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Towards greening the U.S. residential building stock: A system dynamics approach

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Nuri Cihat Onat , Gokhan Egilmez , Omer Tatari Energy consumption in residential buildings is one of the major...

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Influence of liquid absorption coefficient on hygrothermal behaviour of an...

Publication date: Available online 14 May 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): A. Evrard , C. Flory-Celini , M. Claeys-Bruno , A. De Herde The study of the hygrothermal parameters and...

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Long term exposure of self-cleaning and reference glass in an urban...

Publication date: Available online 14 May 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Anne Chabas , Stéphane Alfaro , Tiziana Lombardo , Aurélie Verney-Carron , Estifania Da Silva , Sylvain...

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Quantifying inflow uncertainties for CFD simulations of the flow in downtown...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): C. García-Sánchez , D.A. Philips , C. Gorlé Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods are widely used to...

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Prediction of particulate matter at street level using artificial neural...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Hong-di He , Wei-Zhen Lu , Yu Xue The time series of particulate matter at urban intersection consists of complex...

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Performance evaluation of an integrated Personalized Ventilation–Personalized...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Yang Junjing , Chandra Sekhar , David Cheong , Benny Raphael The inhaled air quality in the breathing zone is...

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Preliminary assessment of greenhouse gas emissions for atactic polypropylene...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Warren Vaz , John Sheffield In recent years, there has been an increased awareness about the environmental impact of...

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Inhaled and inspired particulates in metropolitan Santiago Chile exceed air...

Publication date: Available online 14 May 2014 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Richard Toro A. , Raúl G.E. Morales S , Mauricio Canales , Claudio Gonzalez-Rojas , Manuel A. Leiva G. The...

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Building design and performan A comparative longitudinal assessment of a...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Cassandra L. Thiel , Kim LaScola Needy , Robert Ries , Diane Hupp , Melissa M. Bilec The aim of this study was to...

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Effects of plant and substrate selection on thermal performance of green...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Mingjie Zhao , Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco , Jelena Srebric , Sridhar Komarneni , Robert Berghage Green roof...

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The impact of occupancy patterns, occupant-controlled ventilation and shading...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): A. Mavrogianni , M. Davies , J. Taylor , Z. Chalabi , P. Biddulph , E. Oikonomou , P. Das , B. Jones It is widely...

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Using probabilistic sampling-based sensitivity analyses for indoor air...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Payel Das , Clive Shrubsole , Benjamin Jones , Ian Hamilton , Zaid Chalabi , Michael Davies , Anna Mavrogianni ,...

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Energy and visual comfort analysis of lighting and daylight control strategies

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Eric Shen , Jia Hu , Maulin Patel Shading systems have the potential to reduce energy consumption of electric...

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A comparison of methods for determining watertightness test parameters of...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): José M. Pérez-Bella , Javier Domínguez-Hernández , Enrique Cano-Suñén , Juan J. del Coz-Díaz , Francisco J....

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Daylight evaluation for educational facilities established in high-rise...

Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78 Author(s): Tae-woo Kim , Won-hwa Hong , Hyun-tae Kim This study conducted a daylight evaluation of schools established in...

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Publication date: August 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 78

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CFD modeling and moisture dynamics implications of ventilation scenarios in...

Publication date: September 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 79 Author(s): Delia D'Agostino , Paolo Maria Congedo The importance of historical buildings preservation is constantly...

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A preliminary ventilation rate determination methods study for residential...

Publication date: September 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 79 Author(s): Wei Ye , Doyun Won , Xu Zhang Ventilation is commonly used as a basic means to supply outdoor air to indoor...

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Quantitative ventilation assessments of idealized urban canopy layers with...

Publication date: September 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 79 Author(s): Man Lin , Jian Hang , Yuguo Li , Zhiwen Luo , Mats Sandberg This paper investigates urban canopy layers (UCLs)...

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Comparison of energy-based indicators used in life cycle assessment tools for...

Publication date: September 2014 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 79 Author(s): Ravi S. Srinivasan , Wesley Ingwersen , Christian Trucco , Robert Ries , Daniel Campbell Traditionally, building...

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