@article{MetznerSawitzky, author = {Metzner, Steffen and Sawitzky, Mareen}, title = {Priorisierung von Immobilienm{\"a}rkten mittels ELECTRE: Nutzung eines Outranking-Modells im taktischen Portfoliomanagement}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Immobilien{\"o}konomie}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Immobilien{\"o}konomie}, doi = {10.1365/s41056-016-0017-y}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170425-31516}, pages = {121 -- 144}, abstract = {In Zeiten volatiler Immobilienm{\"a}rkte und einer hohen Wettbewerbsintensit{\"a}t sind leistungsf{\"a}hige Systeme der Analyse und Entscheidungsunterst{\"u}tzung unverzichtbar. Entscheidungen zu Investitionsstrategien und Einzelinvestitionen basieren zumeist auf mehreren entscheidungsrelevanten Kriterien. Unterschiedliche immobilienwirtschaftliche Entscheidungsalternativen k{\"o}nnen dabei durchaus Kriterienauspr{\"a}gungen aufweisen, die eine bestimmte Alternative nicht als stets besser bzw. stets schlechter ausweisen. Klassische finanzwirtschaftliche Modelle oder verbreitete qualitative Verfahren wie das Scoring k{\"o}nnen die gegebene Komplexit{\"a}t meist nicht angemessen ber{\"u}cksichtigen. Eine Weiterentwicklung immobilienwirtschaftlicher Entscheidungsmodelle ist durch die {\"U}bertragung und Spezifizierung multikriterieller Verfahren der Entscheidungsunterst{\"u}tzung m{\"o}glich. Speziell die Untergruppe des Outranking besch{\"a}ftigt sich mit der schrittweisen Strukturierung, Ordnung und Priorisierung von komplexen Auswahlalternativen. Als spezifische immobilienwirtschaftliche Fragestellung dient hier die Auswahl und Priorisierung von Zielm{\"a}rkten im taktischen Portfoliomanagement eines institutionellen Immobilienportfoliosmit internationaler Ausrichtung. Die Formalisierung des Entscheidungsproblems „Priorisierung von Zielm{\"a}rkten" erfolgt mit dem ELECTRE-Verfahren.}, subject = {Portfoliomanagement}, language = {de} } @article{MeyerKohlstockHauptHeldtetal., author = {Meyer-Kohlstock, Daniel and Haupt, Thomas and Heldt, Erik and Heldt, Nils and Kraft, Eckhard}, title = {Biochar as Additive in Biogas-Production from Bio-Waste}, series = {ENERGIES}, journal = {ENERGIES}, doi = {10.3390/en9040247}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170406-31119}, abstract = {Previous publications about biochar in anaerobic digestion show encouraging results with regard to increased biogas yields. This work investigates such effects in a solid-state fermentation of bio-waste. Unlike in previous trials, the influence of biochar is tested with a setup that simulates an industrial-scale biogas plant. Both the biogas and the methane yield increased around 5\% with a biochar addition of 5\%-based on organic dry matter biochar to bio-waste. An addition of 10\% increased the yield by around 3\%. While scaling effects prohibit a simple transfer of the results to industrial-scale plants, and although the certainty of the results is reduced by the heterogeneity of the bio-waste, further research in this direction seems promising.}, subject = {Festphasen-Fermentation}, language = {en} } @article{DaubeMetzner, author = {Daube, Dirk and Metzner, Steffen}, title = {Priorisierung von energetischen Maßnahmen in heterogenen Immobilienportfolios - Am Beispiel eines Bestandes der {\"o}ffentlichen Hand}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Immobilien{\"o}konomie}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Immobilien{\"o}konomie}, doi = {10.1365/s41056-016-0011-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170418-31332}, pages = {53 -- 79}, abstract = {In vielen {\"o}ffentlichen Geb{\"a}uden besteht ein hohes wirtschaftliches Einsparpotenzial bei den relevanten Energietr{\"a}gern W{\"a}rme und Strom. Projekte zur energetischen Optimierungen refinanzieren sich h{\"a}ufig nach wenigen Jahren. Die notwenigen Investitionsmittel stehen jedoch nur begrenzt zur Verf{\"u}gung. Zielgerichtete Analysen und Potenzialsch{\"a}tzungen sind erforderlich, um eine Priorisierung optionaler Maßnahmen zu erreichen. Die Studie zeigt anhand eines {\"o}ffentlichen Portfolios notwendige Untersuchungsschritte auf. Die Einzelpotenziale werden {\"u}ber geeignete Benchmarks ermittelt. Auf Portfolioebene werden u. a. spezifische Potenzial-Matrizen genutzt. Die kennzahlenbasierte Priorisierung von Maßnahmen ist umso wichtiger, je st{\"a}rker das Potenzial auf wenige Objekte konzentriert ist.}, subject = {{\"O}ffentlicher Sektor}, language = {de} } @article{BourikasJamesBahajetal., author = {Bourikas, Leonidas and James, Patrick A. B. and Bahaj, AbuBakr S. and Jentsch, Mark F. and Shen, Tianfeng and Chow, David H. C. and Darkwa, Jo}, title = {Transforming typical hourly simulation weather data files to represent urban locations by using a 3D urban unit representation with micro-climate simulations}, series = {Future Cities and Environment}, journal = {Future Cities and Environment}, doi = {10.1186/s40984-016-0020-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170418-31348}, abstract = {Urban and building energy simulation models are usually driven by typical meteorological year (TMY) weather data often in a TMY2 or EPW format. However, the locations where these historical datasets were collected (usually airports) generally do not represent the local, site specific micro-climates that cities develop. In this paper, a humid sub-tropical climate context has been considered. An idealised "urban unit model" of 250 m radius is being presented as a method of adapting commonly available weather data files to the local micro-climate. This idealised "urban unit model" is based on the main thermal and morphological characteristics of nine sites with residential/institutional (university) use in Hangzhou, China. The area of the urban unit was determined by the region of influence on the air temperature signal at the centre of the unit. Air temperature and relative humidity were monitored and the characteristics of the surroundings assessed (eg green-space, blue-space, built form). The "urban unit model" was then implemented into micro-climatic simulations using a Computational Fluid Dynamics - Surface Energy Balance analysis tool (ENVI-met, Version 4). The "urban unit model" approach used here in the simulations delivered results with performance evaluation indices comparable to previously published work (for air temperature; RMSE <1, index of agreement d > 0.9). The micro-climatic simulation results were then used to adapt the air temperature and relative humidity of the TMY file for Hangzhou to represent the local, site specific morphology under three different weather forcing cases, (ie cloudy/rainy weather (Group 1), clear sky, average weather conditions (Group 2) and clear sky, hot weather (Group 3)). Following model validation, two scenarios (domestic and non-domestic building use) were developed to assess building heating and cooling loads against the business as usual case of using typical meteorological year data files. The final "urban weather projections" obtained from the simulations with the "urban unit model" were used to compare the degree days amongst the reference TMY file, the TMY file with a bulk UHI offset and the TMY file adapted for the site-specific micro-climate (TMY-UWP). The comparison shows that Heating Degree Days (HDD) of the TMY file (1598 days) decreased by 6 \% in the "TMY + UHI" case and 13 \% in the "TMY-UWP" case showing that the local specific micro-climate is attributed with an additional 7 \% (ie from 6 to 13 \%) reduction in relation to the bulk UHI effect in the city. The Cooling Degree Days (CDD) from the "TMY + UHI" file are 17 \% more than the reference TMY (207 days) and the use of the "TMY-UWP" file results to an additional 14 \% increase in comparison with the "TMY + UHI" file (ie from 17 to 31 \%). This difference between the TMY-UWP and the TMY + UHI files is a reflection of the thermal characteristics of the specific urban morphology of the studied sites compared to the wider city. A dynamic thermal simulation tool (TRNSYS) was used to calculate the heating and cooling load demand change in a domestic and a non-domestic building scenario. The heating and cooling loads calculated with the adapted TMY-UWP file show that in both scenarios there is an increase by approximately 20 \% of the cooling load and a 20 \% decrease of the heating load. If typical COP values for a reversible air-conditioning system are 2.0 for heating and 3.5 for cooling then the total electricity consumption estimated with the use of the "urbanised" TMY-UWP file will be decreased by 11 \% in comparison with the "business as usual" (ie reference TMY) case. Overall, it was found that the proposed method is appropriate for urban and building energy performance simulations in humid sub-tropical climate cities such as Hangzhou, addressing some of the shortfalls of current simulation weather data sets such as the TMY.}, subject = {Mikroklima}, language = {en} } @article{MeelSatirasetthaveeKanitpongetal., author = {Meel, Inder P. and Satirasetthavee, Dussadee and Kanitpong, Kunnawee and Taneerananon, Pichai}, title = {Using Czech TCT to Assess Safety Impact of Deceleration Lane at Thai U-turns}, series = {ENGINEERING JOURNAL-THAILAND}, journal = {ENGINEERING JOURNAL-THAILAND}, doi = {10.4186/ej.2016.20.1.121}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170406-31097}, pages = {121 -- 135}, abstract = {Purpose of this study is to evaluate safety impact of the deceleration lane at the Upstream Zone of at-grade U-turns on 4-lane divided Thai highways. A substantial speed reduction is required by vehicles for diverging and making U-turn, and the deceleration lanes are provided for this purpose. These lanes are also providing a storage space for the U-turning vehicles to avoid unnecessary blockage of through lanes and reduce the potential of rear-end collisions. The safety at the U-turn is greatly influenced by the proper or improper use of the deceleration lanes. Subject to their length, full or partial speed adjustment can occur within the deceleration lane also the road users' behavior is influenced. To assess the safety impact, the four groups of U-turns with the varying length of deceleration lanes were identified. Owing to limitation of availability and reliability of road crash data in Thailand, widely accepted Traffic Conflict Technique (TCT) was used as an alternative and proactive methodology. The U-turns' geometric data, traffic conflicts and volume data were recorded in the field at 8 locations, 8 hours per location. Severity Conflict Rate (SCR) was assessed by applying a weighing factor (based on the severity grades according to the Czech TCT) to the observed conflicts related to the conflicting traffic volumes. A comparative higher value of SCR represents a lower level of safety. According to the results, increase in the functional length of the deceleration lane yields a lower value of SCR and a higher level of the road safety.}, subject = {Verkehrssicherheit}, language = {en} } @article{MeelBrannolteSatirasetthaveeetal., author = {Meel, Inder P. and Brannolte, Ulrich and Satirasetthavee, Dussadee and Kanitpong, Kunnawee}, title = {Safety impact of application of auxiliary lanes at downstream locations of Thai U-turns}, series = {IATSS Research}, journal = {IATSS Research}, doi = {10.1016/j.iatssr.2016.06.002}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170401-31016}, abstract = {To assess the safety impact of auxiliary lanes at downstream locations of U-turns, the Traffic Conflict Technique was used. On the basis of the installed components at those locations, four types of U-turns were identified: those without any auxiliary lane, those with an acceleration lane, those with outer widening, and those with both an acceleration lane and outer widening. The available crash data is unreliable, therefore to assess the level of road safety, Conflict Indexes were formulated to put more emphasis on severe crashes than on slight ones by using two types of weighting coefficients. The first coefficient was based on the subjective assessment of the seriousness of the conflict situation and the second was based on the relative speed and angle between conflicting streams. A comparatively higher Conflict Index value represents a lower level of road safety. According to the results, a lower level of road safety occurs if two components apply or if a location is without any auxiliary lane. The highest level of road safety occurs if the layout includes only a single component, either an acceleration lane or outer widening.}, subject = {Verkehrssicherheit}, language = {en} } @article{BremerWollweberWeigandetal., author = {Bremer, K. and Wollweber, M. and Weigand, F. and Rahlves, M. and Kuhne, Michael and Helbig, R. and Roth, B.}, title = {Fibre Optic Sensors for the Structural Health Monitoring of Building Structures}, series = {Procedia Technology 26}, journal = {Procedia Technology 26}, doi = {10.1016/j.protcy.2016.08.065}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170331-30912}, pages = {524 -- 529}, abstract = {In this work different fibre optic sensors for the structural health monitoring of civil engineering structures are reported. A fibre optic crack sensor and two different fibre optic moisture sensors have been designed to detect the moisture ingress in concrete based building structures. Moreover, the degeneration of the mechanical properties of optical glass fibre sensors and hence their long-term stability and reliability due to the mechanical and chemical impact of the concrete environment is discussed as well as the advantage of applying a fibre optic sensor system for the structural health monitoring of sewerage tunnels is demonstrated.}, subject = {Structural Health Monitoring}, language = {en} } @article{MeunierWaltherWorsleyetal., author = {Meunier, David and Walther, Christoph and Worsley, Tom and Dahl, Alexander and Le Ma{\^i}tre, H{\´e}l{\`e}ne}, title = {Evolutions of the Reference Values Used in Transport CBA National Guidelines of 3 Countries and What they Reveal}, series = {Transportation Research Procedia 13}, journal = {Transportation Research Procedia 13}, doi = {10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.011}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170406-31106}, pages = {100 -- 113}, abstract = {The paper presents, analyses and compares the evolution of reference values used in national guidelines issued for cost-benefit analysis of transport infrastructure projects, over the last fifty years, in France, UK and Germany.}, subject = {Verkehrsinfrastruktur}, language = {en} } @article{ThiriouxWehrmannLangbouretal., author = {Thirioux, Berangere and Wehrmann, Moritz and Langbour, Nicolas and Jaafari, Nematollah and Berthoz, Alain}, title = {Identifying One self with the Face of Someone Else Impairs the Egocentered Visuo-spatial Mechanisms: A New Double Mirror Paradigm to Study Self-Other Distinction and Interaction}, series = {FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY}, journal = {FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY}, doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01283}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170411-31150}, abstract = {Looking at our face in a mirror is one of the strongest phenomenological experiences of the Self in which we need to identify the face as reflected in the mirror as belonging to us. Recent behavioral and neuroimaging studies reported that self-face identification not only relies upon visual-mnemonic representation of ones own face but also upon continuous updating and integration of visuo-tactile signals. Therefore, bodily self-consciousness plays a major role in self-face identification, with respect to interplay between unisensory and multisensory processing. However, if previous studies demonstrated that the integration of multisensory body-related signals contributes to the visual processing of ones own face, there is so far no data regarding how self-face identification, inversely, contributes to bodily self-consciousness. In the present study, we tested whether selfother face identification impacts either the egocentered or heterocentered visuo-spatial mechanisms that are core processes of bodily self-consciousness and sustain selfother distinction. For that, we developed a new paradigm, named Double Mirror. This paradigm, consisting of a semi-transparent double mirror and computer-controlled Light Emitting Diodes, elicits selfother face merging illusory effect in ecologically more valid conditions, i.e., when participants are physically facing each other and interacting. Self-face identification was manipulated by exposing pairs of participants to an Interpersonal Visual Stimulation in which the reflection of their faces merged in the mirror. Participants simultaneously performed visuo-spatial and mental own-body transformation tasks centered on their own face (egocentered) or the face of their partner (heterocentered) in the pre- and post-stimulation phase. We show that selfother face identification altered the egocentered visuo-spatial mechanisms. Heterocentered coding was preserved. Our data suggest that changes in self-face identification induced a bottom-up conflict between the current visual representation and the stored mnemonic representation of ones own face which, in turn, top-down impacted bodily self-consciousness.}, subject = {Gesicht}, language = {en} } @article{Elrasoul, author = {Elrasoul, Riham}, title = {City Architectural Heritage Revival: The Need of a New Applied Approach}, series = {Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 225}, journal = {Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 225}, doi = {10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.06.021}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170401-30977}, pages = {216 -- 225}, abstract = {Egypt is a nation of 4000 years of civilization, which was known for its ancient architecture that occupied the highest rank of importance, but how long will our neglected heritage sites survive in our recent era? This is a rising debate. This paper is based on a hypothesis whether the conservation of the neglected or isolated heritage sites, particularly in the inhabited areas, can bind the citizens to their past. For this reason, the research provides scenes of many applied conservation practices in other countries. The study calls for developing a new applied approach of conservation that takes the interaction between citizens and the city heritage zones into consideration.}, subject = {Sozialisation}, language = {en} }