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Vertical ventilation concepts for future passenger cars

Publication date: 1 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 129 Author(s): Tobias Dehne, Pascal Lange, André Volkmann, Daniel Schmeling, Mikhail Konstantinov, Johannes Bosbach We...

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Biomimetic duct tee for reducing the local resistance of a ventilation and...

Publication date: 1 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 129 Author(s): Ran Gao, Kaikai Liu, Angui Li, Zhiyu Fang, Zhigang Yang, Beihua Cong The energy consumption of air...

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Seasonal variation of window opening behaviors in two naturally ventilated...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Zhenni Shi, Hua Qian, Xiaohong Zheng, Zhengfei Lv, Yuguo Li, Li Liu, Peter V. Nielsen Natural ventilation...

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Strategies to promote green building technologies adoption in developing...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Amos Darko, Albert Ping Chuen Chan Because of its potential to deal with negative environmental impacts of...

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Selection of optimization objectives for decision-making in building energy...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Amirhosein Jafari, Vanessa Valentin Building energy retrofitting has emerged as a primary strategy for...

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Comparing the indoor environmental quality of a displacement ventilation and...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Jovan Pantelic, Adam Rysanek, Clayton Miller, Yuzhen Peng, Eric Teitelbaum, Forrest Meggers, Arno Schlüter The...

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Predicting contaminant dispersion using modified turbulent Schmidt numbers...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Fei Li, Junjie Liu, Jianlin Ren, Xiaodong Cao Air pollutant transmission has significant influences on indoor...

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Complying with the demand of standardization in outdoor thermal comfort: a...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Iacopo Golasi, Ferdinando Salata, Emanuele de Lieto Vollaro, Massimo Coppi Over the past ten years the number...

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Empirical validation and local sensitivity analysis of a lumped-parameter...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): G. Cattarin, L. Pagliano, F. Causone, A. Kindinis, F. Goia, S. Carlucci, C. Schlemminger This paper presents...

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Determination of optimal plaster thickness for moisture buffering of indoor air

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Daniel Maskell, Andrew Thomson, Pete Walker, Manfred Lemke The relative humidity of indoor air influences the...

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Alternately airtight/ventilated emission method: A universal experimental...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Xiaojun Zhou, Yanfeng Liu, Jiaping Liu The volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions of building materials are...

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Evaluation of comfort conditions in airport terminal buildings

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Alkis Kotopouleas, Marialena Nikolopoulou This paper presents findings from extensive field surveys in three...

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Thermal sensation models: Validation and sensitivity towards...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Barbara Koelblen, Agnes Psikuta, Anna Bogdan, Simon Annaheim, René M. Rossi Thermal sensation models are...

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Normalising and assessing carbon emissions in the building sector: A review...

Publication date: 15 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 130 Author(s): Panagiotis Chastas, Theodoros Theodosiou, Karolos J. Kontoleon, Dimitrios Bikas Towards zero emission and zero...

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Purifier or fresh air unit? A study on indoor particulate matter purification...

Publication date: March 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 131 Author(s): Yuchen Shi, Xiaofeng Li Buildings with split air-conditioners (referred to as SAC buildings) are not equipped with...

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Green façades to control wall surface temperature in buildings

Publication date: 1 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 129 Author(s): Giuliano Vox, Ileana Blanco, Evelia Schettini Green façades can represent a sustainable solution for...

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Publication date: 1 February 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 129

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Human responses to high air temperature, relative humidity and carbon dioxide...

Publication date: March 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 131 Author(s): Yong Li, Yanping Yuan, Chaofeng Li, Xu Han, Xiaosong Zhang In underground confined spaces with a crowded population,...

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A technical note on simplified modeling of turbulent mixing in wind-driven...

Publication date: March 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 131 Author(s): Guilherme Carrilho da Graça Single sided ventilation is a commonly used room natural ventilation strategy. Small,...

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Thermal buoyancy driven canyon airflows inside the compact urban blocks...

Publication date: March 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 131 Author(s): Shuo-Jun Mei, Jiang-Tao Hu, Di Liu, Fu-Yun Zhao, Yuguo Li, Han-Qing Wang During the sunny days with very weak wind,...

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