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Sustainable energy efficiency retrofits as residential buildings move towards nearly zero energy building (NZEB) standards
(Elsevier, 2020-01-24)
1.9 million housing units in Ireland are required to be retrofitted for the existing Irish national housing stock to be considered nearly zero energy building (nZEB). This paper assesses optimum retrofit packages aimed at ...
Mitigating ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using agricultural waste, commercially available products and a chemical acidifier.
(Elsevier, 2021-02-05)
Bovine slurry and its subsequent storage are significant sources of ammonia (NH3) and greenhouse gases (GHGs). Chemical acidification of manures has been shown to significantly reduce these emissions. Waste products, derived ...
The role of wet wipes and sanitary towels as a source of white microplastic fibres in the marine environment
(Elsevier, 2020-06-10)
Understanding source elements of the ocean plastic crisis is key to effective pollution reduction management and policy. The ubiquity of microplastic (MP) fibres in the oceans is considered to derive primarily from clothing ...
Stabilisation for peat improvement: Extent of carbonation and environmental implications
(Elsevier, 2020-06-13)
The construction industry is a large contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. In recent years, the industry has begun to consider sustainability alongside technical merit, cost and programme when analysing construction ...
Development of a data driven FDD approach for building water networks: Water distribution system performance assessment rules
(Elsevier, 2020-09-10)
While fault detection and diagnosis is a popular tool in the process industry, its application in building water distribution systems is however still largely absent. In this study, a new set of Water Distribution System ...
A statistically based fault detection and diagnosis approach for non-residential building water distribution systems
(Elsevier, 2020-11-01)
Large non-residential buildings can contain complex and often inefficient water distribution systems. As requirements for water increase due to water scarcity and industrialization, it has become increasingly important to ...
Simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation of trichloroethylene occurs in a biochar packed column treating contaminated landfill leachate
(Elsevier, 2021-08-14)
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a human carcinogen that is commonly found in landfill leachate as a result of anthropogenic activities. Contaminated leachate plumes may be intercepted prior to reaching groundwater and treated ...
Use of non-destructive test methods on Irish hardwood standing trees and small-diameter round timber for prediction of mechanical properties
(Springer Verlag, 2020-06-17)
Key message Mechanical properties of small-diameter round timber from hardwood thinnings of common alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.), European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.), European birch (Betula pendula Roth. & Betula ...
Modelling the hygro-mechanical creep behaviour of FRP reinforced timber elements
(Elsevier, 2020-06-20)
A fully coupled moisture-displacement finite element model has been developed to predict the viscoelastic, mechano-sorptive and swelling/shrinkage behaviour of FRP reinforced timber elements when stressed under long-term ...