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Xiaoxiao Rao, Feng Qi, Xiaoxiao Zhang and Zhuoxun Mao
Traditional wooden dwellings, which are widely distributed with enormous stocks in China, are of great historical and have obvious cultural value. The walls of such buildings are generally subjected to poor thermal insulation performance, which not only ...
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Li Hu and Tao Yang
Both Tulous (??) and Weilong Houses (???) are important types of traditional Hakka (??) dwellings whose architectural morphology is closely related to the historical origin, social organisation, and cultural values of Hakkas. Previous studies focused on ...
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Solli Murtyas, Yuki Minami, Kusumaningdyah Nurul Handayani and Aya Hagishima
Prolonged exposure to indoor dampness in dwellings triggers excessive mould, causing health problems for residents and damage to building structures. This study investigated dampness and mould growth in low-cost dwellings in the slum districts of Surakar...
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Zsuzsu K. C. T. Tavy, Marianne E. van Bochove, Jeroen Dikken, Margaret von Faber, Katja M. Rusinovic, Suzan van der Pas and Joost van Hoof
The establishment of new housing initiatives for older people begins with the participation of (future) residents. This study explored how participation is experienced by both facilitators and (future) residents and what lessons are learned regarding the...
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Juan Xu, Wenting Yang, Ziliang Lu, Yan Wu, Chaoping Hou and Dan Liu
Slate dwellings are known as the ?living fossil of primitive dwellings? in China. Energy-saving strategies are crucial to slate dwellings for sustainability as well as maintaining thermal comfort. In this research, a subjective satisfaction analysis on t...
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Lili Zhang, Jingyue Cheng, Fei Liu, Haolin Li, Zhuojun Dong, Xuemei Zhang, Kai Wang, Lei Tian, Haoru Liu, Jiangjun Wan and Congshan Tian
The Trombe wall (T-wall) system is one of the most effective systems for passive solar energy utilization technology, which is of great significance for the alleviation of the energy crisis and the protection of the environment. Taking as an example Tibe...
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Jonathon Taylor, Phil Symonds, Paul Wilkinson, Clare Heaviside, Helen Macintyre, Michael Davies, Anna Mavrogianni and Emma Hutchinson
Mortality rates rise during hot weather in England, and projected future increases in heatwave frequency and intensity require the development of heat protection measures such as the adaptation of housing to reduce indoor overheating. We apply a combined...
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Nuno Canha, Joana Lage, Catarina Galinha, Susana Coentro, Célia Alves and Susana Marta Almeida
This study evaluated the emissions of specific indoor sources usually present in Portuguese dwellings in order to understand their impact on the indoor air quality. With this aim, three typical activities were studied including home heating using two typ...
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Alex Marshall, Johann Francou, Richard Fitton, William Swan, Jacob Owen and Moaad Benjaber
U-values of building elements are often determined using point measurements, where infrared imagery may be used to identify a suitable location for these measurements. Current methods identify that surface areas exhibiting a homogeneous temperature?away ...
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Alex Marshall, Johann Francou, Richard Fitton, William Swan, Jacob Owen and Moaad Benjaber
U-values of building elements are often determined using point measurements, where infrared imagery may be used to identify a suitable location for these measurements. Current methods identify that surface areas exhibiting a homogeneous temperature?away ...
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Darrel Ramsey-Musolf
In 2003, California allowed cities to count accessory dwelling units (ADU) towards low-income housing needs. Unless a city?s zoning code regulates the ADU?s maximum rent, occupancy income, and/or effective period, then the city may be unable to enforce l...
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M Shakir Khan
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The problem of radon in dwellings gained importance in 1984 after an incidence in Pennsylvania, USA; thereafter several measuring techniques have been developed and national survey programs were started throughout the world for monitoring radon levels by...
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Hom B. Rijal, Michael Humphreys and Fergus Nicol
In order to clarify effect of humidity on the room temperatures reported to be comfortable, an occupant thermal comfort and behavior survey was conducted for five summers in the living rooms and bedrooms of residences in the Kanto region of Japan. We hav...
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Rodrigo Scoczynski Ribeiro, Marc Arnela, Manuel Teixeira Braz-César, Rúbia Mara Bosse, Laura Silvestro, Gustavo de Miranda Saleme Gidrão, Mariane Kempka, Dyorgge Alves Silva and Marcela Maier Farias Czap
In Brazil, there is a shortage of approximately 5.80 million residences, a challenge that intensified during the pandemic. Since 2013, there has been a mandate to implement specific performance criteria in residential constructions. However, many constru...
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Saiful Hasan Tariq, M. Arefeen Ibrahim, Ashik Vaskor Mannan, Ajmeri Nusrat Shoma
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Manuel J. Carretero-Ayuso, Gonzalo Sánchez-Barroso, Jaime González-Domínguez and Justo García-Sanz-Calcedo
The value of a house depends not only on the quality of the construction elements but also on the functionality of its installations. Making mistakes during the design and even execution phases of installations in newly built homes is common. This paper ...
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Tessa Kvist Hansen
Naturally ventilated cold attics are traditional in many Danish single-family homes. The moisture balance of these attics is dependent on sufficient ventilation for removal of excess moisture. Moisture is generated in the dwelling below, and transported ...
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José Francisco Vergara-Perucich and Carlos Aguirre-Nuñez
Chile faces a housing affordability crisis, given that most of the population is unable to secure a house. While housing prices between 2008 and 2019 increased by 63.96%, wages only increased by 21.85%. This article presented an analysis of the housing p...
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Shorouk Omar Elshiwihy and Hassam Nasarullah Chaudhry
Shading techniques constitute one of the most passive, beneficial strategies for reducing energy consumption in urban dwellings. Shading affects many factors, for example, the solar gains and radiations falling on the façade, which are considered the mos...
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