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Adaptive model of thermal comfort for offices in hot and humid climates of India

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Madhavi Indraganti , Ryozo Ooka , Hom B. Rijal , Gail S. Brager The current Indian indoor comfort standards do not...

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Development of a simplified method for intelligent glazed façade design under...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Mingzhe Liu , Kim Bjarne Wittchen , Per Kvols Heiselberg The research aims to develop a simplified calculation method...

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Environmental performance of recycled rubber as drainage layer in extensive...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Lídia Rincón , Julià Coma , Gabriel Pérez , Albert Castell , Dieter Boer , Luisa F. Cabeza Using recycled rubber...

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State-space analysis of influencing factors on airborne particle...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Shang Zhai , Zheng Li , Bin Zhao Epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to airborne particles is strongly...

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Air heating of passive houses in cold climates: Investigation using detailed...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Laurent Georges , Monica Berner , Hans Martin Mathisen The passive house (PH) standard was originally defined for...

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Exposure to ultrafine particles in relation to indoor events and dwelling...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Michal Proctor Spilak , Marie Frederiksen , Barbara Kolarik , Lars Gunnarsen Exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) in...

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Implications of global warming for commercial building retrofitting in...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Daniel Daly , Paul Cooper , Zhenjun Ma Retrofit strategies for commercial buildings are generally selected with the...

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A study on use of miniature dielectric compound parabolic concentrator (dCPC)...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Xu Yu , Yuehong Su , Hongfei Zheng , Saffa Riffat Low-concentration solid dielectric compound parabolic concentrator...

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Outdoor Thermal Comfort in a Hot and Humid Climate of Colombia: A Field Study...

Publication date: Available online 3 February 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Kattia Villadiego , Marc André Velay-Dabat We carried out a thermal comfort survey in a hot and humid...

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Screening-level Estimates of Indoor Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds...

Publication date: Available online 3 February 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Wei Ye , John C. Little , Doyun Won , Xu Zhang Knowing the value of the key mass-transfer model parameters...

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Publication date: March 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 73

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Multi-Variable Optimization of Thermal Energy Efficiency Retrofitting of...

Publication date: Available online 4 February 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Sean N. Murray , Brendan P. Walsh , Denis Kelliher , D.T.J. O'Sullivan The retrofitting of existing...

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Predictions and determinants of size-resolved particle infiltration factors...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Zeineb El Orch , Brent Stephens , Michael S. Waring Because people spend the majority of their time indoors and...

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The multicriteria approach in the architecture conception: Defining windows...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Marília Ramalho Fontenelle , Leopoldo Eurico Gonçalves Bastos The aim of this paper is to apply a multicriteria...

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Associations between building characteristics and children’s allergic...

Publication date: Available online 5 February 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Jieun Choi , Chungyoon Chun , Yuexia Sun , Yoorim Choi , Suhyun Kwon , C.G. Bornehag , Jan Sundell A...

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Applicability of whole-body heat balance models for evaluating thermal...

Publication date: Available online 5 February 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Li Huang , Edward Arens , Hui Zhang , Yingxin Zhu In ASHRAE Standard 55-2010, the comfort effects of...

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Experimental investigation of the human convective boundary layer in a...

Publication date: Available online 6 February 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Dusan Licina , Jovan Pantelic , Arsen Melikov , Chandra Sekhar , Kwok Wai Tham This study aims to...

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A bottom-up energy analysis across a diverse urban building portfolio:...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): R.M. Ward , R. Choudhary A methodology for the analysis of building energy retrofits has been developed for a diverse...

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Mismatches between objective parameters and measured perception assessment in...

Publication date: April 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 74 Author(s): Alicia Giménez , Rosa María Cibrián , Salvador Cerdá , Sara Girón , Teófilo Zamarreño Psychoacoustic research in the...

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A method for the identification and modelling of realistic domestic occupancy...

Publication date: Available online 7 February 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): D. Aerts , J. Minnen , I. Glorieux , I. Wouters , F. Descamps User behaviour plays a key role in the...

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