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Uncertainty of facade sound insulation by a Round Robin Test. Evaluations of...

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Chiara Scrosati, Fabio Scamoni, Andrea Prato, Simone Secchi, Patrizio Fausti, Arianna Astolfi, Luca Barbaresi,...

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Embodied energy in residential buildings-towards the nearly zero energy...

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Panagiotis Chastas, Theodoros Theodosiou, Dimitrios Bikas This literature review addresses the Life Cycle Energy...

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Fan-independent air balancing method based on computation model of air duct...

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Haoran Chen, Wenjian Cai, Can Chen This paper presents a novel fan-independent air balancing method based on...

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The air emission assessment of a South Korean traditional building during its...

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Jaehun Sim, Jehean Sim During its entire life cycle, a Korean traditional building produces various types of air...

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An inquiry into the reliability of window operation models in building...

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Farhang Tahmasebi, Ardeshir Mahdavi Given the impact of inhabitants’ control actions on indoor environment and...

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Thermal comfort and occupant adaptive behaviour in Japanese university...

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Mohd Sabri Mustapa, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki, Hom Bahadur Rijal, Aya Hagishima, Mohamed Sukri Mat Ali Thermal comfort...

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Building defect detection: External versus internal thermography

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Matthew Fox, Steve Goodhew, Pieter De Wilde Many buildings suffer from defects in the building envelope, such as...

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Assessment of mechanical exhaust in preventing vertical cross-household...

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Yan Wu, Jianlei Niu Single-sided natural ventilation is an energy efficient ventilation strategy that could...

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Finite panel method for the simulation of wind-driven rain

Publication date: 15 August 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 105 Author(s): Chongwen Jiang, Chenhao Xu, Zhenxun Gao, Chunhian Lee In present numerical methods for the wind-driven rain...

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Pilot study of sources and concentrations of size-resolved airborne particles...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Seema Bhangar, Brandon Brooks, Brian Firek, Dusan Licina, Xiaochen Tang, Michael J. Morowitz, Jillian F....

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Simulating wind-driven rain on building facades using Eulerian multiphase...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): K. Pettersson, S. Krajnovic, A.S. Kalagasidis, P. Johansson Wind-driven rain (WDR) is responsible for many types...

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A tool for determining sheltering efficiency of mechanically ventilated...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Ilpo Kulmala, Hannu Salmela, Tapio Kalliohaka, Tomasz Zwęgliński, Marcin Smolarkiewicz, Aimo Taipale, Jari...

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Particles in different indoor microenvironments-its implications on occupants

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): David D. Massey, Mahima Habil, Ajay Taneja Changes over recent decades in outdoor concentrations of air...

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Study of carbonaceous fractions associated with indoor PM2.5/PM10 during...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Shippi Dewangan, Shamsh Pervez, Rajan Chakrabarty, John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow, Yasmeen Pervez, Suresh...

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Thermal comfort of sellers with a kind of traditional personal heating device...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Yingdong He, Nianping Li, Wenjie Zhang, Linxuan Zhou This study aims to investigate thermal comfort of sellers...

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Evaluation of passive ventilation provision in domestic housing retrofit

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Oliver Kinnane, Derek Sinnott, William J.N. Turner Increasing energy efficiency in the residential sector, while...

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Occurrence of triphenylphosphine oxide and other organophosphorus compounds...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Yasir Faiz, Wei Zhao, Jianfang Feng, Cheng Sun, Huan He, Jiping Zhu Indoor environments contain a wide range of...

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Combined effects of sorption hysteresis and its temperature dependency on...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Xiaobo Zhang, Wolfgang Zillig, Hartwig M. Künzel, Christoph Mitterer, Xu Zhang Hygroscopic materials such as...

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Associations between perceptions of odors and dryness and children’s asthma...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Zhongming Bu, Lifang Wang, Louise B. Weschler, Baizhan Li, Jan Sundell, Yinping Zhang We analyzed perceptions of...

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Dynamic internal light shelf for tropical daylighting in high-rise office...

Publication date: September 2016 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 106 Author(s): Yaik-Wah Lim, C.Y.S. Heng Many high-rise offices in tropical regions do not have good quality of daylighting...

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