Search for dissertations about: "Residential"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 546 swedish dissertations containing the word Residential.
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1. Residential usability and social sustainability, Towards a paradigm shift within housing design?
Abstract : ABSTRACTThe ongoing demographic transformation poses challenges for the field of residential design. Meanwhile rules and regulations maintain a conventional approach to the subject. The housing market is considering the home as a commercialized lifestyle question, not focusing on the long-term residential resilience of the housing stock. READ MORE
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2. Low-energy residential buildings : evaluation from investor and tenant perspectives
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3. Moving out, moving up, becoming employed : Studies in the residential segregation and social integration of immigrants in Sweden
Abstract : This thesis investigates the complex relationship between residential segregation and social integration. The dominant discourse in Sweden and Europe sees residential segregation as hindering socioeconomic and cultural integration, creating parallel societies and even threatening the social cohesion of European societies. READ MORE
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4. Primary energy use of residential buildings : implications of materials, modelling and design approaches
Abstract : Buildings can play an essential role in the transition to a sustainable society. Different strategies, including improved energy efficiency in buildings, substitution of carbon intensive materials and fuels, efficient energy supply among others can be employed for this purpose. READ MORE
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5. Fatal Residential Fires : Prevention and Response
Abstract : Fatal fires in residential occupancies show a decreasing trend over time, but are still responsible for takingapproximately 90 lives in Sweden each year. Much is known about the victims, but less is known about how thesedeaths can be prevented. READ MORE