Wind tunnel measurements of the urban boundary layer development over a...
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Alessio Ricci, Massimiliano Burlando, Andrea Freda, Maria P. Repetto This paper presents the results of an...
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Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Maciej Mijakowski, Jerzy Sowa Proper values of hydro-thermal parameters and good air quality indoors are known to...
View ArticleApplication of Taguchi method in optimising thermal comfort and cognitive...
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Fan Zhang, Richard de Dear Direct load control (DLC) is a demand response strategy that allows a utility or an...
View ArticleThe Dutch approach for assessing and reducing environmental impacts of...
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Marie de Klijn-Chevalerias, Saqib Javed Buildings are one of the largest consumers of energy and materials, and...
View ArticleModeling the particle scavenging and thermal efficiencies of a heat absorbing...
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Haijiao Cui, Nianping Li, Jinqing Peng, Jianlin Cheng, Nan Zhang, Zhibin Wu Haze pollution has been a serious...
View ArticleComfort-based performance assessment methodology for low energy residential...
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Lyrian Daniel, Terence Williamson, Veronica Soebarto In Australia, the primary method of demonstrating compliance...
View ArticleAn assessment of the potential fungal bioaerosol production from an active...
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): P.J. Irga, P. Abdo, M. Zavattaro, F.R. Torpy Active living walls, or indoor air biofilters, have been proposed as...
View ArticleVertical greenery systems for energy savings in buildings: A comparative...
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Julià Coma, Gabriel Pérez, Alvaro de Gracia, Silvia Burés, Miguel Urrestarazu, Luisa F. Cabeza During the last...
View ArticleHuman exhalation characterization with the aid of schlieren imaging technique
Publication date: Available online 19 November 2016 Source:Building and Environment Author(s): Chunwen Xu, Peter V. Nielsen, Li Liu, Rasmus L. Jensen, Guangcai Gong The purpose of this paper is to...
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Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Anna Solcerova, Frans van de Ven, Mengyu Wang, Michiel Rijsdijk, Nick van de Giesen Rapid urbanization and an...
View ArticleIndoor relative humidity as a fire risk indicator
Publication date: January 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 111 Author(s): Torgrim Log A low cost weather station has been tested for monitoring relative humidity (RH) in sitting rooms as a...
View ArticleThermal functions of internal courtyards in traditional Chinese shophouses in...
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Tetsu Kubota, Mohd Azuan Zakaria, Seiji Abe, Doris Hooi Chyee Toe The main purpose of this study was to...
View ArticleDetermining thermal stratification in rooms with high supply momentum
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): F.A. Dominguez Espinosa, Leon R. Glicksman Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations of a typical occupied...
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Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Huan Wang, Xianting Li, Xiaoliang Shao, Baolong Wang, Yanqing Lin Airflow measurement is crucially important...
View ArticleUrban-microclimate effect on vector mosquito abundance of tropical green roofs
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Gwendolyn K.L. Wong, C.Y. Jim Urbanization engenders habitats with distinctive and often adverse microclimates....
View ArticleThermal performance investigation of a living wall in a dry climate of Australia
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Mostafa Razzaghmanesh, Morteza Razzaghmanesh There is a paucity of information regarding contribution of living...
View ArticleNumerical comparison of removal and deposition for fully-distributed...
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Chen Zhuang, Gang Yang, Ting Long, Dean Hu In this study, the removal and deposition of fully-distributed...
View ArticleContaminant transport at large Courant numbers using Markov matrices
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Anthony D. Fontanini, Umesh Vaidya, Alberto Passalacqua, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian Volatile organic...
View ArticleUtilization potential of low temperature hydronic space heating systems: A...
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Petr Ovchinnikov, Anatolijs Borodiņecs, Ksenia Strelets Recently, there has been a rising concern for hydronic...
View ArticleA review of calculating procedures on daylight factor based metrics under...
Publication date: 1 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 112 Author(s): Danny H.W. Li, Siwei Lou, Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini, Khalid A. Alshaibani, Joseph C. Lam Prediction of the...
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