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Sustainable Interior Design of Buildings – THEMATIC UNITS

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EPK50 Introduction to sustainable design

Code: EPK50
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Mandatory
Semester in which it is offered: First (1st)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: Thematic Unit EPK50 aims to present the fundamental principles of sustainable design and introduce students to concepts related to interior built environment quality, the targets and basic parameters of Sustainable Development, the role of buildings and the built environment in the energy and environmental problem, the current legal framework, and the parameters that dictate the quality of interior environments.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Thematic Unit, students will be able to:

  • Understand the basic principles of sustainability and sustainable design
  • Understand the role of buildings in the energy and environmental problem
  • Know the basic international, European and national objectives, basic legislation and regulations, and sources for monitoring future developments
  • Identify the parameters that dictate the quality of interior environments
  • Understand the interaction of comfort parameters with the energy performance of buildings and the operation of installations

TU Subject Matter:

  • The energy and environmental problem,
  • Sustainable buildings and built environment,
  • International, European and national objectives,
  • Legislation and Regulations (International / European / National Legislation & Regulations, Future developments, EPBD, EPBR, Green Legislation, 2030 and 2050 Targets, etc),
  • Energy balance of buildings,
  • Building envelopes and facilities,
  • Comfort and air quality parameters,
  • Parameter interdependence and interaction

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

EPK51 Natural and Mechanical Ventilation

Code: EPK51
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Mandatory
Semester in which it is offered: First (1st)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: Thematic Unit EPK51 aims to present the basic principles of design in relation to the use of natural and mechanical ventilation techniques and systems in buildings, to improve indoor environmental conditions with rational use of energy. In particular, the unit aims to provide students with knowledge regarding ventilation requirements and regulations, functional principles, special systems and specialized calculations relating to natural ventilation, as well as the functional principles, the anatomy of local and central mechanical installations, automations, rational energy use, and basic calculations related to ventilation requirements and ventilation and interior environment quality.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Thematic Unit, students will be able to:

  • calculate ventilation requirements depending on the use of indoor spaces in accordance with current regulations,
  • understand the basic parameters and processes that impact natural ventilation,
  • calculate various design parameters and the level of natural ventilation through the application of various methodologies,
  • recognize the main equipment of mechanical ventilation installations,
  • evaluate various parameters in the design of mechanical ventilation installations,
  • identify appropriate technical mechanical ventilation solutions,
  • calculate various design and function parameters,
  • know examples of ventilation applications in various different building types.

TU Subject Matter:

  • Ventilation requirements and regulations
  • Natural ventilation – Processes, unilateral and transverse ventilation, special systems, calculation methods and measurement techniques
  • Mechanical ventilation – Equipment, installations, networks, local and central installations, energy recovery, filtration, fans, air distribution and circulation
  • Ventilation and interior environment quality with rational use of energy, Minimum requirements, Regulations
  • Installation examples, Measurements

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

EPK52 Building Envelope

Code: EPK52
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Mandatory
Semester in which it is offered: First (1st)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: The TU aims to provide students with knowledge on building envelopes as the boundaries for energy exchanges between interior and exterior environments, but also as a correlation parameter for building ventilation, heating and cooling, lighting and acoustics systems.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the T.U., students will be able to:

  • Understand the interactions of a building with its exterior environment and document measures to improve them
  • Understand the basic principles of building placement in space, and the optimal orientation depending on building use
  • Understand the dynamic function of a building through the day and over seasons, and its significance depending on use
  • Estimate the thermal comfort in interior built spaces with model indicators (PMV)
  • Calculate the thermal insulation properties of transparent and opaque building elements
  • Understand and calculate thermal bridges in building envelopes and propose effective mitigation measures
  • Understand the impact of dynamic envelope characteristics and calculate the corresponding thermal inertia and time lag indicators
  • Select the most appropriate combination of materials and building element layering to serve the particular interior environment quality requirements of a building, depending on use and heating type
  • Calculate solar gain from simple passive solar systems
  • Calculate and optimize the energy efficiency of shading devices
  • Propose documented solutions for natural heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting techniques and systems
  • Combine the individual elements of an envelope in order to best serve the demand for quality of interior conditions, depending on building use and season

TU Subject Matter:

  • Buildings and micro-climate
  • Methodology for calculating thermal insulation protection of buildings
  • Calculation of dynamic structural element attributes
  • Thermal comfort in interior spaces in accordance with international standards
  • Passive heating
  • Natural and low-consumption building cooling
  • Incorporation of RES in the building envelope

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

EPK53 Heating – Cooling

Code: EPK53
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Mandatory
Semester in which it is offered: Second (2nd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: The TU aims to provide students with the basics of design, evaluation and energy upgrading of heating/cooling systems to achieve Nearly Zero Energy Building levels (nZEB) or Net Zero Energy Building levels (NZEB). The TU will cover heating, cooling systems and cogeneration systems, hot water boilers (Gas-fired, liquid fuel, biomass), heat pumps (Air/Air, Geothermal, High-Temperature Air/Water), Organic working fluid chillers, Absorption or Adsorption chillers, Cogeneration / Tri-generation units, passive and hybrid cooling systems (e.g. ground and evaporative cooling, ceiling fans), solar assisted systems (Solar Thermal, Solar Cooling, PV, etc.). Furthermore, the TU will cover topics on distribution systems, terminal units, hot / cold water networks (underfloor, wall-mounted hydronic, classic single-pipe, two-pipe, three-pipe), Air duct networks, VRV direct expansion networks, district heating / cooling, Fan coil-type terminal units, radiators etc. as well as heat recovery / cooling systems, composite waste heat utilization systems for heating / cooling and electricity production (ORC circuits), Energy storage systems. Finally, the corresponding automations with compensation, three-way/four-way, control valves, complex systems at building level (BMS, BEMS) will be analyzed.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the T.U., students will be able to:

  • Recognize the structure of the various different Heating and/or Cooling systems, as well as the main components that make them up (production system, distribution system, terminal unit system)
  • Describe in detail modern and innovative heating and/or cooling and/or electricity producing systems, with particular emphasis on the incorporation of Renewable Energy Sources.
  • Analyze energy recovery (heat / cooling) possibilities when designing new building units or renovating / energy upgrading existing installations – building units.
  • Analyze the capabilities of automation / regulation / monitoring systems in achieving and maintaining the desired comfort conditions per zone of use and building unit, as well as improve the energy efficiency of systems in variable interior and/or exterior environmental conditions.
  • Understand the composition, basic structure, requirements (spatial and otherwise), advantages and disadvantages of heating/cooling/electricity systems evaluated or proposed during the planning, design and implementation phases of new buildings and the renovation of existing installations.
  • Participate in a functional, efficient and modern interdisciplinary construction project design and management team

TU Subject Matter:

  • Heating, Cooling and Cogeneration Systems, Hot Water Boilers, Heat Pumps, Coolers, Cogeneration units
  • Hybrid Systems using Renewable Energy Sources
  • Distribution systems, terminal units, hot-cold water, air, direct distribution VRV networks
  • District heating / cooling, Fan coil-type terminal units, etc.
  • Heat recovery / cooling systems, composite waste heat utilization systems for heating / cooling and electricity production, Energy storage systems
  • Automation

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

EPK54 Sustainable Design of Interior Space Air Quality

Code: EPK54
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Mandatory
Semester in which it is offered: Second (2nd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: The module aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge regarding sources of chemical and biological air pollution of interior spaces, the relevant legislation, interactions between interior and exterior air and the impact of air pollution on human health. Finally, lessons will focus on certain special applications, such as radon, formaldehyde, smoking, school and hospital pollution, etc.

This knowledge will then be applied to internal air pollution measurements for: CO/CΟ2, particulate matter, specific pollutants etc.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

  • Understand the contribution and identify sources of chemical and biological pollution of air in interior spaces
  • Interpret and apply the relevant legislation,
  • Understand the interactions between interior and exterior air and the impact of pollution on human health.
  • Understand the principles of interior space design and the systems and methods used to limit pollution
  • Understand the spectrum of real conditions through the study of specific applications, such as compounds (radon, formaldehyde etc.) specific sources/activities (smoking, cleaning materials, furniture, plants, animals, cooking, fireplaces etc.) or specific spaces (schools, hospitals, restaurants, hairdressing salons, industrial and livestock facilities, gyms, etc.) as well as a specific application related to COVID-19.
  • Record interior space air pollution levels and analyze the relevant data, in relation to space: ventilation, configuration, materials, ongoing processes etc.

Subject Matter:

  • Sources of chemical air pollution and indoor biological pollution
  • Design, management and use of devices to reduce pollution
  • Exposure to interior space pollution and specialized interior space pollution applications
  • Interior space pollution measurements

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

EPK55 Research methods in the indoor environment

Code: EPK55
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Mandatory
Semester in which it is offered: Second (2nd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: The TU aims to a) train students in the field research procedures and familiarize them with the relevant literature on the field of the indoor environment so as to prepare them for independent study in this field and b) prepare them for the research field of the diploma thesis they will prepare as part of their participation in the PSP. Students will select a diploma thesis title from a list of proposed titles, prepare a literature overview, document the gaps in current research, pose research questions and propose the methodology they will use to answer these questions in the field of the indoor environment.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the T.U., students will be able to:

  • Critically analyze existing knowledge on topics of the indoor environment
  • Prepare a literature overview and critically analyze current knowledge in topics related to the indoor environment
  • Describe, analyze and interpret phenomena related to ventilation, acoustics, heating, air, lighting and cooling quality etc., and propose methodologies to answer research questions on these topics
  • Formulate new theoretical and methodological approaches, technical instruments or other innovations in the field of the indoor environment
  • Develop a comprehensive, documented plan for a study on a topic related to the indoor environment

TU Subject Matter:

  • Overview and synthesis of existing literature on topics of ventilation, acoustics, heating-cooling, built environment, air and lighting quality
  • Research methodology on topics of ventilation, acoustics, heating-cooling, built environment, air and lighting quality

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).

 

EPK60 Measurements, analysis and interpretation in Building Acoustics

Code: EPK60 (T.L.U.)
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Elective
Semester in which it is offered: Third (3rd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: Participants in this Thematic Laboratory Unit will learn to use professional measurement tools to prepare a comprehensive building acoustic study (whether under construction or existing).

The theoretical part of the unit provides students with the tools to implement the most recent European regulations on acoustics and interior acoustic comfort for residential and office spaces, education buildings, commercial spaces, cultural spaces etc. It is divided into 2 sections:

  • Room acoustics. The TLU will discuss the concepts of a room’s reverberation durations, the absorption coefficients of material – alpha Sabine, the equivalent sound absorption surface, etc.
  • Acoustics and building applications. This section will analyze topics of sound insulation between the different spaces of a building. Lessons will focus on the concepts of Noise reduction index of material and in the calculation of airborne and impact sound insulation, as well as on the corresponding construction details
  • Students will become acquainted with acoustic measurements, practicing them on the following:
  • Room acoustics, noise reduction in a room, intelligibility criteria
  • Airborne and impact sound insulation,
  • Protection against noise from installations,
  • Acoustic certification of building materials
  • Workplace noise measurement.
  • Use of software and applications
  • Furthermore, lessons will also focus on the European and Greek regulations for acoustics measurements

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the Thematic Laboratory Unit, students will be able to:

  • Carry out an acoustic study of a building
  • Analyze reverberation times in accordance with the Sabine / Eyring formulas for enclosed spaces (absorption coefficient, equivalent sound absorbing surface)
  • Analyze sound insulation criteria for airborne and impact noises (Dnt,w and LnT,w)
  • Select building materials based on their acoustic properties (Alpha Sabine, Rw weighted sound reduction index)
  • Design the acoustic layout of an enclosed space.
  • Design the construction details for the incorporation of acoustic materials in their projects.
  • Produce documented scientific studies to present research results
  • Measure in real time reverberation times and acoustics criteria according to ISO
  • Measure in real time insulation criteria for airborne and impact noises (Dnt,w and LnT,w)
  • Measure in real time noise from installations
  • Produce documented scientific studies to present the results of acoustics criteria measurement research

TU Subject Matter:

  • Building acoustics Applications: Sound, sound waves, sound perception and units (dB(A), Hz) and measurement receivers (Lp, Leq, Lxx – Statistical Sound Levels)
  • Environmental noise, urban forms and building envelops, sound propagation in enclosed spaces
  • Sound insulation against airborne and impact noises, principles and construction details and noise from installations (ventilation, air conditioning, heating, elevators)
  • Software, uses and applications
  • Sound behavior in enclosed spaces, spatial acoustics, criteria, sound-absorption devices, sound insulation, intelligibility criteria
  • Understanding of interior space acoustics studies
  • Chambers for measuring sound absorption coefficients of materials and Rw weighted sound reduction index for materials
  • Workplace noise measurement: protocols, noise exposure limits, European regulations, worker protection

Teaching and Learning Methods-Evaluation-Teaching Method: Interactive lectures, combining theoretical knowledge and examples.  Concurrent applied exercises with field applications. Students are in constant dialog with the educator. Lessons are taught remotely, by Computer.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Use of Information and Communications Technology: Equipment: sonometres, speakers, microphones, calibrated noise source, measurement software, mobile phones with free applications.

 

EPK61 Measurements, analysis and interpretation in Building Lighting

Code: EPK61 (T.L.U.)
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Elective
Semester in which it is offered: Third (3rd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

Objective – General Description: The TLU aims to:

  • Have students apply their theoretical knowledge of the field of lighting in interior lighting projects which improve quality of life, enhance interior spaces, increase productivity and ensure comfort and safety
  • Introduce students to the process of evaluation, through calculations and measurements, of a building’s lighting system
  • Introduce students to the process of checking compliance of lighting systems with international standards, regulations through a measurement procedure
  • Teach students how to upgrade systems according to the principles of sustainable and human-centered lighting

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Thematic Laboratory Unit, students will be able to:

  • Identify the photometric quantities required in the interior lighting of buildings and the corresponding requirements dictated by the standards and regulations of the measurement process
  • Recognize the corresponding lighting quantities in a lighting study in order to be inspected through the measurement process
  • Document the lighting needs of interior spaces and compare them with those mandated by current standards and existing lighting systems,
  • Prepare light measurement and standard compliance procedures,
  • Analyze lighting measurements, compare them with lighting application studies, and perform evaluations
  • Utilize measurements to prepare the appropriate technical solutions and propose the most effective lighting systems or relevant actions
  • Promote the principles of sustainable, human-centered lighting

TU Subject Matter:

  • Lighting measurements and identification of the corresponding quantities required in interior spaces
  • Lighting installation measurements
  • Compliance with regulations and checking of results
  • Evaluation of a building’s lighting systems with measurements
  • Proposals for the upgrading of lighting systems according to the principles of sustainable, human-centered lighting

Teaching and Learning Methods-Evaluation-Teaching Method: Interactive lectures, combining theoretical knowledge and examples. Concurrent applied exercises with field applications. Students are in constant dialog with the educator. Lessons are taught remotely, by Computer.

Use of Information and Communications Technology: Use of specialized light measurement equipment. Use of computers. Student-educator communication through the lesson platform and via e-mail

Teaching Organization: The TLU is organized around a) Lectures, b) Seminars, c) Laboratory exercise, and d) Field Exercise.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Laboratory Facilities: The coordinator will select the location of the lighting system to be examined. Students will be provided with portable equipment. Photometric quantity measurements of lighting installations will be carried out in the laboratory facilities of the School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design, which possesses the necessary mobile equipment to carry out the exercises. Laboratory equipment belonging to the Lighting Design workshop may be utilized.

 

EPK62 Heat / cooling systems

Code: EPK62 (T.L.U.)
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Elective
Semester in which it is offered: Third (3rd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

T.L.U. Objective – Description: This elective TLU aims to introduce students to the principles of technical quantity measurement, with emphasis on quantities related to heating and cooling systems and the use of the resulting data in the everyday life and work of engineers / designers / users.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Thematic Laboratory Unit, students will be able to:

  • Understand the utility of a reliable methodology to carry out, record and evaluate reliable experimental data in real installations.
  • Utilize measurements in the verification, monitoring and calibration of the input parameters of advanced simulation / design software used at both the building level and at the level of individual Heating and/or Cooling Systems.
  • Manage gaps in data regarding consumption / yield / real effective power level in existing installations to evaluate energy upgrade scenarios and bypass this obstacle to the entry into the market and use of innovative financial instruments such as energy service contracts.
  • Evaluate (value, error, measurement uncertainty) and perform routine measurement of technical quantities, such as measuring air flow in ducts, surface temperature, humidity, pressure, exhaust gas quality, fuel flowrate, calculate energy flow using primary data/measurements, evaluate system status (power etc.) through measurement data, etc. with the use of scientific equipment

Subject Matter:

  • Measurements of heat production systems
  • Measurements of cooling production systems

Teaching and Learning Methods-Evaluation-Teaching Method: Interactive lectures, combining theoretical knowledge and examples.  Concurrent applied exercises with field applications. Students are in constant dialog with the educator. Lessons are taught remotely, by Computer.

Use of Information and Communications Technology: Use of the appropriate equipment to measure surface temperature, humidity, pressure, exhaust gas quality. Student-educator communication through the lesson platform and via e-mail.

Teaching Organization: Lectures with theory and practical exercises. The lectures are followed by laboratory exercises meant to enrich the content of the former and supplement the knowledge comprehension and acquiring process. Supplementary field exercise that will contribute to skill development. Preparation of written assignment.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Laboratory Facilities: Student attendance of field activities is mandatory. The School of Applied Arts and Sustainable design possesses the necessary equipment to perform the exercises. Laboratory equipment belonging to the Technology and Environmental and Energy Policy Laboratory may be utilized.

EPK63 Comfort Conditions and Energy performance of A Building

Code: EPK63 (T.L.U.)
ECTS Credits: 10
Type: Elective
Semester in which it is offered: Third (3rd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

T.L.U. Objective – Description: The TLU aims to:

  1. Compile and synthesize data on the technical installations, construction, function and internal conditions of a residential or professional building
  2. Evaluate the interior environment in combination with the actual and theoretical energy behavior of a building, to identify potential issues
  3. Train students in the preparation of proposals to improve a building’s interior environmental quality and energy efficiency

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Thematic Laboratory Unit, students will be able to:

  • Identify and familiarize with the main technical installations and attributes of a building
  • Collect data on the comfort and function conditions of a building
  • Calculate a building’s energy intensiveness indicators
  • Analyze and synthesize information and data drawn from various sources and processes
  • Understand the requirements set forth in Regulations
  • Adapt the theoretical and actual energy behavior of a building
  • Evaluate the prevalent conditions in a building as well as its energy behavior
  • Propose building comfort condition and energy behavior improvements
  • Prepare a technical report

Subject Matter:

  • Assessment of indoor comfort conditions and building performance
  • Calculation of actual and theoretical energy and carbon use intensities of a building
  • Actions to improve the comfort conditions (thermal, visual, etc.) and the energy performance of the building

Teaching and Learning Methods-Evaluation-Teaching Method: Digital technical report that will present all data, processes, depictions of the current situation, results of calculation and analysis, synthesis of proposals, with detailed calculation results in appendixes.

Use of Information and Communications Technology: Use of the computer tool TEE-EPBR for those who wish to and have experience in using it. Dissemination of an electronic survey for data collection. Use of Excel spreadsheets to prepare graphs and electronic word processing software to prepare technical reports.

Teaching Organization: The course is interactive and will be taught remotely, with the educator presenting parts of the syllabus through the software and students will be able to share and solve their questions. Lectures, Seminars, Field Exercise (in-person).

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Laboratory Facilities: Part of the work will involve field work that will be carried out at an actual building chosen by the student, on the provision that they will have unobstructed access to its installations and the necessary data is available. For reasons of expediency, students are encouraged to select their house/apartment building or another tertiary-sector building (e.g. Office/workplace building) with unobstructed access to its installations and tenants/users, for which there is available data (e.g. plans, energy consumption etc).

EPKDE Postgraduate Thesis

CODE: EPKDE
ECTS Credits: 10
Type of THES: Mandatory
Semester in which it is offered: Third (3rd)
Language of instruction: Greek
Module Outline

General Description: The Master’s Thesis will be a field of application of the knowledge acquired in the CMs and LCMs. of PSP and will aim at an overall design project that will be compatible with the principles of sustainable design of the internal environment of buildings. The Master’s Thesis is subject to the general regulation of the Master’s Thesis of the HOU with CMs of six-month duration.

General Regulation for the Preparation of Master’s Theses in postgraduate programmes with a six-month duration

For more information regarding the Specifications – Useful Material for writing Master’s Theses and uploading a Thesis at the H.O.U. Repository, you can go to the Digital Training Area http://courses.eap.gr and especially to the Program of Studies section.

Prerequisites: The presentation of the Postgraduate Thesis takes place after the successful completion of the program’s T.U. & T.L.U..

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