Browsing Construction + Engineering Journal Articles by Author "48040"
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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 ... -
The effect of airtightness on indoor air quality in timber houses in New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12-13)This two-part study considers the impact of airtightness based on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) only. Two identical buildings (test and control) were constructed in Auckland, New Zealand. ... -
Encouraging circular waste economies for the New Zealand construction industry : opportunities and barriers
(Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, 2020-07-21)As our global population increases, the resulting waste mountain continues to rise. It has been identified that the Construction Industry contributes to a large proportion of the waste to landfill (and cleanfill) sites. ... -
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 ... -
Erionite in Auckland bedrock and malignant mesothelioma: an emerging public and occupational health hazard?
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2020-07-17)Overseas, emerging research has shown that where erionite is present in bedrock as a zeolite, and then subsequently disturbed and blown into the atmosphere, resulting exposure is associated with health effects similar to ... -
Particulate matter in residential buildings in New Zealand : Part I. Variability of particle transport into unoccupied spaces with mechanical ventilation
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-03-11)Air pollution measured as particulate matter (PM) has been shown to be detrimental to human health and can lead to increased mortality rates. There are four main indoor sources of episodic PM emissions: smoking, cooking, ... -
Particulate matter in residential buildings in New Zealand : Part II. The impact of building airtightness, mechanical ventilation using simulated occupancy
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-03-12)Many occupant activities can adversely affect indoor air quality which has been shown to be detrimental to human health. This research eliminated some of the variability of previous measured levels of indoor particulate ...
