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Addressing climate change in comfort standards
Building and Environment, 2010According to the Buildings Energy Data Book published by the U.S. Department of Energy, in 2006 the building sector consumed 38.9% of the total primary energy used in the United States. Of this energy, 34.8% is used by buildings for space heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. This energy often involves the combustion of fossil fuels, contributing
Alison G. Kwok, Nicholas B. Rajkovich
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Comfort requirements in indoor climate
Energy and Buildings, 1988Abstract An analysis of the important factors for comfort in indoor climate is given. For the thermal complex, the results from calculations of the energy balance model MEMI are used to quantify the effects of the single meteorological parameters on occupants in indoor climate.
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Exploring pedestrian thermal comfort in hot climates
2020<p>Designing cities for thermal comfort should be a priority in the warming and urbanizing world. As cities continue to break extreme heat records, it is necessary to develop new sensing approaches capable of tracking thermal sensations of actual users of urban spaces.
Yuliya Dzyuban +5 more
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2017
Architects cannot completely agree with the above quote (of Mark Twain) since architects can do a little about the immediate weather. ‘Shelter’ and, as discussed in the introduction chapter, civilization has had quite an impact on the overall climate change.
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Architects cannot completely agree with the above quote (of Mark Twain) since architects can do a little about the immediate weather. ‘Shelter’ and, as discussed in the introduction chapter, civilization has had quite an impact on the overall climate change.
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Outdoor human comfort in an urban climate
Building and Environment, 2004Outdoor human comfort in an urban climate may be affected by a wide range of weather and human factors. This paper describes a research program investigating the comprehensive relationship between the comfort level of typical human activities and major weather parameters through questionnaire surveys, field measurements and statistical analyses.
Theodore Stathopoulos +2 more
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Air Diffusion Concept for Climate Comfort Improvement
SAE Technical Paper Series, 2000<div class="htmlview paragraph">Current systems of air diffusion inside the car cabin are leading in some conditions to passenger discomfort. To solve this problem our company has developed a new concept of air diffusion. It consists in an air distribution system composed of a wide central air diffusion area on the top of the instrument panel and
Carine Paumier +3 more
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Comfort, climate analysis and building design guidelines
Energy and Buildings, 1992Abstract The paper discusses issues of thermal comfort standards, including the ASHRAE comfort zone, techniques of graphical climate data analysis, as well as the uses of building bioclimatic charts in the formulation of building design guidelines, especially for hot climates.
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