is also notable awareness and willingness among the state bodies to adopt sustainability measures and practices in Kazakhstan. This study explores the drivers of and barriers inhibiting the adoption of sustainability paradigm in the construction context of Kazakhstan. The drivers and barriers were validated ...

A discussion related to the selection of a proper design basis for Arctic infrastructure facilities is presented. The design basis, which must be sufficiently robust to ensure safe operations of the facilities during their planned lifetime, should include relevant information available from the local and indigenous people of the area. The need to properly document all data and assumptions made ...

Society recognises the need for the preservation of nature and the need for better resource utilisation. Integration of good practice in the building industry is mainly targeted at reducing or completely eliminating waste. One of the waste sources in the concrete industry is created in washing facilities and consists of returned concrete, washing water and cement slurry. Concrete trucks are washed ...

Microwave radiation is widely utilized in construction practice, especially for drying building materials, remediating damp masonry, or sterilization of biotic pests that have infested building structures. The available scientific and technical literature reports that certain materials exposed to microwave radiation do not change their physical and mechanical properties, although this has not yet ...

Varmeutviklingen i betong avgjøres mye av sement sammensetningen. Sementen er sammensatt av forskjellige klinker som har mye å si for varmeutviklingen, ettersom de har forskjellige energiutvikling og reaksjonshastighet når de kommer i kontakt med vann. Pozzolan er et stoff som kan brukes til å erstatte en vis mengde av sementen, som flygeaske som gir en reduksjon i varmeutviklingen og har mindre ...

This thesis includes a literature study where the focus is concrete theory and how additives affect the durability of the concrete. In addition, there will be a practical part where the largest part of the task will undergo mainly on the concrete laboratory. Two different mixtures will be mixed. A reference mixture (Ref.B35) and another mixtue with the same recipe, but this will contain an additive ...

I samarbeid med oppdragsgiver K.Lund, ble det under dette prosjektet utført en analyse av det indirekte 3 rørssystemet ved Kanalen i Trondheim. Målet med oppgaven var å se på om det er store differanser på investeringskostnader og varmetap i de forskjellige systemene for vannbåren varme. Med holdepunkter i referanseanlegget ble det gjort analyse og simuleringer av de andre systemene. Resultatene ...

Hensikten med masteroppgaven har vært å identifisere ulike bygge- og installasjonstekniske tiltak som kan utføres for å redusere energiforbruket, og som samtidig forbedrer energimerket på eksisterende yrkesbygninger i Norge. Målet med oppgaven var videre å se på ringvirkningene av redusert energiforbruk. Det vil si et redusert bruk av fossile brensler, en redusering av bygningenes klimagassfotavtrykk, ...

This thesis aims to give an idea on how we can build an energy efficient buildings on different climatic zones with a use of passive house design strategy saving significant amount of energy. SIMIEN software was used to analyze the energy use of common and modified house along with the thermal comfort of the residential building in Kathmandu. During simulation changes in features like addition of ...