Critical Analysis about Emerging Technologies for Building’s Façade Inspection

How Audiences Form Attitudes about Emerging Technologies

How do people form opinions about scientific issues? It is, suggests Dietram A Scheufele, unrealistic to expect people to sift through masses of information to draw up a reasoned conclusion. We are mostly ‘cognitive misers’, drawing upon a minimum amount of information. What is crucial is how an issue is ‘framed’ – the context in which it is communicated and how it fits with people’s pre-existi...

Critical analysis about solutions and models of solar shades in non-residential buildings from tropical regions.

Whereas the non-residential buildings consume a significant percentage of the total energy produced by the city, is important that these buildings have for such consumption is reduced or consumed in a conscious way. To do so, using concepts of energy efficiency, this work is to explain passive strategies with the use of flexible solar shades that help to get a favorable outcome with respect to ...

Emerging technologies for learning

Emerging Technologies for Telemedicine

This paper focuses on new technologies that are practically useful for telemedicine. Three representative systems are introduced: a Digital Video Transport System (DVTS), an H.323 compatible videoconferencing system, and Vidyo. Based on some of our experiences, we highlight the advantages and disadvantages of each technology, and point out technologies that are especially targeted at doctors an...

Cogitative Buildings: Concepts, Technologies, Implementations

This paper is concerned with the necessary conditions for the emergence of cogitative buildings. A cogitative building is defined here as one that possesses a multi-faceted representation of its context (site, microclimate), its physical constituents (elements, components, systems), and its processes (occupancy presence and actions, indoor climate controls). Moreover, a cogitative building can ...