Global warming and its effects on climate are of great concern. Climate change can affect buildings in different ways, i.e. it can change the energy demand or the moisture durability of buildings in the future. In Sweden, most of the last 20 years have been mild and wet compared to the 1961-1990 climate reference period. Future needs and risks of the building sector depend on the future climate wh

Overheating in summer is a problem in buildings with large glass area and low heat capacity constructive materials. Adding some thermal mass to the building is a way to overcome this problem. A new method is using removable thermal mass. This is called Controlled Active Mass (CAM). The CAM is an extra thermal mass which is placed inside the building to decrease energy demand for cooling and heatin

Under changing climate conditions, acceptable functionality of buildings and their adaptation to climate are required. More rain and extreme conditions in future make buildings and the built environment more vulnerable. There are currently several scenarios regarding possible future climatic conditions. Results from the impact analysis of climate change can be significantly affected by the selecte

The effects of possible climate changes on a cold attic performance are considered in this work. The hygro-thermal responses of the attic to different climate data conditions are simulated using a numerical model, which has been made using the IBPT. Cold attic, which is the most exposed part of the building to the environment, is classified as a risky construction in Sweden. Mould growth on intern

During the last few years global warming and its effects on climate have been a debated issue. The building industry plays a large part in the human activities which can be influenced by the climate change. Energy consumption and durability of buildings depend a lot on the weather conditions. Many of the developed countries will set their strategies on the probable future conditions considering th

There is much concern about the effects of possible future climate changes on buildings. The future climate scenarios are based on numerical simulations. Each scenario of a climate model is the result of some changes in the boundary or initial conditions, emission scenario, etc. Consequently each weather scenario has different sources of uncertainty which affects the building simulation results. H

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to extend the knowledge of how identity is connected to information sharing activities in social media during pre-school teacher training.Design/methodology/approachAn ethnographic study is performed where 249 students at a Swedish pre-school teacher-training programme are followed through participant observations from November 2013 to January 2014, and from Sep

This thesis investigates the dissension and dividing force present with regard to dealing with the communist experience in Sweden andDenmark. It studies the manifestations and causes of this dissension and compares the ways it has been dealt with in historical culture. 38in-depth interviews with history teachers and historical scholars, belonging to two generations, have been conducted. They have

This article aims to mirror a time of radical change in Swedish jazz education through perspectives formulated in the jazz journal Orkesterjournalen. During the 1980s, jazz musicians are still typically viewed as self-taught; you learn how to play jazz through listening and through playing together in contexts where fellow musicians function as informal “teachers”. The growing formal jazz educatio

Interview about critical management studies