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C. Sloby · Catalysis from A to Z · 2020

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Retrofitting

Dr David Dowrick BE (Civil), DEng, FIPENZ, FNZSEE · 2009

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction To Retrofit or Not? Benefit-Cost of Retrofitting Retrofitting Lifelines Retrofitting Structures Retrofitting Equipment and Plant Retrofitting in Developing Countries Performance of Retrofitted Property in Earthquakes References

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Retrofitting

Alan Power · RIBA Publishing eBooks · 2026

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Retrofitting

Mark Bomberg, David W. Yarbrough, Hamed Saber · 2025

The challenge to create a next generation technology and methods for testing its performance, led to Integration of heating/ cooling and ventilation with wall structures. Passive and Thermo-Active Cluster (PTAC) integrates hydronic heat exchangers with solar panels and underground water tanks (providing thermal storage) for heat pump. PTAC delivers a verified technology with 90 % energy reduction in new buildings and 70 % in retofitted (benchark 2004). It uses: 1) two-stage construction process to modify the pattern of financing. 2) building automatics to control contributions of sub-systems. 3) adaptable indoor climate and HVAC integrated with the building structure, jointly with monitoring and performance evaluation (MAPE) optimizes energy and indoor environment under service conditions. 4) climatic district network, with minimum two (historic buildings), will optimize energy use in the network. PTAC selects practical improvements to the triangle: occupant-controlled comfort, energy efficiency and the smart energy grid to initiate a discussion on the public-private consortium linked with public education activities to develop the PTAC approach with a view to slow climate change.

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Retrofitting

David J. Dowrick · 2003

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction To retrofit or not? Cost-benefit of retrofitting Retrofitting lifelines Retrofitting structures Retrofitting equipment and plant Performance of retrofitted property in earthquakes

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Retrofitting Memory: Retrofitting a Non-Physical Architecture

Soon Yie Low · 2016

<p>This project looks at how destroyed architecture, although physically lost, fundamentally continues to exist within human memories as a non-physical entity. The site chosen is Avonside Girls’ High School in Christchurch, New Zealand, a school heavily damaged during the February 22nd earthquake in 2011. The project focuses on the Main Block, a 1930s masonry building which had always been a symbol for the school and its alumni. The key theories relevant to this are studies on non-material architecture and memory as these subjects investigate the relationship between conceptual idea and the triggering of it. This research aims to study how to fortify a thought-based architecture against neglect, similar to the retrofitting of physical structures. In doing so, the importance of the emotive realm of architecture and the idea behind a building (as opposed to the built component itself) is further validated, promoting more broadminded stances regarding the significance of the idea over the object. A new method for disaster recovery and addressing trauma from lost architecture is also acquired. Factors regarding advanced structural systems and programmes are not covered within the scope of this research because the project instead explores issues regarding the boundaries between the immaterial and material. The project methodology involves communicating a narrative derived from the memories alumni and staff members have of the old school block. The approach for portraying the narrative is based on a list of strategies obtained from case studies. The final product of the research is a new design for the high school, conveyed through a set of atmospheric drawings that cross-examines the boundaries between the physical and non-physical realms by representing the version of the school that exists solely within memories.</p>

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Retrofitting Memory: Retrofitting a Non-Physical Architecture

Low, Soon Yie · ResearchArchive–Te Puna Rangahau (Victoria University of Wellington) · 2016

This project looks at how destroyed architecture, although physically lost, fundamentally continues to exist within human memories as a non-physical entity. The site chosen is Avonside Girls’ High School in Christchurch, New Zealand, a school heavily damaged during the February 22nd earthquake in 2011. The project focuses on the Main Block, a 1930s masonry building which had always been a symbol for the school and its alumni.\n\nThe key theories relevant to this are studies on non-material architecture and memory as these subjects investigate the relationship between conceptual idea and the triggering of it. This research aims to study how to fortify a thought-based architecture against neglect, similar to the retrofitting of physical structures.\n\nIn doing so, the importance of the emotive realm of architecture and the idea behind a building (as opposed to the built component itself) is further validated, promoting more broadminded stances regarding the significance of the idea over the object. A new method for disaster recovery and addressing trauma from lost architecture is also acquired. Factors regarding advanced structural systems and programmes are not covered within the scope of this research because the project instead explores issues regarding the boundaries between the immaterial and material.\n\nThe project methodology involves communicating a narrative derived from the memories alumni and staff members have of the old school block. The approach for portraying the narrative is based on a list of strategies obtained from case studies.\n\nThe final product of the research is a new design for the high school, conveyed through a set of atmospheric drawings that cross-examines the boundaries between the physical and non-physical realms by representing the version of the school that exists solely within memories.

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Retrofitting Memory: Retrofitting a Non-Physical Architecture

Soon Yie Low · 2016

<p>This project looks at how destroyed architecture, although physically lost, fundamentally continues to exist within human memories as a non-physical entity. The site chosen is Avonside Girls’ High School in Christchurch, New Zealand, a school heavily damaged during the February 22nd earthquake in 2011. The project focuses on the Main Block, a 1930s masonry building which had always been a symbol for the school and its alumni. The key theories relevant to this are studies on non-material architecture and memory as these subjects investigate the relationship between conceptual idea and the triggering of it. This research aims to study how to fortify a thought-based architecture against neglect, similar to the retrofitting of physical structures. In doing so, the importance of the emotive realm of architecture and the idea behind a building (as opposed to the built component itself) is further validated, promoting more broadminded stances regarding the significance of the idea over the object. A new method for disaster recovery and addressing trauma from lost architecture is also acquired. Factors regarding advanced structural systems and programmes are not covered within the scope of this research because the project instead explores issues regarding the boundaries between the immaterial and material. The project methodology involves communicating a narrative derived from the memories alumni and staff members have of the old school block. The approach for portraying the narrative is based on a list of strategies obtained from case studies. The final product of the research is a new design for the high school, conveyed through a set of atmospheric drawings that cross-examines the boundaries between the physical and non-physical realms by representing the version of the school that exists solely within memories.</p>

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Urban retrofitting

Jawadi, Zara · Unitec Research Bank (Unitec Institute of Technology) · 2017

The global population is projected to rise to 9.6 billion people by 2050, with upward of 60% expected to move into urban areas (Alberti, 2005). Economic geography further suggests that the pressure to expand and availability of cheap land at the urban fringe will lead to urban sprawl (Taylor, 1996). Like many major urban centres, Auckland faces problems related to urban sprawl, such as acute traffic congestion leading to unsustainable land use. (Jamieson, 2007) Shifting attention from new land development to retrofitting existing marginal spaces within the urban limits holds tremendous potential to rethink Auckland’s urban development. With focus on the development of remnant spaces in Auckland city, this project establishes a series of strategies to create a networked infrastructure that supports ecosystem health, thriving social communities, and economic opportunities. Particular attention is given to transport corridors that intersect with major residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the city. The public transport system is explored as a tool for directing the future growth of Auckland.
\nProject site: Westfield Railway Station, Portage Road, Otahuhu

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Retrofitting Suburbia

Royce Hanson · Cornell University Press eBooks · 2017

This chapter focuses on the trials, tribulations, and results of planning and managing redevelopment of two activity centers in Montgomery County: Friendship Heights and the Hills and Bethesda. It first considers the decision of the Committee on the Planning, Zoning and Development of Central Business Districts and Transit Station Areas to rethink its development strategy for the twelve Metro station areas under county jurisdiction. It then describes the committee's proposal for three Central Business District zones, called CBD-1, CBD-2, and CBD-3, which secured the approval of the Montgomery County Council. It also discusses the planning politics of Friendship Heights and Bethesda and shows how the two projects provided tests of the legal theories underlying new hybrid zones and for balancing land use with the capacity of public facilities, especially transportation.

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Retrofitting Beckett

Patrick Lonergan · 2025

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Retrofitting POTWs /

Center for Environmental Research Information (U.S.) · The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association

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Against Retrofitting

Jennifer Eun-Jung Row · Romanic Review · 2023

Research Article| December 01 2023 Against Retrofitting: Queerness, Race, and Disability in French Studies Jennifer Eun-Jung Row Jennifer Eun-Jung Row University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Romanic Review (2023) 114 (3): 609–616. https://doi.org/10.1215/00358118-10807123 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Jennifer Eun-Jung Row; Against Retrofitting: Queerness, Race, and Disability in French Studies. Romanic Review 1 December 2023; 114 (3): 609–616. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00358118-10807123 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsRomanic Review Search Advanced Search disability, race, retrofit Copyright © 2023 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York2023 You do not currently have access to this content.

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Retrofitting abandonment

Myers, Madelyn Paige · Cardinal Scholar (Ball State University) · 2025

There are a large number of abandoned structures in the United States—and if they are not yet fully abandoned, there are many structures that are majorly underutilized or possess a program of anticipated abandonment. In our culture, demolition and reconstruction are typically seen as the most efficient approach to architecturally “starting over”. However, surely there are more sustainable alternatives including repurposing existing structures. Theoretically, nearly any building can be reimagined in a way that gives it new purpose while avoiding the common (and wasteful) choice of demolition. In this project, this thesis bridges our reality with a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future in order to weave a narrative that explores the daily patterns and needs of everyday living that must be considered for the continued survival of the human race. Using the Muncie Mall, a local extensively underutilized enclosed shopping mall, this project explores how a self-sustaining community might operate within its footprint, implementing a language of material reuse in order to address contemporary environmental and societal upheaval that threatens our future.

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Urban retrofitting

Jawadi, Zara · Unitec Research Bank (Unitec Institute of Technology) · 2017

The global population is projected to rise to 9.6 billion people by 2050, with upward of 60% expected to move into urban areas (Alberti, 2005). Economic geography further suggests that the pressure to expand and availability of cheap land at the urban fringe will lead to urban sprawl (Taylor, 1996). Like many major urban centres, Auckland faces problems related to urban sprawl, such as acute traffic congestion leading to unsustainable land use. (Jamieson, 2007) Shifting attention from new land development to retrofitting existing marginal spaces within the urban limits holds tremendous potential to rethink Auckland’s urban development. With focus on the development of remnant spaces in Auckland city, this project establishes a series of strategies to create a networked infrastructure that supports ecosystem health, thriving social communities, and economic opportunities. Particular attention is given to transport corridors that intersect with major residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the city. The public transport system is explored as a tool for directing the future growth of Auckland.
\nProject site: Westfield Railway Station, Portage Road, Otahuhu

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Facade retrofitting

Fouad, H.A., Willems, W., Reyer, E. et al. · OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) · 1993

Im Altbaubereich gibt es in der BRD einen grossen Bedarf an Modernisierung (Angleichung an aktuelle Standards durch Waermedaemmung) sowie Sanierung (z.B. Rissschaeden). Mit Hilfe einer Bauzustandsanalyse sollen dabei die Grundlagen fuer die Sanierung bzw. Modernisierung gelegt werden. Ziel des vorgestellten F+E-Vorhabens ist es, die an beide Verfahren gestellten Bedingungen und Anforderungen moeglichst durch ein einziges Verfahren erfuellen zu koennen. Im Rahmen der Arbeit werden die zur Zeit angebotenen Verfahren zusammengetragen und hinsichtlich ihrer Erfuellung durch theoretische und experimentelle Untersuchungen ueberprueft. (BWI)

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Urban retrofitting.

Jawadi, Zara · Unitec Research Bank (Unitec Institute of Technology) · 2017

The global population is projected to rise to 9.6 billion people by 2050, with upward of 60% expected to move into urban areas (Alberti, 2005). Economic geography further suggests that the pressure to expand and availability of cheap land at the urban fringe will lead to urban sprawl (Taylor, 1996). Like many major urban centres, Auckland faces problems related to urban sprawl, such as acute traffic congestion leading to unsustainable land use. (Jamieson, 2007) Shifting attention from new land development to retrofitting existing marginal spaces within the urban limits holds tremendous potential to rethink Auckland’s urban development. With focus on the development of remnant spaces in Auckland city, this project establishes a series of strategies to create a networked infrastructure that supports ecosystem health, thriving social communities, and economic opportunities. Particular attention is given to transport corridors that intersect with major residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the city. The public transport system is explored as a tool for directing the future growth of Auckland.
\nProject site: Westfield Railway Station, Portage Road, Otahuhu

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Retrofitting suburbia

Jun Wang · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · 2022

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Evolutionary Retrofitting

Mathurin Videau, Mariia Zameshina, Alessandro Leite et al. · ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization · 2025

After Learning Evolutionary Retrofitting (AfterLearnER) consists in applying evolutionary optimization to refine fully trained machine learning models by optimizing a set of carefully chosen parameters or hyperparameters of the model, with respect to some actual, exact, and hence possibly non-differentiable error signal, performed on a subset of the standard validation set. The efficiency of AfterLearnER is demonstrated by tackling non-differentiable signals such as threshold-based criteria in depth sensing, the word error rate in speech resynthesis, the number of kills per life at Doom, computational accuracy or BLEU in code translation, image quality in 3D generative adversarial networks (GANs), and user feedback in image generation via latent diffusion models (LDM). This retrofitting can be done after training, or dynamically at inference time by taking into account the user feedback. The advantages of AfterLearnER are its versatility, the possibility to use non-differentiable feedback, including human evaluations (i.e., no gradient is needed), the limited overfitting supported by a theoretical study, and its anytime behavior. Last but not least, AfterLearnER requires only a small amount of feedback, i.e., a few dozen to a few hundred scalars, compared to the tens of thousands needed in most related published works.

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Retrofitting toolkit

Soutullo, Silvia, Sanchez, Maria Nuria, Giancola, Emanuela et al. · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2023

This document contains a description of the retrofitting toolkit integrated into the Simulators space of the ECF4CLIM project’s digital platform. This toolkit aims to strengthen energy efficiency awareness among teachers, students or schools’ manager and personnel and promote the engagement of the entire educational community in action towards behavioural changes towards efficiency and sustainability. This tool is also presented as an opportunity to make educational community aware of the potential of digital technologies in traditional education and new ways to use it.

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