Buildings, 2022 The building envelope design constrains how much HVAC systems must work to provide comfort. High thermal mass in walls is preferable to delay heat gain, as well as reduce it.
Miguel Chen Austin +2 more
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Use of Land Surface Temperature Estimation with Geographical Information Tools for Validation of Numerical Microclimate Studies at Urban Scale [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 For this study, different approaches found in the literature to obtain the Land Surface Temperature (LST) were evaluated through Geographic Information tools, to validate the temperature results obtained from dynamic simulations at urban scale with the ...
Bustamante Mileyka +2 more
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Influence of Adaptive Human–Machine Interface on Electric-Vehicle Range-Anxiety Mitigation
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2020 The electrification of vehicles is without a doubt one of the milestones of today’s automotive technology. Even though industry actors perceive it as a future standard, acceptance, and adoption of this kind of vehicles by the end user remain a huge
Antonyo Musabini +3 more
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The provision of digital information in the seat comfort of the seat design [PDF]
, 2011 A great number of factors affect the uncomfortable of seats. Apart from external appearance, the most important is the comfort for users in designing an un-adjustable seat.
Prior, Stephen D. +5 more
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Economically sustainable shade design for feedlot cattle
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Provision of shade reduces radiant heat load on feedlot cattle, thus reducing demand of water and energy for thermoregulation. While the positive effects of shade on animal welfare are widely known, the literature lacks data on the magnitude of its ...
Alex S. C. Maia +9 more
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Adaptive Comfort Degree-Days: an index to compare adaptive comfort standards and estimate changes in energy consumption for future UK climates [PDF]
, 2011 This paper introduces the concept of the Adaptive Comfort Degree-Day, a temperature difference/time composite metric, as a means of comparing energy savings from Adaptive Comfort Model standards by quantifying the extent to which the temperature limits ...
Charles McGilligan +5 more
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Influence of the lateral source/building separation on vapour intrusion: A numerical study [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Various vapour intrusion (VI) models have been proposed in order to predict indoor concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in buildings. However, these models tend to be conservative, and overestimate or underestimate vapour flux emissions due
Rios Mora Juan Sebastian +4 more
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Review of Parameters Measured to Characterize Classrooms’ Indoor Environmental Quality
Buildings, 2023 As attention to indoor environmental quality (IEQ) grows, a systematic strategy for assessing IEQ in schools needs to be developed. For this purpose, this paper presents a summary of parameters measured in school classrooms to characterize the quality of
Minh Tien Tran +7 more
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Thermal comfort conditions in airport terminals: Indoor or transition spaces? [PDF]
, 2016 This paper reports on the investigation of the thermal comfort conditions in three airport terminals in the UK. In the course of seasonal field surveys, the indoor environmental conditions were monitored in different terminal areas and questionnaire ...
Kotopouleas, Alkis +1 more
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Energies, 2021 In recent decades, European countries have developed concepts, definitions, and construction technologies for Zero Energy Building (ZEB) that are effective and correspond to their specific climates.
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