Green roofs in Mediterranean areas – Survey and maintenance planning
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Cristina Matos Silva, Inês Flores-Colen, Ana Coelho This paper addresses green roof maintenance in...
View ArticleA case study on human bio-heat transfer and thermal comfort within CFD
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Atish Dixit, Upender Gade Thermal comfort assessment is an imperative aspect of vehicle cabin climate...
View ArticleNew calibrated zonal model (POMA+) for temperature and airflow predictions
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Ahmed Cherif Megri, Yao Yu In building engineering and in the area of thermal environment, various...
View ArticleQuasi-quantitative infrared thermographic detection of moisture variation in...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Ecem Edis, Inês Flores-Colen, J. de Brito High moisture content is a common problem of adhered glazed...
View ArticlePredicting the transport process of indoor semi-volatile organic compounds...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Dong Li, Zi-Xiang Tong, Ya-Ling He, Wen-Quan Tao In this paper, a model consisting of the lattice...
View ArticleConstructing Markov matrices for real-time transient contaminant transport...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Anthony D. Fontanini, Umesh Vaidya, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian Predicting the movement of contaminants in...
View ArticleTransient transport model of particles resulting from high momentum...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Carine Habchi, Kamel Ghali, Nesreen Ghaddar In this work, a transient mathematical multi-region zonal...
View ArticleA numerical study of particle deposition in ribbed duct flow with different...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Hao Lu, Lin Lu The effects of surface rib shapes on particle deposition in turbulent duct air flows were...
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Long term air quality monitoring in a net-zero energy residence designed with...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Dustin G. Poppendieck, Lisa C. Ng, Andrew K. Persily, Alfred T. Hodgson The National Institute of...
View ArticleDevelopment and assessment of a physics-based simulation model to investigate...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): J.M. Logue, M.H. Sherman, M.M. Lunden, N.E. Klepeis, R. Williams, C. Croghan, B.C. Singer The Lawrence...
View ArticleEstimation of the contribution of human skin and ozone reaction to volatile...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Kai Gao, Jiarong Xie, Xudong Yang The products derived from ozonolysis of organic compounds on the human...
View ArticleInfluence of the temperature and relative humidity on human heat...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Dandan Shen, Neng Zhu Heat-related disorders, decreases in productivity and security risks are common...
View ArticleWhat does the scientific literature tell us about the ventilation–health...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Paolo Carrer, Pawel Wargocki, Annaclara Fanetti, Wolfgang Bischof, Eduardo De Oliveira Fernandes, Thomas...
View ArticleDirect evaporative passive cooling of building. A comparison amid simplified...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Giacomo Chiesa, Mario Grosso Different simplified simulation models of a Passive Downdraught Evaporative...
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A framework for an adaptive thermal heat balance model (ATHB)
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Marcel Schweiker, Andreas Wagner This paper presents a framework for an adaptive thermal heat balance...
View ArticleCO2 mitigation potential in China's building construction industry: A...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Boqiang Lin, Hongxun Liu Building construction is a leading industry in China's economy and is also...
View ArticleSuper insulated aerogel windows: Impact on daylighting and thermal performance
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): C. Garnier, T. Muneer, L. McCauley Window design plays an important role in achieving energy efficient...
View ArticleDiffusion-model-based risk assessment of moisture originated wood...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Pavel Zítek, Tomáš Vyhlídal, Jaromír Fišer, Vivi Tornari, Eirini Bernikola, Nota Tsigarida The paper deals...
View ArticleImpact of plant evapotranspiration rate and shrub albedo on temperature...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Chun Liang Tan, Nyuk Hien Wong, Steve Kardinal Jusuf, Zhi Quan Chiam Implementation of urban greenery is a...
View ArticleAn ontology to represent energy-related occupant behavior in buildings. Part...
Publication date: December 2015 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 94, Part 1 Author(s): Tianzhen Hong, Simona D'Oca, Sarah C. Taylor-Lange, William J.N. Turner, Yixing Chen, Stefano P. Corgnati...
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