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Do Green Buildings Have Superior Performance over Non-Certified Buildings? Occupants’ Perceptions of Strengths and Weaknesses in Office Buildings

Buildings, 2022
The main objectives of green buildings are to improve their design and operation. Many studies have investigated whether green buildings lead to higher occupant satisfaction, yet with contradictory conclusions.
Maryam Khoshbakht, Eziaku Rasheed, George Baird   +2 more
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Application and Performance Evaluation of Key Technologies in Green Buildings

Energies
To ensure the high-quality development of green buildings, a lot of attention has been paid to the post-evaluation of the actual operational performance of green buildings.
Ran Wang, Zijian He, Xue Zhai, Shilei Lu
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An appraisal of the performance of a 'green' office building [PDF]

, 2011
The challenges of a `greener' future are now a responsibility for everyone and particularly for the built environment, where sustainable building design is no longer an innovative option but more of a legislative must.
Birchall, Sarah Jane
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Structural Design and Analysis for a Timber-Concrete Hybrid Building

Frontiers in Materials, 2022
The benefits of using wood in tall and commercial construction are undisputed, namely reducing the carbon footprint, shortening construction times, and enhancing seismic and building physics performance.
Xiaoyue Zhang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Xiaoyue Zhang, Lu Xuan, Lu Xuan, Lu Xuan, Wanru Huang, Wanru Huang, Wanru Huang, Lin Yuan, Pengcheng Li, Pengcheng Li, Pengcheng Li   +12 more
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Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Nanoparticle Diameter and Sphericity on the Thermal Performance of Geothermal Heat Exchanger Using Nanofluid as Heat Transfer Fluid

Energies, 2020
The geothermal heat exchanger system is one of the most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly building service systems. In the present study, CuO/water nanofluid was used as the heat transfer fluid to enhance the energy efficiency of the ...
Ruiqing Du, Dandan Jiang, Yong Wang
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The effect of different types of window for residential building based on intermittent heating supply [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Aiming to lessen energy consumption and heating cost, this paper analyzes the effect of different types of window for residential building based on intermittent heating supply.
Tao Chenyang, Li Nan, Wang Yuchen
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A Method toward Real-Time CFD Modeling for Natural Ventilation

Fluids, 2018
Natural ventilation is often used as a passive technology to reduce building energy consumption. To leverage the rule-based natural ventilation control to more advanced control at multiple spatial scales, mathematical modeling is needed to calculate the ...
Wentao Wu, Bing Wang, Ali Malkawi, Nari Yoon, Zlatan Sehovic, Bin Yan   +5 more
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The impact of green marketing on consumers’ attitudes: A moderating role of green product awareness [PDF]

Innovative Marketing, 2023
This study aims to determine the impact of green marketing (green perceived value), green products (green buildings), and environmental concerns on Jordanian consumers’ attitudes toward buying green buildings in Jordan.
Antoun Sahioun, Abdallah Q. Bataineh, Ibrahim A. Abu-AlSondos, Hossam Haddad   +3 more
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Thermal sensation and percentage of dissatisfied in thermal environments with positive and negative vertical air temperature differences

Energy and Built Environment, 2023
Considering the percentage of dissatisfied due to local thermal sensation (PDLTSV), a vertical air temperature difference (ΔTd) threshold of about 3 °C was recommended in standards. However, some novel air distribution methods might create large positive
Yuxin Wu, Sheng Zhang, Hong Liu, Yong Cheng   +3 more
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Discovery of associative patterns between workplace sound level and physiological wellbeing using wearable devices and empirical Bayes modeling

npj Digital Medicine, 2023
We conducted a field study using multiple wearable devices on 231 federal office workers to assess the impact of the indoor environment on individual wellbeing. Past research has established that the workplace environment is closely tied to an individual’
Karthik Srinivasan, Faiz Currim, Casey M. Lindberg, Javad Razjouyan, Brian Gilligan, Hyoki Lee, Kelli J. Canada, Nicole Goebel, Matthias R. Mehl, Melissa M. Lunden, Judith Heerwagen, Bijan Najafi, Esther M. Sternberg, Kevin Kampschroer, Sudha Ram   +14 more
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