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Determining the feasibility of a circular economy for plastic waste from the construction sector in New Zealand
(IOP Publishing, 2022-12-22)By 2012, the annual quantity of C&D waste produced by 40 countries had reached three billion tonnes, contributing 10-50% to total municipal solid waste around the world. Recent data from Australia and New Zealand estimated ... -
Wetback research: Thermodynamic flow characteristics of passive thermosyphon energy transfer from independent heat source to remote storage using both direct and indirect systems
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-16)The method of heating water by means of a water jacket installed in the firebox of a solid-fuel burner, connected by pipes to a hot-water cylinder (HWC), was once commonplace in New Zealand, but has become less so in recent ... -
Forecasting water-level fluctuation in water-supply dams of the Auckland and Waikato regions
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Dams play a vital role in supplying fresh water to many cities all over the world. With increasing pressure on and demand for natural resources, water supply remains a scarce resource worldwide. During times of uncertainty, ... -
Thermal performance of school buildings: Impacts beyond thermal comfort
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2022-05-10)Based on field study data regarding the winter indoor thermal environment of three classrooms with different building envelopes, this study compared and evaluated these environments, not only related to students’ thermal ... -
Keynote presentation: Creating capacity and capability for the future of the built environment: The importance of applied research
(2022-02)ESRC – team & purpose The issues: waste & pollution Finding practical solutions Environmental Solutions Research Centre Funding potential Multidisciplinary partnering Indoor air quality IAQ research Unitec ... -
Keynote presentation: Reducing construction plastic waste to landfill : Making gold from straw!
(2022-08)The issue - construction waste Plastic waste Waste auditing Plastic type Plastic uses Novel solutions Difficult wastes Hazardous wastes On-site separation Plastics audits catalogues Holistic management decision ... -
BIM-Lean relationship assessment framework: A conceptual establishment
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2022-06)The construction industry is seeking ways to reduce waste (material and production related process waste) to improve productivity and efficiency. Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean are two vital innovations for ... -
Cutting plastic construction waste
(Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), 2022-02-01)The tonnes of construction waste that go to landfill each year are a significant environmental hazard. A research centre at Unitec is working to change this with an innovative project to help construction companies reduce ... -
Energy recovery in SWRO desalination: Current status and new possibilities
(Frontier Media, 2020-04-03)Reverse osmosis (RO) technology requires high energy input in order to extract freshwater from seawater. Improvements in RO technology have led to seawater RO (SWRO) becoming the dominant form of large scale desalination ... -
International hydrogen community needs from policymakers and public and private Investors
(2021-11-16)AIM To provide a landscape of the strategic needs of governments, industry and the public in relation to the role of hydrogen in the economy -
Plastic minimisation in construction: A pilot study identifying and quantifying the composition of C&D plastic in construction waste
(Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA), 2021-10)Construction and demolition (C&D) waste contributes at least 10,000 tonnes of plastic to landfills in Auckland annually. The growing use of plastic in the packaging of building materials, the use of polystyrene and products ... -
Articular and artificial cartilage, characteristics, properties and testing approaches - a review
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2021-06-18)The design and manufacture of artificial tissue for knee joints have been highlighted recently among researchers which necessitates an apt approach for its assessment. Even though most re‐searches have focused on specific ... -
The response of Auckland construction firms to recent technological changes
(Unitec ePress, 2021-07-08)Over the past decade the impacts of technology on the construction sector have been profound. This trend presents significant challenges for construction firms in an environment characterised by skilled-labour shortages ... -
Flexible pavement crack's severity identification and classification using deep convolution neural network
(College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 2021-04-15)Effective road maintenance program is vital to ensure traffic safety, serviceability, and prolong the life span of the road. Maintenance will be carried out on pavements when signs of degradation begin to appear and delays ... -
Power-to-Hydrogen and Hydrogen-to-X : system Analysis of the techno-economic, legal, and regulatory conditions
(IEA Hydrogen Technology Programme, 2020-09)P2X pathway definitions has the aim to clarify terminologies that are often used but with different meanings or intentions which leads to misunderstanding and ambiguity. The Task Force Definitions have addressed this issue ... -
NZDE national exams : a nightmare and a limiting barrier
(2021-02-04)The pass rate in NZDE first-year modules with national exams is lower than the other courses in the programme In this presentation: The reasons why students struggle in the national exams are briefly discussed The ... -
Understanding the challenges of circular economy construction through full-scale prototyping
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11)Applying the Circular Economy paradigm in the built environment requires buildings to be designed for deconstruction and material recovery. Achieving circularity is complicated by the fact that requirements for deconstruction ... -
Insights into the New Zealand prefabrication industry
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2020-11-26)Prefabricated building methods have recently undergone profound development and have been effectively used in easing housing shortages globally. However, prefabrication is a relatively new concept for New Zealand and is ... -
Performance comparison of cloud computing/IoT virtualization software, Hyper-v vs Vsphere
(Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), 2020-06-16)Hyper-V and vSphere are amongst the top virtualization software's available in the market currently. Both of these products are from different vendors, Hyper-V is developed by Microsoft and vSphere is devolved by VMware. ... -
Analysing construction cost estimation factors as a map
(2020-11)For construction projects, different factors such as the type the of project, material costs, project conditions and duration are combined to estimate the total project cost. Hence it is essential for the relationships ...
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