Experimental and numerical study of airflow distribution optimisation in...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Xiaolei Yuan, Yu Wang, Jinxiang Liu, Xinjie Xu, Xiaohang Yuan In this paper, an innovative airflow optimisation...
View ArticleUnderstanding thermal comfort perception of nurses in a hospital ward work...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): M.T.H. Derks, A.K. Mishra, M.G.L.C. Loomans, H.S.M. Kort In indoor comfort research, thermal comfort of...
View ArticleDynamic control of room air temperature for stratum ventilation based on heat...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Sheng Zhang, Yong Cheng, Zhaosong Fang, Zhang Lin Stratum ventilation can energy-efficiently provide quality indoor...
View ArticleIdentification of representative buildings and building groups in urban...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Giovanni Tardioli, Ruth Kerrigan, Mike Oates, James O'Donnell, Donal P. Finn The formulation of energy policies for...
View ArticleAerosol particles (0.3–10 μm) inside an educational workshop−Emission rate...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Androniki Maragkidou, Omar Jaghbeir, Kaarle Hämeri, Tareq Hussein In this study, we measured the concentrations of...
View ArticleAnalysis and optimization of thermal comfort in residential buildings by...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): P. Potočnik, B. Vidrih, A. Kitanovski, E. Govekar In the described research an investigation was performed into how...
View ArticleEmbodied life cycle assessment comparison of single family residential houses...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Arezoo Shirazi, Baabak Ashuri 20% of US energy consumption and their consequential environmental impacts are...
View ArticleNumerical study on effect of thermal regulation performance of winter uniform...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Yun Su, Jingxian Xu, Zhongxiang Lei, Peijing Li, Yunyi Wang The objective of the study was to numerically...
View ArticleStability and accuracy of numerical investigation of droplet motion under...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Yang Yang, Yi Wang, Bingbing Song, Jianing Fan, Yingxue Cao It is challenging to predict droplet motion in...
View ArticleExperimental investigation on the influence of evaporative cooling of...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Junsong Wang, Qinglin Meng, Kanghao Tan, Lei Zhang, Yu Zhang Permeable pavements are effective in mitigating the...
View ArticleThe impact of building profiles on the performance of daylight and indoor...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Trupti J. Dabe, Vinayak S. Adane The building profile plays a very important role in controlling the direct...
View ArticleAnalytical solutions to evaluate solar radiation overheating in simplified...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Belen Moreno, Juan A. Hernández Calculation methods for the energy demand of buildings require the evaluation of...
View ArticleLCA and BIM: Visualization of environmental potentials in building...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Martin Röck, Alexander Hollberg, Guillaume Habert, Alexander Passer The vast majority of scientists and policy...
View ArticleExperimental investigation of the effect of indoor air temperature on...
Publication date: August 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 140 Author(s): Dengjia Wang, Yanchao Xu, Yanfeng Liu, Yingying Wang, Jing Jiang, Xiaowen Wang, Jiaping Liu The thermal environment...
View ArticleResistance reduction via guide vane in dividing manifold systems with...
Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Wanqing Zhang, Angui Li The energy consumption of pump power in pipe systems is increasing each year. A resistance...
View ArticleSmart lighting system using ANN-IMC for personalized lighting control and...
Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Nandha Kumar Kandasamy, Giridharan Karunagaran, Costas Spanos, King Jet Tseng, Boon-Hee Soong Lighting contributes a...
View ArticleAccuracy evaluation of a calculation tool based on the spectral colour...
Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): I.T. Kim, A.S. Choi, M.K. Sung The circadian rhythms of building occupants are affected by the brightness and...
View ArticlePredictive large eddy simulations for urban flows: Challenges and opportunities
Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): C. García-Sánchez, J. van Beeck, C. Gorlé Computational fluid dynamics predictions of urban flow are subject to...
View ArticleInfluence of human thermal adaptation and its development on human thermal...
Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Chenqiu Du, Baizhan Li, Yong Cheng, Chao Li, Hong Liu, Runming Yao The human thermal adaptation has been documented...
View ArticleEstimation of temperature setpoints and heat transfer coefficients among...
Publication date: July 2018 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 139 Author(s): Panagiota Gianniou, Christoph Reinhart, David Hsu, Alfred Heller, Carsten Rode Thermal comfort preferences of...
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