Quantcast
Channel: ScienceDirect Publication: Building and Environment
Browsing all 2381 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Coupling finite volume and lattice Boltzmann methods for pore scale...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Yu-Tong Mu , Li Chen , Ya-Ling He , Wen-Quan Tao A coupled numerical model is employed to investigate the emission...

View Article


Overheating investigation in UK social housing flats built to the Passivhaus...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Seyed Masoud Tabatabaei Sameni , Mark Gaterell , Azadeh Montazami , Abdullahi Ahmed Global environmental and energy...

View Article


Carbon dioxide removal using carbon monolith as electric swing adsorption to...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Tae Soo Lee , Jung Hyuk Cho , Suk Hwan Chi This study explores the feasibility of excess CO2 removal from living...

View Article

Comparative analysis of modified PMV models and SET models to predict human...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Jie Gao , Yi Wang , Pawel Wargocki In this paper, a comparative analysis was performed on the human thermal...

View Article

Environmental assessment of popular single-family house construction...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Ali El Hanandeh The building and construction sector is vital in Jordan. Over the past decade it witnessed rapid...

View Article


A sustainability assessment of advanced materials for novel housing solutions

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Pouya Samani , Adélio Mendes , Vítor Leal , João Miranda Guedes , Nuno Correia Material selection is a key step in...

View Article

Evaluation of LES and RANS CFD modelling of multiple steady states in natural...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Faisal Durrani , Malcolm J. Cook , James J. McGuirk This paper reports research carried out with the aim of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

CFD simulation of outdoor ventilation of generic urban configurations with...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Rubina Ramponi , Bert Blocken , Laura B. de Coo , Wendy D. Janssen Outdoor ventilation is very important for a...

View Article


Experiments and simulations on the thermal performance of a sunspace attached...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Mehrnaz Owrak , Mohammad Aminy , Milad Tajik Jamal-Abad , Maziar Dehghan In this paper, thermal performance of a...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The potential for vertical gardens as evaporative coolers: An adaptation of...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Michael Maks Davis , Stephanie Hirmer This research paper investigates the use of vertical gardens as evaporative...

View Article

Hygrothermal performance of wood-hemp insulation in timber frame wall panels...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Eshrar Latif , Mihaela Anca Ciupala , Simon Tucker , Devapriya Chitral Wijeyesekera , Darryl John Newport An in...

View Article

A Hedera green façade – Energy performance and saving under different...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Ross W.F. Cameron , Jane Taylor , Martin Emmett Thermal regulation is a key ecosystem service provided by urban...

View Article

Airtightness and ventilation in a mild climate country rehabilitated social...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Nuno M.M. Ramos , Ricardo M.S.F. Almeida , António Curado , Pedro F. Pereira , Sofia Manuel , Joana Maia Dwellings...

View Article


An online learning approach for quantifying personalized thermal comfort via...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Ali Ghahramani , Chao Tang , Burcin Becerik-Gerber HVAC systems are the major energy consumers in commercial...

View Article

Identifying behavioural predictors of small power electricity consumption in...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Richard M. Tetlow , Chris van Dronkelaar , C. Philip Beaman , Abbas A. Elmualim , Kevin Couling It is widely...

View Article


Importance analysis and meta-model construction with correlated variables in...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Wei Tian , Ruchi Choudhary , Godfried Augenbroe , Sang Hoon Lee Statistical energy modelling & analysis of...

View Article

An experimental investigation of the flow and comfort parameters for...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Taha Arghand , Taghi Karimipanah , Hazim B. Awbi , Mathias Cehlin , Ulf Larsson , Elisabet Linden There is a new...

View Article


Air temperature investigation in microenvironment around a human body

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Dusan Licina , Arsen Melikov , Chandra Sekhar , Kwok Wai Tham The aim of this study is to investigate the...

View Article

Assessment of the influence of daily shadings pattern on human thermal...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Letizia Martinelli , Tzu-Ping Lin , Andreas Matzarakis Solar access has a critical influence on human thermal...

View Article

Appropriate indoor operative temperature and bedding micro climate...

Publication date: October 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 92 Author(s): Yingying Wang , Yanfeng Liu , Cong Song , Jiaping Liu The thermal comfort theories in workplaces during the day are...

View Article
Browsing all 2381 articles
Browse latest View live