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The influence of heat transfer and storage in structural precast building components on indoor environments
(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 ...
The environmental performance of a reinforced precast concrete slab with void forming system
(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 ...
Real-time monitoring of a hybrid precast and in situ concrete flat slab system
(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 ...
Numerical model for steel brace members incorporating a fatigue model
(2013)
The aim of this paper is to develop a robust numerical model for cold-formed steel square and rectangular structural hollow sections for use as axial loaded members in earthquake engineering applications. Pseudo-static ...
Numerical simulation of linear water waves and wave-structure interaction
(2012)
One of the main stages in the design of wave energy converters (WEC's) is the numerical modelling of a given converter. In this paper, the numerical simulation of both linear deep water waves and linear waves for the finite ...
Improving the Delivery of a Construction Management Study-Abroad Course in Ireland through Student Feedback
(2012)
International study abroad offers limitless opportunities for students to learn outside of the traditional university setting. By living and learning in a foreign country, the student's exposure to a different culture can ...
Retrofit solutions for Irish building stock: The impact of human behaviour
(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 ...
The use of digital resources in civil engineering education: Enhancing student learning and achieving accreditation criteria.
(2012)
The use of digital resources in higher education has risen significantly over the last ten years and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The challenge for educational instructors is in determining how to ...
Achieving nearly zero-energy buildings - A lifecycle assessment approach to retrofitting buildings
(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 ...
Lifecycle environmental and economic performance of nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB) in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2016-01-16)
Directives in the European Union are ensuring that buildings in this region are moving towards nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB). For countries like Ireland, which has a temperate oceanic climate, a key to achieving NZEB ...