A smart city represents an urban environment in which the application of digital technologies enables the improvement of the efficiency of city services such as energy, water management, waste disposal, and public safety. Its primary goals are to promote economic growth and innovation, improve the quality of life for residents, and create a more li...

By Aleksandra Ilić, Aleksandar Djordjević, Andjela Djordjević, Ljiljana Jevremović, Milan Gocić

External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS) are widely utilized to increase the energy efficiency of buildings by minimizing heat loss through exterior walls. However, when improperly installed, thermal bridges are formed, significantly decreasing the overall thermal performance of the façade system. This study aims to identify ins...

By Dušan Ranđelović, Miomir Vasov, Dragan Kostić, Danka Kostadinović, Dragana Dimitrijević-Jovanović

Different manuscripts on the importance of energy planning at a community level explain why energy planning should go hand-in -hand with urban planning. They put emphasis on self-sufficient heat and electric power supply of communities, with locally available renewable energy such as geothermal energy (GTE). It also emphasized that this transition ...

By Aleksandar Jovanović

The research area of the methods for integral renovation of the existing architectural stock is a consequence of weak seismic resistance and poor energy performances of these buildings. Most of the existing buildings in Serbia consist of masonry buildings, which had been built before the first comprehensive seismic design code in the SFRY, that was...

By Jelena Savić, Aleksandra Cilić, Jelena Stevanović, Miloš Nedeljković

Atmospheric influences, mainly caused by ionospheric and tropospheric conditions, lead to delays and distortions of GNSS signals that travel from satellites to receivers on Earth. This impact must be considered for projects that require high positioning and navigation accuracy. The troposphere dominates in areas with a large amount of water vapour ...

By Sanja Tucikešić, Tanja Đukanović, Ankica Milinković, Branko Božić

This study investigates the influence of torsional effects on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) ductile buildings and provides a framework for their analysis and design. Key considerations include the relative positions of the center of mass (CM) and center of stiffness (CS), stiffness distribution, and the control of lateral disp...

By Burbuqe Shatri, Golubka Nechevska-Cvetanovska

The implementation of biomimicry as a design approach in architecture is still in its early stages. Biomimicry is defined as a solution to design problems inspired by natural patterns and has a wide range of applications in architecture, from materials, form, to regenerative ecosystem level.   The primary purpose of this paper is to inve...

By Sanja Janković Rakić, Florian Weininger, Wassim Albalkhy, Thomas Linner

The late antique site of Timacum Minus near Knjaževac (Eastern Serbia) has been archaeologically investigated for almost 50 years. At the end of the nineties of the last century, a gate was discovered on the southern rampart of this Roman castrum, which was protected by two towers on its eastern and western ends. The gate and towers were built usin...

By Igor Bjelić, Goran Radosavljević, Bojana Ilijić

The free-edge effects are related to singular stress states at the interfaces between dissimilar layers in the vicinity of geometrical or mechanical discontinuities within the laminar composite. Stress concentration at free edges can further lead to delamination and a significant drop in stiffness, with fracture occurring at lower loads than expect...

By Milica Živković, Emilija Jočić, Miroslav Marjanović

Large housing estates were the dominant form of housing in socialist cities, with more than half of the urban population residing in them – sometimes even exceeding 80%. While the primary focus in housing construction was on efficiency and quantity, attention was also given to the quality of living. The layout of these estates, featuring...

By Jelena Đekić, Milena Dinić Branković, Milica Ljubenović, Milica Igić