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Spatial and temporal variations of PM concentrations in multifamily apartment...

Publication date: Available online 2 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Tadas Prasauskas , Dainius Martuzevicius , Edvinas Krugly , Darius Ciuzas , Inga Stasiulaitiene , Ruta...

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A field study of thermal comfort for kindergarten children in Korea: An...

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Hyunjun Yun , Insick Nam , Jinman Kim , Jinho Yang , Kyoungho Lee , Jongryeul Sohn This study presents thermal comfort...

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

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Jieun Choi , Chungyoon Chun , Yuexia Sun , Yoorim Choi , Suhyun Kwon , C.G. Bornehag , Jan Sundell A cross-sectional...

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Measurements of volatile organic compounds in aircraft cabins. Part II:...

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Jun Guan , Chao Wang , Kai Gao , Xudong Yang , Chao-Hsin Lin , Caiyun Lu To better understand the overall VOC levels...

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Evaluation of urban residential thermal comfort in relation to indoor and...

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Adewale Oluseyi Adunola A thermal comfort survey was conducted in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. Ten percent (12) of the...

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Feedback effect of human physical and psychological adaption on time period...

Publication date: Available online 11 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Weiwei Liu , Hao Huangfu , Jing Xiong , Qihong Deng This study proposed a method to determine time period of...

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Effects of Plant and Substrate Selection on Thermal Performance of Green...

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Mingjie Zhao , Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco , Jelena Srebric , Sridhar Komarneni , Robert Berghage Green roof...

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Simulation of Wind-Driven Rain Associated with Tropical Storms and Hurricanes...

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Thomas Baheru , Arindam Gan Chowdhury , Girma Bitsuamlak , Forrest J. Masters , Ali Tokay Wind-driven rain...

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Assessment of thermal comfort under transitional conditions

Publication date: Available online 12 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Yu-Chi Wu , Ardeshir Mahdavi This paper explores thermal comfort assessments under transitional states....

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Influence of Mechanical Ventilation System on Indoor Carbon Dioxide and...

Publication date: Available online 13 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Conson K.H. Yu , Min Li , Vincent Chan , Alvin C.K. Lai Common ventilation strategies may fail to maintain...

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Thermal comfort field study in undergraduate laboratories — An analysis of...

Publication date: Available online 13 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Asit Kumar Mishra , Maddali Ramgopal A thermal comfort field study was conducted in an undergraduate...

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Generation of a critical weather year for hygrothermal simulations using...

Publication date: Available online 13 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Jan Kočí , Jiří Maděra , Robert Černý This paper offers a novel approach for selecting a critical weather...

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Physical parameterization and sensitivity of urban hydrological models:...

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Jiachuan Yang , Zhi-Hua Wang Rapid urbanization has emerged as the source of many adverse environmental effects and...

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A comparison of global bioclimates in the 20th and 21st centuries and...

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Danny H.W. Li , Wenyan Pan , Joseph C. Lam Summer and winter thermal discomforts in the major climate zones and...

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Towards a safety management approach for adjacent buildings in tunneling...

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Limao Zhang , Xianguo Wu , Queqing Chen , Miroslaw J. Skibniewski , Shu-Chien Hsu This paper develops a systematic...

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Atmospheric boundary-layer simulation for the built environment: Past,...

Publication date: May 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 75 Author(s): Aly Mousaad Aly This paper summarizes the state-of-the-art techniques used to simulate hurricane winds in atmospheric...

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The cooling effect of urban green spaces as a contribution to energy-saving...

Publication date: Available online 14 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Biao Zhang , Gao-di Xie , Ji-xi Gao , Yang Yang Urban green spaces have been proven to significantly...

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Assessing the effects of landscape design parameters on intra-urban air...

Publication date: Available online 16 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Hai Yan , Shuxin Fan , Chenxiao Guo , Fan Wu , Nan Zhang , Li Dong Understanding the causes of the...

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Investigation of the effects of different types of interlayers on floor...

Publication date: Available online 18 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Seung Yup Yoo , Jin Yong Jeon In the present study, the effects of resilient isolators and viscoelastic...

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The relative importance of input weather data for indoor overheating risk...

Publication date: Available online 19 March 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): J. Taylor , M. Davies , A. Mavrogianni , Z. Chalabi , P. Biddulph , E. Oikonomou , P. Das , B. Jones The...

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