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Byung-Lip Ahn, Ji-Woo Park, Seunghwan Yoo, Jonghun Kim, Hakgeun Jeong, Seung-Bok Leigh and Cheol-Yong Jang
We investigated the synergetic effect between light-emitting diode (LED) lighting efficiency and building energy savings in heating and cooling using an alternative thermal operating system (ATOS) of indoor LED lighting integrated with the ventilation sy...
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Doris Österreicher and Stefan Sattler
The waste heat generated from the use of air conditioning systems in cities significantly contributes to the urban heat island effect (UHI) during the summer months. Thus, one of the key measures to mitigate this effect is to limit the use of active cool...
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Ivan Oropeza-Perez
In this document, the thermal effect of a heat island upon an urban area and its surrounding low-rise buildings is analyzed with the building thermal simulation program EnergyPlus and its EnergyPlus weather files (EPW). By using a top-down approach, a si...
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Xiaolong Wang, Tian Mu, Lili Zhang, Wenke Zhang and Linhua Zhang
The increasing application of floor heating technology promotes the development of floor radiant cooling technology (abbreviated as FRC technology). Many office buildings in northern China try to use FRC technology to cool in summer, but thermal comfort ...
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Xiaoshuai Wang, Mengbing Cao, Feiyue Hu, Qianying Yi, Thomas Amon, David Janke, Tian Xie, Guoqiang Zhang and Kaiying Wang
An increasing number of large pig farms are being built in multi-floor pig buildings (MFPBs) in China. Currently, the ventilation system of MFPB varies greatly and lacks common standards. This work aims to compare the ventilation performance of three pop...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of building microclimate on the indoor thermal environment of traditional Japanese houses, focusing especially on the shading effect of trees as well as the cooling effect of spraying water. Basica...
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Bojan Milovanovic, Marina Bagaric, Mergim Ga?i and Nikolina Vezilic Strmo
This paper proposes an improvement of the conventional Lightweight Steel Frame (LSF) wall structure suitable for the design of high-performance modular buildings. A mobile module, named MUZA, is used as a case study building to analyse the performance of...
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Natural ventilation plays an important role on the thermal and energy performance of a building. The present study aims to analyze the natural ventilation conditions of a dwelling in a Mediterranean climate and their impacts on the thermal and energy per...
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Björn Berggren and Maria Wall
It is important to minimize transmission heat transfer losses through the building envelope when designing and building energy efficient buildings in heating dominated climates. In such a climate, a large part of the space heating demand is caused by tra...
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Tamaraukuro Tammy Amasuomo and Japo Oweikeye Amasuomo
The study investigated the relationship between students? perceived thermal discomfort and stress behaviours affecting their learning in lecture theatres in the humid tropics. Two lecture theatres, LTH-2 and 3, at the Niger Delta University, Nigeria, wer...
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Tamaraukuro Tammy Amasuomo and Japo Oweikeye Amasuomo
The study investigated the relationship between students? perceived thermal discomfort and stress behaviours affecting their learning in lecture theatres in the humid tropics. Two lecture theatres, LTH-2 and 3, at the Niger Delta University, Nigeria, wer...
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Ágnes Borsos, Erzsébet Szeréna Zoltán, Éva Pozsgai, Balázs Cakó, Gabriella Medvegy and János Girán
Previous studies have shown that indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters may have a considerable effect on office employees? comfort, health and performance. Therefore, we initiated a research program to help occupants identify IEQ parameters they ...
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Philip Mckeen and Zaiyi Liao
Airflow into stairwells due to stack effect is a concern affecting fire safety, energy performance, and indoor air quality. Stack effect in tall buildings can create significant pressure differentials in vertical shafts when differences in outdoor and in...
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Siliang Yang, Francesco Fiorito, Alistair Sproul and Deo Prasad
Energy used in buildings is mainly attributed to provide the desired thermal comfort, which could result in an increase in carbon emission and, in turn, lead to further environmental degradation. A Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Double-Skin Façade (BIP...
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Edgars Kirilovs, Inga Zotova, Stanislavs Gendelis, Hans Jörg-Gusovius, Silvija Kukle and Veneranda Stramkale
Phase change materials (PCMs) are now widely known as potential additives for building insulation materials to provide a thermal mass effect that helps conserve energy and maintain a comfortable indoor temperature. Therefore, the study presented in this ...
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Fildza Zatalini Zakirah(1*), Hafshah Salamah(2), Hanson Endra Kusuma(3), (1) Institut Teknologi Bandung (2) Institut Teknologi Bandung (3) Institut Teknologi Bandung (*) Corresponding Author
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The work environment has a great influence on motivation, performance and individual willingness to stay in their workspace. It will affect individual intention to move to a better place according to them. This study aims to determine the relationship be...
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Mochamad Hilmy, Dewi Ria Indriana
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The purpose of this study was to obtained recommendations on the use of innovative building materials from the development of existing lightweight concrete designs, to decrease the building interior temperature. The research used an engineering experimen...
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Surjamanto Wonorahardjo, Inge Magdalena Sutjahja, Daniel Kurnia, Zulfikar Fahmi and Widya Arisya Putri
The role of thermal mass in indoor air-cooling during the day is a common area of study, which is particularly relevant for an era characterized by energy crises. Thermal energy storage (TES) technologies for application in rooms and buildings are not we...
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Romina Rissetto and Marcel Schweiker
Rising global temperatures have increased the need for research into human adaptability and comfort in buildings. To reduce comfort-related energy demands, low-energy-consumption alternatives for space cooling, such as personal environmental control syst...
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Carlos Pérez-Carramiñana, Ángel Benigno González-Avilés, Nuria Castilla and Antonio Galiano-Garrigós
The dry Mediterranean climate (BShs) is the European region with the highest number of hours of sunshine per year. The high annual solar radiation makes sun shading devices necessary to comply with current energy efficiency standards. However, these stan...
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