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    • REACT validation methodology 

      Perretti, D.; Keane, Marcus M.; Dana (REACT consortium, 2022-04-30)
      The main objective of this report is to create an M&V process based on the steps designed by the IPMVP protocol, and to aggregate all the necessary information for the validation process from other REACT deliverables ...
    • Real-time control of occupants thermal comfort in buildings 

      Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; O'Connor, Padraig; O'Neill, Colin; Coakley, Daniel; Keane, Marcus M.; Clifford, Eoghan (International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2015-12-07)
      Providing satisfactory indoor environmental conditions, air quality and thermal comfort through adequate ventilation is crucial in maintaining safe, healthy and comfortable buildings. Since, heating, ventilation and air ...
    • 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 framework to investigate the environmental and structural performance of buildings 

      Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena; Byrne, David; Keane, Marcus M.; Goggins, Jamie (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2014-12-20)
      Energy provides safety, comfort and mobility to people, and is essential for industrial, commercial and societal growth. However, generation and consumption of energy give rise of greenhouse gases and various air pollutants, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Real-time monitoring to investigate structural performance of hybrid precast concrete educational buildings 

      Newell, Shane; Goggins, Jamie; Hajdukiewicz, Magdalena (Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-22)
      The motivation and implementation of a real-time structural health monitoring strategy to determine the structural performance of a number of educational buildings recently constructed in Ireland is discussed in this paper. ...
    • Recovered timber in Europe: sources, classification, existing and potential reuse and recycling 

      Harte, Annette M.; Uí Chúláin, Caitríona; Nasiri, Bahareh; Hughes, Mark; Llana, Daniel F.; Íñiguez-González, Guillermo; de Arana-Fernández, Marina; Shotton, Elizabeth; Walsh, St. John; Ridley-Ellis, Daniel; Cramer, Marlene; Risse, Michael; Ivanica, Raphaela; Cristescu, Carmen; Sandberg, Karin; Sandin, Ylva; Turk, Goran; Plos, Mitja; Šuligoj, Tamara; Hogan, Paul (National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-09-30)
      The Innovative Design for the Future Use and Reuse of Wooden building components (InFutUReWood) project aims to examine if recovered timber is suited for contemporary timber architecture. To address this aim, a study was ...
    • Recovered wood as raw material for structural timber products. Characteristics, situation and study cases: Ireland and Spain 

      Llana, Daniel F.; Íñiguez-González, Guillermo; de Arana-Fernández, Marina; Uí Chúláin, Caitríona; Harte, Annette M. (International Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST), 2020-07-12)
      The circular economy is an efficient system to reuse materials reducing the amount of waste generated. In order to implement it in the timber sector, the InFutUReWood (Innovative Design for the Future Use and Reuse of ...
    • Recycling timber in new mass timber construction products 

      Uí Chúláin, Caitríona; Gil-Moreno, David; Llana, Daniel F.; González-Alegre, Violeta; Íniguez-González, Guillermo; Plos, Mitja; Turk, Goran; Risse, Michael; Stemmer, Michael; Ivanica, Raphaela; Richter, Klaus; Cramer, Marlene; Ridley-Ellis, Daniel; Cristescu, Carmen; Sandberg, Karin; Hogan, Paul; Harte, Annette M. (National University of Ireland Galway, 2022-02)
      The Innovative Design for the Future Use and Reuse of Wooden building components (InFutUReWood) project aims to examine if recovered timber is suited for contemporary timber architecture. To address this aim, series of ...
    • Reduced order modelling of the thermal behaviour of an office space 

      Geron, M.; Monaghan, R. F. D.; Keane, Marcus M. (Infoscience EPFL Scientific Publications, 2013-09-04)
      Reduced Order Models (ROMs) have proven to be a valid and efficient approach to model the thermal behaviour of building zones. The main issues associated with the use of zonal/lumped models are how to (1) divide the domain ...
    • Regional modelling of the 21st century climate changes in the Irish Sea 

      Olbert, Agnieszka Indiana; Dabrowski, Tomasz; Nash, Stephen; Hartnett, Michael (Elsevier, 2012-06)
      An assessment of the complex evolution of climate change signals in the Irish Sea over the 21st century is presented in this paper. Potential impacts of climate change on the local hydrography are explored and interrelationships ...
    • Reinforcement of timber elements in compression perpendicular to the grain using compressed wood dowels 

      Conway, Michael; O'Ceallaigh, Conan; Mehra, Sameer; Harte, Annette M. (National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-08-27)
      ABSTRACT: In the past decade, there has been an increased focus on the environmental impacts of construction and a movement towards more sustainable construction products. Timber is one such sustainable product that can ...
    • The relationship between bending and tension strength of Irish and UK spruce and pine 

      Gil-Moreno, David; Ridley-Ellis, Dan; O’Ceallaigh, Conan; Harte, Annette M. (Springer, 2022-02-07)
      The correct characterisation of wood properties is fundamental for the best utilisation of resources. In Europe, grading is defined by strength classes that are determined based on either bending or tension tests. The ...
    • Relationships between wood properties of small clear specimens and structural-sized boards in three softwood species 

      Krajnc, Luka; Farrelly, Niall; Harte, Annette M. (De Gruyter, 2019-06-12)
      Research on the mechanical and physical properties of wood is commonly carried out on either small clear specimens or structural-sized boards. The first approach was more frequently utilised in the past, while the latter ...
    • Remote sensing of surface waters in Ireland 

      Agarwal, Anuj; Taveneau, Adélaïde; Olbert, Agnieszka Indiana (Civil Engineering Research Association of Ireland (CERAI), 2018-08-29)
      An implementation of the WFD requires all surface waters in the EU to achieve at least good status; this requirement has not been achieved in Ireland. Just over 30% of transitional waters and 79% of coastal waters were ...
    • Repeated load testing of two schist and limestone aggregate materials used in unbound forest roads 

      Rodgers, M., Keaney, J., Healy, M.G. (2009)
      This study examined the behaviour of two completion aggregates that were placed on a silty sandy formation material and subjected to repeated loading in a large-scale testing rig. The completion aggregates were (i) a good ...
    • Residual load development in cast in place piles - a review and a new case history 

      Flynn, Kevin; McCabe, Bryan (2012)
      The development of residual (or locked-in)loads in driven pre-formed piles has been investigated extensively over the past 40 years or so. In contrast, cast-in-situ piles are often erroneously assumed to be free of residual ...
    • Resource recovery from sludge 

      Healy, Mark G. (International Water Association, 2015)
      [no abstract available]
    • 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 ...
    • Review of EU airport energy interests and priorities with respect to ICT, energy efficiency and enhanced building operation 

      Costa, Andrea; Blanes, Luis M.; Donelly, Ciara; Keane, Marcus M. (National University of Ireland Galway, 2012-10-23)
      This paper gives an overview on EU airport energy interests and priorities with respect to ICT, energy efficiency and enhanced building operation. To achieve this objective the paper begins with an overview on airports ...