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Attributes and metrics for comparative quantification of disaster resilience across diverse performance mandates and standards of building

With the growing concern of climate change and more frequent and severe natural disaster events affecting the built environment, enhancing the performance and resilience of buildings has become increasingly vital. Stakeholders are seeking guidance towards improving both the individual performance of buildings and systems as well as their overall disaster resilience. Thus, they require tools that can comparatively evaluate technologies across multiple standards and qualities of construction in a consistent way.

Energy Efficient Retrofit Opportunities for Tobacco Curing Barns

Harvesting the energy saving potential in the process of retrofit actions presents an opportunity to improve the overall performance of tobacco growing operations and at the same time reduces the environmental footprint of the industry. Little was known about the actual impact of retrofit scenarios on the energy consumption of the curing process. Energy simulation tools exist in a simple form for homeowners and in highly sophisticated applications for designers and facility managers. However, none of those can be directly applied for the assessment of energy consumption in curing barns.

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