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...
View ArticleClimate 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...
View ArticleCharacterization 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 ,...
View ArticleCO2 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...
View ArticleIndoor 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleEvaluation 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...
View ArticleModeling 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...
View ArticleExperimental 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...
View ArticleStable 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...
View ArticleMeasured 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...
View ArticleExperimental 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...
View ArticleCapturing 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...
View ArticleEffects 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...
View ArticlePlant 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...
View ArticleA 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 ,...
View ArticleBuoyancy-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...
View ArticleEffects 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...
View ArticleMPC 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,...
View ArticleEffects 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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