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Influence of wall luminance and uniformity on preferred task illuminance

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Sanae Chraibi, Lisan Crommentuijn, Evert van Loenen, Alexander Rosemann Literature suggests an influence of the...

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Effects of lift-up design on pedestrian level wind comfort in different...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Yaxing Du, Cheuk Ming Mak, Jianlin Liu, Qian Xia, Jianlei Niu, K.C.S. Kwok The pedestrian level wind environment is...

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Turbulent characteristics in the near fields of gasper jet flows in an...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Zhanqi Tang, Yong Guo, Xujia Cui, Nan Jiang, Shen Dai, Junjie Liu In an aircraft cabin environment, a gasper nozzle...

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Performance of personally worn dosimeters to study non-image forming effects...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Mariëlle P.J. Aarts, Juliëtte van Duijnhoven, Myriam B.C. Aries, Alexander L.P. Rosemann When determining the...

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Effect of paint composition, nano-metal types and substrate on the...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Chi-Chi Lin, Wen-Yun Chen This study aims to compare the biological resistance of paint materials which contain...

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Life cycle analysis of energy consumption and CO2 emissions from a typical...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Jia-Jun Ma, Gang Du, Zeng-Kai Zhang, Pei-Xing Wang, Bai-Chen Xie Tiejian Tower, a large public building in Tianjin,...

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Formaldehyde and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Chuanjia Jiang, Dandan Li, Pengyi Zhang, Jinge Li, Juan Wang, Jiaguo Yu Furniture and building/furnishing materials...

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Thermodynamic and exergoeconomic analysis of a non-domestic Passivhaus retrofit

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Iván García Kerdan, Rokia Raslan, Paul Ruyssevelt, Sandra Vaiciulyte, David Morillón Gálvez This paper presents a...

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The influence of temperature on the capillary absorption coefficient-a...

Publication date: 1 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 116 Author(s): Chi Feng, Hans Janssen

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Predictive models for assessing the passive solar and daylight potential of...

Publication date: 1 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 116 Author(s): Emilie Nault, Peter Moonen, Emmanuel Rey, Marilyne Andersen Despite recent developments, neighborhood-scale...

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Publication date: 1 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 116

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Field study on indoor health risk factors in households with schoolchildren...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Jinhua Hu, Nianping Li, Hiroshi Yoshino, U. Yanagi, Kenichi Hasegawa, Naoki Kagi, Yingdong He, Xiaoqing Wei A field...

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Post-occupancy evaluation of a historic primary school in Spain: Comparing...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Antonio Martinez-Molina, Paola Boarin, Isabel Tort-Ausina, José-Luis Vivancos With attention increasingly shifting...

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Adaptation-based indoor environment control in a hot-humid area

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Yufeng Zhang, Jinbo Mai, Mingyang Zhang, Fulin Wang, Yongchao Zhai Human thermal adaptation has received more and...

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Identifying potential effects from anthropometric variables on outdoor...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Eduardo L. Kruger, Patricia Drach In this study, we carried out outdoor thermal comfort surveys with pedestrians...

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Performance analysis of a novel liquid desiccant evaporative cooling fresh...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Fan Zhang, Yonggao Yin, Xiaosong Zhang Liquid desiccant evaporative cooling air-conditioning (LDECAC) system, which...

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A comparison of winter indoor thermal environment and thermal comfort between...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Nan Zhang, Bin Cao, Zhaojun Wang, Yingxin Zhu, Borong Lin Along with the improvement of living quality, indoor...

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Analysis of local-scale urban heat island characteristics using an integrated...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Lin Liu, Yaoyu Lin, Jing Liu, Lina Wang, Dan Wang, Taotao Shui, Xin Chen, Qing Wu Across a complex urban region...

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CFD results calibration from sparse sensor observations with a case study for...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): Chaoyang Jiang, Yeng Chai Soh, Hua Li, Mustafa K. Masood, Zhe Wei, Xiaoli Zhou, Deqing Zhai Current CFD calibration...

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Adopting ‘lift-up’ building design to improve the surrounding...

Publication date: 15 May 2017 Source:Building and Environment, Volume 117 Author(s): K.T. Tse, Xuelin Zhang, A.U. Weerasuriya, S.W. Li, K.C.S. Kwok, Cheuk Ming Mak, Jianlei Niu Modern megacities are...

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