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Climatic applicability of downdraught evaporative cooling in the United...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Pablo Aparicio-Ruiz, Rosa Schiano-Phan, José Manuel Salmerón-Lissén The potential for application of downdraught...

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Quantifying the cooling efficiency of air velocity by heat loss from skin...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Chenqiu Du, Baizhan Li, Hong Liu, Yifan Wei, Meilan Tan In warm and hot environments, the possibility of increasing...

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Optimizing the evaluation of building envelope design for thermal performance...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Worawan Natephra, Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Tomohiro Fukuda The thermal performance of building envelopes has a profound...

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Ozone removal efficiency and surface analysis of green and white roof HVAC...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Omed A. Abbass, David J. Sailor, Elliott T. Gall Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system filters...

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Developing a landscape of urban building energy use with improved...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Wenliang Li, Yuyu Zhou, Kristen S. Cetin, Sha Yu, Yu Wang, Bingqing Liang Urban buildings account for up to 75% of...

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Predicting effect of forthcoming population growth–induced impervious surface...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Hanqiu Xu, Tingting Shi, Meiya Wang, Canying Fang, Zhongli Lin The Xiong'an New Area is a state-level new area to...

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Indoor particle age, a new concept for improving the accuracy of estimating...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Jianping Cao, Jinhan Mo, Zhiwei Sun, Yinping Zhang To appropriately assess exposure to indoor semi-volatile organic...

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A new individualized thermoregulatory bio-heat model for evaluating the...

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Farzin Davoodi, Hassan Hassanzadeh, Seyed Alireza Zolfaghari, George Havenith, Mehdi Maerefat Personal factors such...

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Prediction of PM2.5 concentration based on the similarity in air quality...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Hong-di He, Min Li, Wei-li Wang, Zhan-yong Wang, Yu Xue Recently particulate matter pollution has becoming more and...

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The P.E.T. comfort index: Questioning the model

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): E. Walther, Q. Goestchel This work is a first thorough presentation of the widely used PET (Physiological Equivalent...

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Energy-efficiency building retrofit planning for green building compliance

Publication date: 15 May 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 136 Author(s): Yuling Fan, Xiaohua Xia To promote sustainable development and expedite the progress on moving to a green building...

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Experimental and numerical investigations of a new ventilation supply device...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): H. Andersson, M. Cehlin, B. Moshfegh In developed countries, heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) systems...

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Modeling occupancy distribution in large spaces with multi-feature...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Wei Wang, Jiayu Chen, Tianzhen Hong Occupancy information enables robust and flexible control of heating,...

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Evaluation of computational and physical parameters influencing CFD...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Yuwei Dai, Cheuk Ming Mak, Zhengtao Ai, Jian Hang Many CFD studies have investigated the influence of computational...

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Development and test application of the UrbanSOLve decision-support prototype...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Emilie Nault, Christoph Waibel, Jan Carmeliet, Marilyne Andersen The need for adequate instruments to support...

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Reducing paving emissions and workers' exposure using novel mastic asphalt...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Fabian Weiss, Philipp Baloh, Cornelia Pfaller, Eylem Can Cetintas, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Anna Wonaschütz, Mariyan...

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An innovative personalized displacement ventilation system for airliner cabins

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Ruoyu You, Yongzhi Zhang, Xingwang Zhao, Chao-Hsin Lin, Daniel Wei, Junjie Liu, Qingyan Chen In airliner cabins,...

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Can a naturally ventilated office outperform a mixed mode office? Pilot study...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Eziaku O Rasheed, Hugh Byrd It is established that a mixed mode indoor environment provides the best for occupant...

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Review of adaptive thermal comfort models in built environmental regulatory...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): S. Carlucci, L. Bai, R. de Dear, L. Yang In recent years, adaptive thermal comfort models have been integrated into...

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Seasonal characteristics of indoor and outdoor fine particles and their...

Publication date: June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 137 Author(s): Daniel Bi, Yanyan Qiu, Haoran Cheng, Qi Zhou, Xingyu Liu, Jing Chen, Xinyi Cui, Miaomiao Liu, Zheng Zhu Frequent hazy...

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