Dosta TecBuildings & Renewable Energy SourcesThere has been much talk going on in the past decades about decarbonisation of the economy. And as if that wasn’t a big enough problem to…6 min read·Oct 22, 2021----
Dosta TecCost-Effectiveness: Getting the Most Out of Building RenovationLately, there’s been much talk of climate change and climate policy. Even though it’s been in the news and in our conversations since at…5 min read·Aug 27, 2021----
Dosta TecRecovery and Resilience PlanThe pandemic of COVID-19 has changed the European economy. For several months some of the industries were frozen, many had to shift their…5 min read·Aug 27, 2021----
Dosta TecLo-Tech Solutions: Solar Water Heaters and their Embodied CarbonDr. Harry Zvi Tabor was a British-Israeli physicist who is known for pioneering work in the field of solar energy in Israel. His work isn’t…5 min read·Jul 30, 2021----
Dosta TecMaterials for Future BuildingsThe New European Bauhaus conference (22–23 April 2021) was inaugurated by a speech by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von…4 min read·Jul 16, 2021----
Dosta TecEmbodied Carbon of HVAC SystemsWe’ve mentioned in previous articles how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of buildings is an engineering problem that is becoming more and more…5 min read·Jun 18, 2021----
Dosta TecPV’s Embodied CarbonLooking back at 2020, one thing will naturally come up in most people’s mind. The pandemic’s reach is global and very much ongoing, with…4 min read·May 28, 2021----
Dosta TecLearning from vernacularWhen, in 1964, Bernard Rudofsky finally opened the exhibition Architecture without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed…5 min read·May 21, 2021----
Dosta TecOccupancyThe whole-life cycle of a building can be analyzed from the point of view of energy used for each phase of the operation (Life Cycle Energy…6 min read·May 14, 2021----
Dosta TecBuildings’ Thermal Behaviour: Black, White and Grey BoxesIf an engineer wants to model a building to solve problems in the energy realm, there is not a single, unique way to go about it. There are…4 min read·May 7, 2021----