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Photocatalytic degradation of VOCs on various commercial titanium dioxides:...

Publication date: 15 June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 138 Author(s): Alireza Haghighat Mamaghani, Fariborz Haghighat, Chang-Seo Lee Ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation (UVPCO) is...

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Analysis and improvement of the VTT mold growth model: Application to bamboo...

Publication date: 15 June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 138 Author(s): Julien Berger, Hervé Le Meur, Denys Dutykh, Dang Mao Nguyen, Anne-Cécile Grillet The reliability of a model is its...

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Developing a continuous graphical index to assess heat strain in extremely...

Publication date: 15 June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 138 Author(s): Daokun Chong, Neng Zhu, Guozhong Zheng Extremely hot environments are common in industrial buildings, which impose...

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Experimental test for the estimation of the evaporation rate in indoor...

Publication date: 15 June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 138 Author(s): Juan Luis Foncubierta Blázquez, Ismael R. Maestre, Francisco Javier González Gallero, Pascual Álvarez Gómez The...

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Effect of the suspended ceiling with low-frequency resonant panel absorber on...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Jongkwan Ryu, Hansol Song, Yonghee Kim This study investigated the effect of the suspended ceiling panel with...

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Investigation on the dehumidification performance of LiCl/H2O-MWNTs nanofluid...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Tao Wen, Lin Lu, Hong Zhong Nanofluids could enhance both the heat and mass transfer performance due to its...

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Airflow measurements using averaging Pitot tube under restricted conditions

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Can Cui, Wenjian Cai, Haoran Chen This paper studies the effect of the air damper placed downstream of an averaging...

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A new inflow turbulence generator for large eddy simulation evaluation of...

Publication date: 15 June 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 138 Author(s): Yuanlin Yu, Yi Yang, Zhuangning Xie The generation of inflow turbulence is among the key issues that affect the...

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A new index combining thermal, acoustic, and visual comfort of moderate...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): C. Buratti, E. Belloni, F. Merli, P. Ricciardi Students spend a lot of time at school, highlighting the great...

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Equivalent wind incidence angle method: A new technique to integrate the...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): A.U. Weerasuriya, K.T. Tse, Xuelin Zhang, K.C.S. Kwok This paper presents a novel and cost-effective method to...

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Selecting design strategies using multi-criteria decision making to improve...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Andrea Invidiata, Monica Lavagna, Enedir Ghisi The building sector is one of the largest consumers of natural...

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“Dampness” and “Dryness”: What is important for children's allergies? A...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Yuexia Sun, Jing Hou, Xiangrui Kong, Qingnan Zhang, Pan Wang, Louise B. Weschler, Jan Sundell This study investigates...

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Energy efficiency vs resiliency to extreme heat and power outages: The role...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Amir Baniassadi, Jannik Heusinger, David J. Sailor Environmental issues, costs, and limited energy supply, among...

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A direct expansion based enhanced dehumidification air conditioning system...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Wenjing Chen, Ming-yin Chan, Shiming Deng, Huaxia Yan, Wenbing Weng Once a conventional On-Off controlled single...

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An Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) assessment of a partially-retrofitted...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Sheikh Zuhaib, Richard Manton, Corey Griffin, Magdalena Hajdukiewicz, Marcus M. Keane, Jamie Goggins Achieving...

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Wind comfort assessment by means of large eddy simulation with lattice...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): J. Jacob, P. Sagaut Large-eddy simulations based on the Lattice-Boltzmann method of the flow in a realistic, full...

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Influence of surrounding buildings on wind flow around a building predicted...

Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Sumei Liu, Wuxuan Pan, Xingwang Zhao, Hao Zhang, Xionglei Cheng, Zhengwei Long, Qingyan Chen This investigation...

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Attenuating heat stress through green roof and green wall retrofit

Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Renato Castiglia Feitosa, Sara J. Wilkinson The process of rapid urbanisation is becoming problematic due to the...

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A novel humidity measuring method based on dry-bulb temperatures using...

Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Xiangguo Xu, Zhiyuan Huang, Xiaobo Zhang, Zhao Li Effective humidity measuring method is important for humidity...

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Image retrieval using BIM and features from pretrained VGG network for indoor...

Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Inhae Ha, Hongjo Kim, Somin Park, Hyoungkwan Kim Various devices that are used indoors require information...

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