scholarly journals Technologies for extending the inter-repair periods of individual engineering systems after major repairs of the housing stock

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-81
Author(s):  
Oleg Korol ◽  
S Barkunova ◽  
Maksim Majirin
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Engineering Systems ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
The City ◽  
Energy Efficient Building ◽  
Regional Programs

Regional programs for major repairs of common property in apartment buildings have been implemented on a large scale for more than 5 years. For example, the regional program in the city of Moscow includes more than 28 thousand apartment buildings with a total area of more than 200 million m2. Improvement of housing conditions is the most important factor in improving the well-being of the population and should be considered not only as a combination of factors formed in the construction process (availability of residential premises, level of improvement), but also as a set of services provided in the field of operation. Currently, the use of energy-efficient building materials and technologies with extended service life is of particular importance for the safe and reliable operation of the facility.

scholarly journals Improving programs for capital repairs of apartment buildings and their role in the sustainability of the region

2021 ◽  
Vol 274 ◽  
pp. 10001
Author(s):  
Anna Soloveva ◽  
Olga Antonyan ◽  
Konstantin Generalov ◽  
Kermen Pyurveeva
Keyword(s):  
Common Property ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
Current State ◽  
Volgograd Region ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Regional Programs

The current state of the housing stock of the Russian Federation necessitates overhaul of the common property of apartment buildings. The basis of the state program (concept) for overhaul of apartment buildings is formed by regional programs and short-term plans for overhaul of the common property of apartment buildings. Therefore, the purpose of this article was to study the implementation of the regional program for the overhaul of apartment buildings and develop directions for its improvement. The subject of the research is the regional program for the overhaul of the common property of apartment buildings in the Volgograd region, which is a document that guarantees the overhaul within the time frame established in it. The analysis of the implementation of the program according to the data of the Fund For Overhaul of the Volgograd region is presented. The problems of the implementation of the regional program are identified and directions for their elimination are outlined, which will allow achieving the target indicators of the regional overhaul program.

scholarly journals ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE REPAIR OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iu. S. Shpinev
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
The Common ◽  
Regional Programs

In this article, the author analyzes the implementation of regional programs for major repairs of the common property of apartment buildings, taking into account the need to solve the problems of modernization of the housing stock, including improving its energy efficiency.

scholarly journals The Ancient City of Babylon

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (40) ◽  
pp. 617-656
Author(s):  
Mohammed S. Mahan ◽  
Ghassan Muslim Hamza
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Large City ◽  
Aerial Photos ◽  
The North ◽  
City Gates ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
The City

       Babylon during Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) was a great city. It had been a large city since Old Babylonian times, but Nebuchadnezzar’s expansion of the city and large-scale rebuilding of important buildings with good baked brick instead of the traditional unbaked mudbrick created something exceptional. Babylon now was larger than Nineveh had been and larger than any of the cities in the known world. The political and economic base for this development was of course that it was the centre of the Neo-Babylonian empire created by Nebuchadnezzar’s father Nabopolassar (625–605 BC) and succeeding the Neo Assyrian empire as the main political entity in the Middle East.         An attempt for the first time to bring together the main results of the German excavations in Babylon with the main results from the Iraqi excavations there and thereby make use of the available cuneiform documentation and a selected use of the best of the classical tradition. With the help of a GIS software (QGIS) and a BIM program (ArchiCAD) the use of satellite images and aerial photos combined with inspection on the site, the historical development of the site has been studied and a digital research model of Babylon for different periods of the city’s history has been created.          Only main buildings and constructions have been considered and placed in the appropriate historical and archaeological context. Part 1 includes some information about the historical development of buildings and nature in Babylon, the rivers and groundwater in Baybylon, as well as basics about the building materials used in Babylon. Part 2 discuss the city walls and city gates, introductory matters about the history, excavation and other documentations of the walls and gates. The chapter also includes presentation of the walls and gates during Nabopolassar followed by a detailed discussion of the walls and gates during Nebuchadnezzar. The Ištar gate and the area around it with the different levels and the upper level glazed decoration have been treated separately. Detailed interpretations about the palaces, development of the main traditional South Palace and the new constructed North are discussed in part 3. Reasonable suggestions for the Hanging Gardens in the North Palace have be provided.          The temples are discussed in part 4 detailing the Marduk temple and the zikkurrat. The historical development of the four temples reconstructed on the site in Babylon on their old foundations, i.e. Nabû, Ištar, Ašratum, and Ninmaḫ temples, is discussed with indication which levels have been used for the reconstructions. The historical development of the other excavated temples, i.e. the Ninurta and Išḫara temples, are discussed in a similar way. Attention will be paid to the remains of wall decorations in the temples.  

Public Housing and Well-Being: Evaluation Frameworks to Influence Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 825-835
Author(s):  
Lara Rangiwhetu ◽  
Nevil Pierse ◽  
Elinor Chisholm ◽  
Philippa Howden-Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Change Models ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Background A robust evidence base is needed to develop sustainable cross-party solutions for public housing to promote well-being. The provision of public housing is politically contentious in New Zealand, as in many liberal democracies. Depending on the government, policies oscillate between encouraging sales of public housing stock and reducing investment and maintenance, and large-scale investment, provision, and regeneration of public housing. Aim We aimed to develop frameworks to evaluate the impact of public housing regeneration on tenant well-being at the apartment, complex, and community levels, and to inform future policies. Method Based on a systems approach and theory of change models, we developed a mixed methods quasi-experimental before-and-after outcomes evaluation frameworks, with control groups, for three public housing sites. This evaluation design had flexibility to accommodate real-world complexities, inherent in evaluating large-scale public health interventions, while maintaining scientific rigor to realize the full effects of interventions. Results Three evaluation frameworks for housing were developed. The evaluation at the apartment level confirmed proof of concept and viability of the framework and approach. This also showed that minor draught-stopping measures had a relatively big impact on indoor temperature and thermal comfort, which subsequently informed healthy housing standards. The complex and community-level evaluations are ongoing due to longer regeneration timeframes. Conclusion Public housing is one of central government’s larger social sector interventions, with Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities the largest Crown entity. Evaluating public housing policies is important to develop an evidence base to inform best practice, rational, decision-making policy for the public as well as the private sector.

scholarly journals Recycling of construction and demolition waste during renovation of territories and pavements of large cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitali Chulkov ◽  
Bakhruz Nazirov
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Construction And Demolition Waste ◽  
Demolition Waste ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Process Of Urbanization ◽  
The City ◽  
New Buildings

In the process of urbanization of large cities in different countries, there are similar problems of reorganization, involving the demolition of physically and morally obsolete buildings and structures, as well as the subsequent construction reorganization of the territories vacated or re-cut to the city. In the process of demolition of obsolete buildings and structures, as well as the construction of new buildings, inevitably significant amounts of waste and construction debris arise that should be recycled as much as possible into secondary building materials (to carry out the so-called «recycling» of waste). Types of construction reorganization of urban areas are divided into traditional, widely known and standardized (repair, reconstruction, restoration), and innovative, arising in the processes of reorganization of society. Among the innovative types of construction reorganization, renovation is currently the most relevant, meeting the need to renovate the dilapidated housing stock of cities. The article discusses the main types of construction waste generated during demolition and new construction, as well as the technologies used for recycling these wastes during the renovation of territories and pavements of large cities.

Recommendations For Improvement Of Organizational And Technological Preparation Of Overhaul Of Apartment Buildings

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-55
Keyword(s):  
Common Property ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Capital Repair ◽  
Master Plans ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
Technological Preparation ◽  
Practical Recommendations ◽  
Construction Works

The article contains recommendations for improving the organizational and technological preparation of the capital repair of the housing stock. The analysis of the current legislative acts and regulatory documents in the sphere of major repairs of common property of apartment buildings is presented, as a result of which shortcomings and gaps in the regulatory legal framework are revealed. On the basis of the analysis, concrete recommendations are made to improve the normative legal framework regulating the preparation and carrying out of capital repairs of the housing stock which would allow to increase the volume of capital repair and improve the quality of repair and construction works. The article also contains practical recommendations on organizational and technological design and, in particular, on the development of construction master plans for the organization and carrying out of major repairs to the common property of apartment buildings. It is proposed to include in the requirements imposed by self-regulating organizations on their members when insuring liability, the obligation to comply with the provisions of normative and methodological documents in the field of capital repairs of common property of apartment buildings.

scholarly journals Renovation of apartment buildings with prefabricated modular panels

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 03023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalle Kuusk ◽  
Peep Pihelo ◽  
Targo Kalamees
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Grant Scheme ◽  
Main Barrier ◽  
The Cost

New recast of the EPBD requires that that Member States shall establish a long-term strategy facilitating the cost-effective transformation of existing buildings into nearly-zero energy buildings. Lack of fund and lack of awareness is often considered to be the main barrier for the renovation. Experiences with renovation grant scheme in Estonia showed that large scale renovation scheme is a challenge to the construction industry and increased demand creates new problems like labour shortage and increased construction costs. Current renovation rate of apartment buildings in Estonia is approximately 200 buildings (~1%) per year. Demand is higher but current renovation technologies makes it difficult to significantly increase the renovation rate. Achieving the deep renovation goals with current technologies would require expansion of the whole construction sector (designers, contactors, material industry), which is difficult to achieve. Therefore, innovation and new technologies are needed. The prefabrication would be one solution to allow automation of the renovation process and renovate the existing housing stock within a reasonable time period.

scholarly journals Expanding the environmental scope: an environment-wide association study for mental well-being

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot P. van de Weijer ◽  
Bart M. L. Baselmans ◽  
Jouke-Jan Hottenga ◽  
Conor V. Dolan ◽  
Gonneke Willemsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Association Study ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Environmental Exposures ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Modifiable Factors ◽  
Policy Guidance

Abstract Background Identifying modifiable factors associated with well-being is of increased interest for public policy guidance. Developments in record linkage make it possible to identify what contributes to well-being from a myriad of factors. To this end, we link two large-scale data resources; the Geoscience and Health Cohort Consortium, a collection of geo-data, and the Netherlands Twin Register, which holds population-based well-being data. Objective We perform an Environment-Wide Association Study (EnWAS), where we examine 139 neighbourhood-level environmental exposures in relation to well-being. Methods First, we performed a generalized estimation equation regression (N = 11,975) to test for the effects of environmental exposures on well-being. Second, to account for multicollinearity amongst exposures, we performed principal component regression. Finally, using a genetically informative design, we examined whether environmental exposure is driven by genetic predisposition for well-being. Results We identified 21 environmental factors that were associated with well-being in the domains: housing stock, income, core neighbourhood characteristics, livability, and socioeconomic status. Of these associations, socioeconomic status and safety are indicated as the most important factors to explain differences in well-being. No evidence of gene-environment correlation was found. Significance These observed associations, especially neighbourhood safety, could be informative for policy makers and provide public policy guidance to improve well-being. Our results show that linking databases is a fruitful exercise to identify determinants of mental health that would remain unknown by a more unilateral approach.

Territorial Distribution Of The Housing Stock In Moscow By Grades Of Comfort

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-18
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Real Estate ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
The City

The features of the applied systems of classification of apartment buildings are considered. Their classification is carried out and the cartographic materials reflecting territorial distribution of the considered housing by grades of comfort in districts and settlements of the city of Moscow are prepared. A comparison of the comfort classes of the structure of the housing stock in the territorial context at the beginning of 2018 and the forecast of the potential possible structure as a result of the planned works on the commissioning and demolition of residential buildings for the foreseeable period are made. Trends of changes in the structure of the housing stock in Moscow are analyzed. The territories of the most significant changes in the comfort of living, as well as trends forming as a result of execution of the planned works in full are identified. The results obtained reflect the development of the housing stock in the territorial context due to the demolition and commissioning of residential real estate, including after the implementation of the renovation program.

scholarly journals THE EFFICIENCY OF REQUISITION AND TAXATION POLICIES IN 1917–1927 IN LETTERS “TO THE AUTHORITIES”

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-150
Author(s):  
A. Ya. Livshin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City ◽  
Ability And Willingness

The article discusses the communicative function of letters to authorities in the context of the population’s assessment of the efficiency of the requisition and taxation policies in the first decade of the Communist regime in power. Many letters during the Civil War represented complaints of confiscation and requisition. The peasants believed that the surplus-appraisal and the collection of an extraordinary revolutionary tax were carried out in violation А. Я. Лившин 150 of instructions and norms established by the Soviet state itself. Correspondents of the authorities noted that the surplus appropriation was carried out through the unlimited use of violence and coercion, leading to the destruction of trust between the government and the people, between the city and the village. The attitude of the population towards taxes in the 1920s was largely determined by the experience of the Civil War, when millions of citizens suffered from violent requisition. In the NEP years, when the regime has pursued better balanced economic and social policies, a large-scale rationalization of popular opinion regarding the principles of relationship between the government and society took place. This rationalization, as the letters to the authorities show, was especially evident in the peasant milieu. This occurred due to different circumstances, including the ability to farm on a market basis embedded in the principles of NEP. The middle-peasant majority of the village considered the policy of encouraging peasants' economic initiative to be effective, since such a policy could lead to an increase in the well-being of the whole society. Most people considered the policy of tax pressure on the peasantry which undermined the economic viability of farms in the NEP era, to be erroneous. The ability and willingness to trust the state determined a lot in the mentality and social behavior of people of the post-revolutionary era. Coercive, driven by class ideology rather than economic practicability, and, therefore, inefficient policies (including taxation policies), according to many authors of the letters, have been destructive to the atmosphere of trust and social balance in the country

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