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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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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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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...
View ArticleOccupant 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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