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Wind tunnel experiments on cross-ventilation flow of a generic building with...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Yoshihide Tominaga , Bert Blocken Recently, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been widely used for the...

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Climate change and thermal comfort in Southern Europe housing: A case study...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Ricardo Barbosa , Romeu Vicente , Rui Santos The world has been experiencing a significant increase in daily...

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Characterization of particulate matter 2.5 in an urban tertiary care hospital...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Marian Fe Theresa C. Lomboy , Leni L. Quirit , Victorio B. Molina , Godofreda V. Dalmacion , Joel D. Schwartz ,...

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CO2 emissions of China's commercial and residential buildings: Evidence and...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Boqiang Lin , Hongxun Liu This paper provides an assessment of the potential of CO2 mitigation in buildings by...

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Indoor air quality control for improving passenger health in subway platforms...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): MinJeong Kim , Richard D. Braatz , Jeong Tai Kim , ChangKyoo Yoo Indoor air quality (IAQ) ventilation systems are...

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A thermal comfort field study of naturally ventilated classrooms in...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Asit Kumar Mishra , Maddali Ramgopal To assess occupant thermal comfort, field studies were carried out in...

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Evaluation of moisture sorption models and modified Mualem model for...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Xiaobo Zhang , Wolfgang Zillig , Hartwig M. Künzel , Xu Zhang , Christoph Mitterer Modeling of heat and moisture...

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Modeling and measurement study on an intermittent heating system of a...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Zhe Wang , Borong Lin , Yingxin Zhu The intermittent heating is considered to be able to achieve a high energy...

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Experimental investigation of the wetting and drying potentials of wood frame...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Fitsum Tariku , Ying Simpson , Emishaw Iffa This paper aims to study the effects of wind-driven rain load and vapor...

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Stable reduced-order models for pollutant dispersion in the built environment

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Lieven Vervecken , Johan Camps , Johan Meyers In order to limit the impact of accidental releases of hazardous...

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Measured daylighting potential of a static optical louver system under real...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Kyle Konis , Eleanor S. Lee By utilizing highly specular surfaces and engineered profile geometry, optical sunlight...

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Experimental investigation of the sound absorption characteristics of...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): M. Connelly , M. Hodgson An experimental investigation of the sound absorption characteristics of vegetated roof...

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Capturing the urban canyon effect on particle number concentrations across a...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): William J. Farrell , Laure Deville Cavellin , Scott Weichenthal , Mark Goldberg , Marianne Hatzopoulou Urban...

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Effects of rib spacing and height on particle deposition in ribbed duct air...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Hao Lu , Lin Lu In this study, the influences of rib spacing and height on particle deposition in ribbed duct air...

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Plant cover and floristic composition effect on thermal behaviour of...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Piero Bevilacqua , Julià Coma , Gabriel Pérez , Cristina Chocarro , Alejandro Juárez , Cristian Solé , Marilena De...

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A longitudinal study of ventilation rates in California office buildings and...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Mark J. Mendell , Ekaterina A. Eliseeva , Michael Spears , Wanyu R. Chan , Sebastian Cohn , Douglas P. Sullivan ,...

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Buoyancy-driven exchange flow between two adjacent building zones connected...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): S. Nabi , M.R. Flynn We examine the buoyancy driven flow between two adjacent building zones separated by top and...

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Effects of temperature and supply airflow rate on thermal comfort in a...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Yong Cheng , Zhang Lin , Alan M.L. Fong Providing an appropriate thermal comfort level is crucial for the technical...

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MPC control for improving energy efficiency of a building air handler for...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Wei Liang , Rebecca Quinte , Xiaobao Jia , Jian-Qiao Sun The performance and energy saving of building heating,...

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Effects of air exchange rate, particle size and injection place on particle...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): W. Brock Faulkner , Farhad Memarzadeh , Gerald Riskowski , Ahmad Kalbasi , Audrey Ching-Zu Chang Using aerobiology...

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