Browsing Civil Engineering (Conference Papers) by Author "Goggins, Jamie"
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Achieving nearly zero-energy buildings - A lifecycle assessment approach to retrofitting buildings
Moran, Paul; Goggins, Jamie; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena (NUI Galway, 2015-04-23)It is now widely recognised in the academic and business worlds that energy efficiency in buildings provides significant environmental and economic opportunities, but also challenges. The building sector offers considerable ... -
Behaviour of hybrid concrete lattice girder flat slab system using insitu structural health monitoring
Newell, S.; Goggins, Jamie; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Holleran, D. (NUI Galway, 2016-08-29)In recent decades, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has emerged as an increasingly important tool in Civil Engineering to understand how structures behave during construction and operation. Although SHM is not a new ... -
Can DEAP help us to predict the energy demand and indoor temperature of homes before and after renovation ? A case study from Dublin
Moran, Paul; Goggins, Jamie (Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland (CERAI) and Cork Institute of Technology, 2020-08-27)Improving the energy efficiency of buildings via retrofitting is seen as one of the key mitigation measures to reducing the energy demand and carbon emissions of the built environment in Ireland. However, while energy ... -
Carbonation in stabilised peat: an accelerated pilot study
Duggan, Alan R.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Clifford, Eoghan; Goggins, Jamie (ICE Institution of Civil Engineers, 2015)Due to stringent environmental regulations, embodied carbon estimates are being used increasingly to assess the environmental impact of major building and infrastructure projects, including their geotechnical components. ... -
Community engaged learning: A building engineering case study
Goggins, Jamie; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena (Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland (CERAI), 2020-08-28)ABSTRACT: Community engaged learning is a form of experiential education with a civic underpinning. Community engaged learning is embedded with the civil engineering curriculum at NUI Galway and is framed by a research ... -
Diagnostics and intervention methods for façade retrofit of post-WWII non-domestic buildings in Europe for energy efficiency
Zuhaib, Sheikh; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Keane, Marcus M.; Goggins, Jamie (NUI Galway, 2016-08-29)The growing demand of deep façade retrofits in refurbishment projects across Europe, is often accompanied by low-energy targets and architectural attributes. Factors like variability in context, material, environment and ... -
The environmental performance of a reinforced precast concrete slab with void forming system
Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Lebrene, J; Goggins, Jamie (2014)In some climates people spend approximately 90% of their lives indoors. Thus, it is very important to maintain healthy and comfortable conditions in buildings. The building sector is responsible for about 40% of the ... -
Factors affecting Embodied Carbon/Embodied Energy associated with ground improvements techniques for construction on peat
Duggan, Alan R.; McCabe, Bryan A.; Goggins, Jamie; Clifford, Eoghan (NUI Galway, 2012)In addition to the traditional drivers of cost and timely programme delivery, embodied energy (EE) and embodied carbon (EC) have emerged as major considerations in all aspects (including geotechnical) of large construction ... -
Generating robust algorithms for energy efficient lighting as a performance aspect of the building operational energy optimisation framework
Ganguly, Turya; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Keane, Marcus; Goggins, Jamie (NUI Galway, 2016-08-29)This paper presents a part of the ongoing research in the nZEB-Retrofit project in the National University of Ireland, Galway. This research aims to optimise residential building performance by enhancing the key performance ... -
How accurate are Energy Performance Certificates indicated energy savings of building retrofits?
Moran, P.; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Goggins, Jamie (NUI Galway, 2016-08-29)With the impending nearly zero energy building (NZEB) regulations for residential new builds and retrofits for the European Union (EU) housing stock and the percentage of new buildings relative to existing buildings is ... -
The influence of heat transfer and storage in structural precast building components on indoor environments
Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Goggins, Jamie (2014)Knowledge about the heat transfer and storage in concrete components of the building envelope is vital in evaluating the environmental and energy performance of buildings. Providing sufficient thermal mass of the building ... -
Key considerations in the design of a one-stop-shop retrofit model
McGinley, Orlaith; Moran, Paul; Goggins, Jamie (Civil Engineering Research Assiciation of Ireland (CERAI) and Cork Institute of Technology, 2020-08-27)The Irish Government’s Climate Action Plan emphasizes the need for increased retrofit activity within the built environment. As such, the plan has set targets for the completion of 500,000 energy efficient retrofits by ... -
Methodology for quality checks for energy efficient buildings
Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Goggins, Jamie; Keane, Marcus M. (NUI Galway, 2017-03-01)The built environment accounts for more than 40% of the overall energy consumption and 36% of the overall CO2 emissions in Europe. Moreover, statistics show that construction and the upkeep of European buildings and ... -
Real-time monitoring and performance of retaining structures
Baily, Eugene; McCabe, Bryan A.; Goggins, Jamie; Kieran, Paul (NUI Galway, 2014-08)The advent of reliable real-time monitoring devices has changed the way we monitor the construction of geotechnical infrastructure. This paper presents a case study where Shaped Accel Arrays (SAA) were employed as part ... -
Real-time monitoring of a hybrid precast and in situ concrete flat slab system
Goggins, Jamie; Newell, S; King, D; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena (2014)This paper presents a scheme developed for instrumentation and monitoring of the structural performance of a hybrid precast and in situ concrete flat slab system employed in an educational building. The system contains a ... -
Retrofit solutions for Irish building stock: The impact of human behaviour
Moran, Paul; Goggins, Jamie; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Rau, Henrike (NUI Galway, 2016)Retrofitting buildings is recognised as the most immediate, pressing, and cost effective mechanism to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in the building and construction sector. It is necessary to double or ... -
Strength and durability performance of stabilised soil block masonry units
Gavigan, Declan; Goggins, Jamie; McCabe, Bryan A. (IABSE, 2012)This paper presents the findings from laboratory strength and durability tests on stabilised soil blocks (SSBs). SSBs are masonry units formed by compressing a mixture of soil and a stabiliser such as cement and water in ... -
Temperature profiles of private rental housing occupied by third level students in Ireland
Ryan, Ailbhe; Walsh, Eimear; Moran, Paul; Goggins, Jamie (Civil Engineering Research Assiciation of Ireland (CERAI) and Cork Institute of Technology, 2020-08-27)The Irish Government published a National Student Accommodation Strategy to tackle issues surrounding the availability of accommodation for students in higher education. 23,634 students could not be accommodated with a ... -
Understanding the complexities of building physics and human behaviour in achieving a nearly zero energy building
Moran, Paul; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Goggins, Jamie (NUI Galway, 2016-07-27)About 40% of the world’s energy consumption and approximately a third of greenhouse gas emissions are associated with buildings. As the percentage of new buildings relative to existing buildings is increasing at a rate ... -
Use of carbon calculation tools for sustainable cycle network design
Manton, Richard; Duggan, Alan R.; Goggins, Jamie; McCabe, Bryan A.; Clifford, Eoghan (NUI Galway, 2012)In recent years European cycling has undergone a renaissance with various initiatives including the establishment of EuroVelo and the proposed European trans-border cycling infrastructure. Significant advances on this ...