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Overheating assessment in Passivhaus dwellings: the influence of prediction tools

open access: yesBuildings & Cities, 2022
Thermal comfort during the summer in the Passivhaus concept relies mainly on natural ventilation to provide indoor cooling. Do airflow modeling tools accurately predict overheating in summer and for anticipated warmer climates?
Vitor Leite Goncalves   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Alkyl Chain Length of 1,3-Bis-Dialkylamino-2- Propanol on the Adsorption and Corrosion Behavior of Steel Q235 in Simulated Concrete Pore Solution

open access: yesInternational Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2012
A set of four linear alkyl chain 1,3-bis-dialkylamino-2-propanol (2-2OH-2, 4-2OH-4, 6-2OH-6, 8-2OH-8), were used in this work to evaluate the effect of carbon chain length on the adsorption and corrosion behavior of steel Q235 in simulated concrete pore ...
J. Cai, C. Chen, J. Liu, W. Zhou, J. Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Post-Occupancy Evaluation’s (POE) Applications for Improving Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ)

open access: yesToxics, 2022
To improve buildings and their characteristics, the feedback provided directly by users is generally fundamental in order to be able to adapt the technical and structural functions to the well-being of users.
Francesco Lolli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary Observations on Historical Castle Trakošćan (Croatia) Performance under Recent ML ≥ 5.5 Earthquakes

open access: yesGeosciences, 2021
Trakošćan Castle, built on a rocky peak in the late 13th century, is a cultural heritage site protected as a historical entity by the Republic of Croatia.
Snježana Markušić   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supramolecular gating of guest release from cucurbit[7]uril using de novo design

open access: yesnpj Computational Materials, 2022
Herein we computationally explore the modulation of the release kinetics of an encapsulated guest molecule from the cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) cavity by ligands binding to the host portal.
Hugues Lambert   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Multimodal Appraisal of Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum—Criticism, Performance Evaluation, and Habitability

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
High-profile projects promoted by governments, local municipalities, and the media do not always meet program requirements or user expectations. The Riverside Museum in Glasgow by Zaha Hadid Architects, which has generated significant discussion in the ...
Ashraf M. Salama   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Prevelence of SBS and Absenteeism among Children in Urban Refurbished Private Preshools

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
The preschool education is compulsory to children in Malaysia. This regulation has encouraged more premises to be refurbished as a pre-school building.
Salleh Naziah Muhamad   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aryl Aminoalcohols as Corrosion Inhibitors for Carbon Steel in Chloride-Contaminated Simulated Concrete Pore Solution

open access: yesInternational Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2016
In this paper, the rarely studied aryl aminoalcohols, namely comp. a-c were synthesized and then their corrosion inhibitions for carbon steel in 0.3 M NaCl saturated Ca(OH)2 solutions were investigated using electrochemical techniques.
J.Z. Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

External coupling between BES and HAM programs for whole building simulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper discusses a procedure for the two-way runtime external coupling between Building EnergySimulation (BES) and building envelope Heat, Air and Moisture (HAM) programs for enhanced wholebuilding simulation.
Blocken, B.J.E.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Comparison of NZ’s Energy Efficiency Regulation and Verification Assumptions to Real Building Loads and Operation

open access: yesBuildings, 2015
The New Zealand building design industry assumes various building model inputs for the consumption of energy through lighting and appliances. It also makes assumptions regarding when these energy consumers are considered to be “turned on”.
Shaan Cory, Michael Donn, Andrew Pollard
doaj   +1 more source

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