An experimental study of air flow and temperature distribution in a room with...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Displacement ventilation and chilled ceiling panel systems are potentially more energy efficient than conventional air...
View ArticlePost occupancy evaluations relating to discomfort glare: A study of green...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Glare indices have yet to be extensively tested in daylit open plan offices, as such there is no effective method to...
View ArticleDesk fans for the control of the convection flow around occupants using...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 This study aims at studying by modeling and experimentation the performance enhancement of ceiling-mounted personalized...
View ArticleSimulation study on supply temperature optimization in domestic heat pump...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 An air-to-water heat pump system for the heating of a one-family home is numerically analysed. The influence of the supply...
View ArticleWind tunnel measurements of buoyant flows in street canyons
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 At day-times building façades and ground surfaces are heated by solar radiation. Due to the increased surface temperatures,...
View ArticleSensitivity analysis on daylighting and energy performance of perimeter...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 This paper presents a comprehensive global uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of daylighting and energy performance for...
View ArticleFormal calibration methodology for CFD models of naturally ventilated indoor...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Well planned natural ventilation strategies and systems in the built environments may provide healthy and comfortable...
View ArticleWind-driven natural ventilation in a low-rise building: A Boundary Layer Wind...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), energy efficiency through passive building design strategies and sustainable construction...
View ArticleComputational analysis on the enhancement of daylight penetration into dimly...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Capturing daylight into an unevenly lit lecture room with north-facing windows has been analyzed with the help of Photopia...
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Dynamic predictive clothing insulation models based on outdoor air and indoor...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Clothing affects people's perception of the thermal environment. Two dynamic predictive models of clothing insulation were...
View ArticleExperimental investigation on the effect of detail design on wood moisture...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 An essential part of a performance-based service life design format for wood exposed in outdoor applications is the effect...
View ArticleSupply airflow control algorithm of a floor-standing room air-conditioner to...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 This study suggests a new control algorithm which applies the concept of a personal air-conditioner and a local cooling...
View ArticleMeasured and perceived indoor environmental quality: Padua Hospital case study
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 This paper presents the results of a field monitoring study of three medical wards at Padua General Hospital (Orthopaedics,...
View ArticleExperimental assessment of exposure to gaseous pollutants from mattresses and...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 There is very little information about human exposure to gaseous indoor air pollutants in the sleeping environment, even...
View ArticleReduction potential of operational carbon dioxide emission of Nakanoshima...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 This study examines a scenario for realizing large-scale reductions of operational carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in...
View ArticlePerformance assessment of residential mechanical exhaust ventilation systems...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Sizing rules in residential ventilation standards lack uniformity in both methodology and resulting design flow rates....
View ArticleVentilated rainscreen cladding: Measurements of cavity air velocities,...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 To analyse the moisture performance of wall systems with a ventilated rainscreen cladding, the air change rate per hour...
View ArticleTo mitigate airborne molecular contamination through ultra-pure air system
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 Airborne Molecular Contamination (AMC) has become one of the major problems in nano-technology development and...
View ArticleEvaluation of an improved air distribution system for aircraft cabin
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 An improved air distribution system for aircraft cabin was proposed in this paper. Personalized outlets were introduced and...
View ArticleInvestigation on the flow and thermal behavior of impinging jet ventilation...
January 2013 Publication year: 2013Source:Building and Environment, Volume 59 This paper presents the flow and temperature field within an office using impinging jet ventilation (IJV) under different...
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