Browsing by Subject "Construction engineering"
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Air-tightness field data for dwellings in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2012)Air-tightness plays a major role in both building energy performance and indoor environmental quality. Ireland's National Methodology for the calculation of energy performance of buildings, the Building Energy Rating (BER) ... -
An assessment of some physical properties of lime-hemp concrete
(2010)This work is part of a wider research programme that aims at producing alternatives to conventional building materials. The aim of this project is to investigate several physical properties of a sustainable, carbon-negative, ... -
Behaviour and Properties of Lime-Pozzolan Pastes
(2010)Lime pozzolan mortars have been used by numerous ancient civilizations of builders, and are now regaining popularity as environmental sustainable alternatives to cements for masonry and concrete applications. This paper ... -
Building support for cloud computing in the Irish construction industry
(2010)The construction industry has been traditionally recognised as a fragmented sector associated with a poor level of implementation and penetration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) by Small to Medium Size ... -
EFFECT OF POZZOLAN PROPERTIES ON THE PROPERTIES OF BUILDING COMPOSITES
(2010)Pozzolans were used by ancient civilizations to enhance the properties of mortars and concrete and are now regaining popularity as sustainable, environmentally-friendly alternatives to cement. This paper studies the ... -
Influence of mortar water content and workability on the mechanical behaviour of lime mortar masonry
(2010)Water content affects mortar properties and the quality of the resultant masonry, however, it is often subjectively determined by the mason by assessing workability. This lack of explicit methodology and data, can lead ... -
Mechanical properties of clay brick masonry bound with hydraulic limes and hydrated calcium lime.
(Technische Universitat Dresden, 2010)Due to their physical and chemical properties, mortars made with lime are considered to be more compatible with historic fabrics than those made with artificial cements. This paper explores the mechanical properties ... -
Physical properties and reactivity of pozzolans, and their influence on the properties of lime-pozzolan pastes
(2011)This paper studies how pozzolan properties including particle size, specific surface, chemical and mineral composition, amorphousness and water demand, affect their reactivity as well as the strength of lime?pozzolan pastes. ... -
Stochastic hybrid embodied CO2-eq analysis: An application to the Irish apartment building sector
(Elsevier, 2011)The development of embodied CO2-eq analysis has progressed significantly in recent years and has become a mainstream practice in many industries as evidenced by the development of the ISO 14040 and 14044 life cycle assessment ...