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Performance, acute health symptoms and physiological responses during...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Weiwei Liu, Weidi Zhong, Pawel Wargocki Human subjects were exposed for 3 h in a climate chamber to the air...

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The impact of working in a green certified building on cognitive function and...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Piers MacNaughton, Usha Satish, Jose Guillermo Cedeno Laurent, Skye Flanigan, Jose Vallarino, Brent Coull, John D....

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Effect of turbulence intensity and particle characteristics on the deposition...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Kuo-Pin Yu, Hui-Chi Shih, Yen-Chi Chen, Xuan-En Yang A negative air ionizer (NAI) is a common indoor air purifier...

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On the accuracy of CFD simulations of cross-ventilation flows for a generic...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): T. van Hooff, B. Blocken, Y. Tominaga Accurate and reliable computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are...

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Occupant perception of “green” buildings: Distinguishing physical and...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Mattias Holmgren, Alan Kabanshi, Patrik Sörqvist Studies have found a preference bias for “environmentally friendly”...

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Potential energy savings from deployment of Dynamic Insulation Materials for...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Kathleen Menyhart, Moncef Krarti This paper presents a summary of the results obtained from a comprehensive analysis...

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Quantifying and mapping embodied environmental requirements of urban building...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): André Stephan, Aristide Athanassiadis Cities and their building stocks result in huge environmental impacts which...

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The state of the art of living walls: Lessons learned

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Benjamin Riley Marching toward legitimacy, living walls are slowly being vetted. Establishing living walls as a...

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Human responses to high humidity in elevated temperatures for people in...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Ling Jin, Yufeng Zhang, Zhongjun Zhang The impact of high humidity at high temperatures on the thermal and humid...

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Frequency response limitation of heat flux meters

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): I. Naveros, C. Ghiaus, D.P. Ruíz Heat flux meters are used for measuring the heat flux densities going through...

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Influence of short-term thermal experience on thermal comfort evaluations: A...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Wenjie Ji, Bin Cao, Maohui Luo, Yingxin Zhu The purpose of this study is to explore how a short-term thermal...

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Study on particle penetration through straight, L, Z and wedge-shaped cracks...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Angui Li, Tong Ren, Changqing Yang, Wenchao Lv, Feng Zhang There is a significant concern about the outdoor...

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CFD simulation of flow in a long street canyon under a perpendicular wind...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Z.T. Ai, C.M. Mak A street canyon is an important platform for the understanding of local atmospheric flow and other...

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Wind tunnel tests of inter-flat pollutant transmission characteristics in a...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Di Mu, Chang Shu, Naiping Gao, Tong Zhu The pollutant behavior in and around a naturally ventilated building...

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Multipoint measurement method for air temperature in outdoor spaces and...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): TaeCheol Lee, Takashi Asawa, Hidenori Kawai, Rihito Sato, Yukari Hirayama, Isamu Ohta We propose a multipoint...

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A review of structural, thermo-physical, acoustical, and environmental...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): F. Asdrubali, B. Ferracuti, L. Lombardi, C. Guattari, L. Evangelisti, G. Grazieschi The current environmental and...

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On the minimal thermal habitability conditions in low income dwellings in...

Publication date: March 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 114 Author(s): Carmen Sánchez-Guevara Sánchez, Anna Mavrogianni, Fco. Javier Neila González Fuel poverty can be defined as “the...

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FAST energy and daylight optimization of an office with fixed and movable...

Publication date: 15 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 113 Author(s): Marco Manzan, Alberto Clarich This paper describes the Energy and Daylighting optimization of a fixed inclined...

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Optimization of a fixed exterior complex fenestration system considering...

Publication date: 15 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 113 Author(s): Sergio Vera, Daniel Uribe, Waldo Bustamante, Germán Molina Shading devices control daylight transmission...

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Impact of daylighting on total energy use in offices of varying architectural...

Publication date: 15 February 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 113 Author(s): Anna Pellegrino, Silvia Cammarano, Valerio R.M. Lo Verso, Vincenzo Corrado The growing attention towards the...

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