The advent of digital decoration has changed the technological requirements of colorants
and the way they are applied onto ceramic substrates. This technological revolution has …

Urbanization and the resulting concentration of people in cities has led to the emergence of
Urban Heat Islands (UHI), which is associated with several problems. One strategy for UHI …

Abstract The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development charts the course for transforming
the world socially, economically, and environmentally by 2030. Cities represent a critical …

The present study offers a thorough scientometric analysis of the practice of bioclimatic
retrofitting in commercial buildings, which is considered a crucial approach for mitigating …

This paper reports research into the development of compositions of engobe coatings for
ceramic bricks and investigating the influence of technological production factors on their …

Retro-reflective (RR) materials are innovative cool materials with the ability of reflecting most
of the striking energy backwards and reducing the thermal energy kept inside the urban …

Digital ink-jet printing is a decoration system for ceramic tiles that requires the application of
engobes with high whiteness and opacity, characteristics that can be used to design solar …

Ink-jet decoration is a technology suitable for designing ceramic tiles with solar reflectance
(SR) properties. SR is the ratio between the solar energy reflected by a surface and the total …

White enamels were prepared from scheelite and zircon glasses. By modifying the amount
of WO 3 and ZrO 2, different crystalline shapes and percentages were obtained. It was found …

For the purposes of regeneration of the consolidated city it is increasingly important to have
the knowledge of the micro-scale distribution of the vulnerability of the population to the …