The design and employment of envelope components showing high thermal performances for new buildings deep renovations must take into account the overall impact production process in terms environmental sustainability. To this end, precast construction solutions secondary raw materials provide added value to energy quality building products. With regard abovementioned issues, paper is focused on...

This study aimed to find the optimal thickness combination of two-layered absorbing system combinated with an expanded polystyrene (EPS) cushion and a soil layer in steel shed under dynamic loadings. The coupled Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic method (SPH) Finite Element Method (FEM) were introduced simulate impact rockfall against two-layer system. By comparing numerical results test data, model ...

Polystyrene foam (expanded and extruded polystyrene: EPS XPS, respectively) is a ubiquitous pervasive type of marine plastic whose physical properties, transport fate are distinctly different to those other common (unfoamed) types thermoplastic litter. In this study, range fragments XPS retrieved from three beaches in southwest England have been characterised by energy-dispersive X-ray fluoresc...

Current research on the evaporation inhibition effect of polyethylene (PE) floats has been relatively comprehensive, and cost is high when it arranged in remote mountainous areas. In order to find a more economical anti-evaporation material, five kinds solid expanded polystyrene (EPS) floating balls with different diameters 10 mm, 40 80 120 mm 150 were selected study suppression efficiency (ESE...

The regenerative concept of design and construction is gaining relevance, as it changing the sustainability paradigm toward ecological transition for built environment, representing a track on which economic financial support policies are currently being routed. One ways to achieve use sustainable insulating materials in buildings. In addition, certification systems have been developed actualiz...