COMBINING PERFORMANCE TESTING AND METADATA MODELS TO SUPPORT FAULT DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTICS IN SMART BUILDINGS

Combining Performance Testing and Metadata Models to Support Fault Detection and Diagnostics in Smart Buildings

Performance testing of components and subsystems of buildings is a promising practice for increasing energy efficiency and closing gaps between intended and actual performance of buildings.A typical shortcoming of performance testing is Program Potentiometer the difficulty of linking a failing test to a faulty or underperforming component.Furthermo

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The standardization of biodiversity: how politicization changes standardization for corporate sustainability reporting

This article asks how politicization changes the standardization of biodiversity in the realm of corporate sustainable reporting (CSR) frameworks.The study encompasses three areas: First, the participatory processes in standardization; second, the substantive prioritization of conservation considerations over economic aspects within standards; and

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Evaluation of Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Paenibacillus larvae Targeted Assays and Definition of Optimal Conditions for Its Detection/Quantification in Honey and Hive Debris

The application of quantitative PCR (qPCR) as a routine method to detect and enumerate Paenibacillus larvae in honey and hive debris could greatly speed up the estimation of prevalence and outbreak risk of the American foulbrood (AFB) disease of Apis mellifera.However, none of the qPCR tests described so far has been officially proposed as a standa

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