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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,016 Views
23 Pages

Integrated Performance Evaluation of Aerogel-Based Fibre-Enhanced Thermal Renders Applied on Building Walls

  • Marco Pedroso,
  • José Dinis Silvestre,
  • Maria da Glória Gomes,
  • Ahmed Hawreen and ,
  • Jéssica D. Bersch and
  • Inês Flores-Colen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 November 2023

In this work, aerogel renders were enhanced with fibres for use in new building walls, emphasising a Mediterranean climate. The main novelty of the study relies on an integrated evaluation of the aerogel-based fibre-enhanced thermal renders from envi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Aerogels)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,613 Views
18 Pages

Life Cycle Assessment of Biochar from Residual Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Kon-Tiki Kilns: Applications in Soil Amendment and Wastewater Filtration

  • Roxanna Pamela Ramírez López,
  • Diana Cabañas Vargas,
  • Erick Alberto Aguilera-Cauich and
  • Julio César Sacramento Rivero

17 December 2024

Producing biochar from residual biomass is an opportunity for health, environmental, and economic benefits to farmers in small traditional parcels, which are widespread in Latin America. This study presents a life cycle assessment of biochar in two c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability of the Circular Economy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
746 Views
25 Pages

Life Cycle Assessment of Ternary Cement Production Based on Calcined Clay and Marble Residue

  • Sheila Miranda Correia Souza,
  • Leilane Duarte Moreira,
  • Diego Lima Medeiros,
  • Tiago Assunção Santos and
  • Isabel das Mercês Costa

The cement industry has been seeking strategies to ensure the circularity of materials through the incorporation of solid waste into its processes, driven by the environmental challenges associated with cement production, such as high CO2 emissions a...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,220 Views
12 Pages

4 August 2019

Systemic chemotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, to improve the survival of patients with pancreatic cancer. Unresectable pancreatic cancer can be classified into three categories: metastatic, locally advanced, and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Standards and New Innovative Approaches for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,145 Views
27 Pages

23 February 2023

This paper focuses primarily on adaptive dynamic programming (ADP)-based tracking control of the hydraulic-driven flexible robotic manipulator system (HDFRMS) with varying payloads and uncertainties via singular perturbation theory (SPT). Firstly, th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Control Application in Intelligent Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,972 Views
25 Pages

Environmental Impacts and Benefits of the End-of-Life of Building Materials: Database to Support Decision Making and Contribute to Circularity

  • Ana Antunes,
  • Ricardo Martins,
  • José Dinis Silvestre,
  • Ricardo do Carmo and ,
  • Hugo Costa,
  • Eduardo Júlio and
  • Pedro Pedroso
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

16 November 2021

This paper outlines a methodology for structuring a generic database of environmental impacts on the end-of-life phase of buildings, which can be used at the national level, in accordance with European standards. A number of different options are als...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue End of Life Products and Processes in the Emerging Circular Economy)