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Analyzing the effects of passive design strategies on building ventilation performance and thermal comfort using simulation-based approach [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
One of the sustainable approaches to improving indoor thermal comfort and building ventilation efficiency, particularly in developing and populated countries, is to implement the optimum passive design solutions.
Rajput Tripti Singh, Thomas Albert
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Development of Adaptive Model and Occupant Behavior Model in Four Office Buildings in Nagasaki, Japan

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
A field survey of indoor environmental measurements and questionnaires on thermal sensation, overall comfort, and behaviors was conducted in four office buildings in Japan by visiting each office every month over a duration of more than a year during the
Kahori Genjo   +12 more
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A Review on Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Office Building for Energy-Saving Building Design

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
The thermal environment quality of office buildings has an important role because thermal comfort is directly related to human productivity. Thermal comfort conditions are influenced by climate, location, and the built environment; hence, comfort ...
Prativa Lamsal   +2 more
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Thermal comfort guidelines for production spaces within multi-storey garment factories located in Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This research presents extensive field data on indoor thermal conditions along with workers' comfort votes taken at their workstations within three existing multi-storied garment factories during the three seasons (cool-dry, hot-dry and warm-humid) of ...
Ford, B.   +7 more
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Transient analysis and improvement of indoor thermal comfort for an air-conditioned room with thermal insulations

open access: yesAin Shams Engineering Journal, 2015
Thermal insulations over the building envelop reduce the heat gain due to solar radiation and may enhance good and uniform indoor thermal comfort for the occupants.
D. Prakash
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Impact of indoor air volume on thermal performance in social housing with mixed mode ventilation in three different climates.

open access: yesEnergy and Built Environment, 2022
There are prototypes of social housing massively built in contrasting climatic conditions, generating thermal comfort needs that are difficult to satisfy by the users themselves.
Claudia Eréndira Vázquez-Torres   +1 more
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Comparative study on the thermal environmental responses of indigenous bamboo and modern brick houses in hot-humid climate of Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Vernacular houses using indigenous building materials have shown to be a good strategy for sustainable energy consumption without compensating the occupant’s indoor thermal comfort.
Dahlan, Nur Dalilah   +1 more
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Learning occupants’ indoor comfort temperature through a Bayesian inference approach for office buildings in United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A carefully chosen indoor comfort temperature as the thermostat set-point is the key to optimizing building energy use and occupants’ comfort and well-being.
Hong, T, Wang, Z
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Design and low energy ventilation solutions for atria in the tropics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A generic atrium building was designed to incorporate low energy solutions and features of both vernac ular and contemporary South Asian architecture. To achieve low energy and comfort within the atrium space, some key design variables were examined by ...
Abdullah, Abd Halid, Wang, Fan
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Parametric study on the performance of green residential buildings in China

open access: yesFrontiers of Architectural Research, 2015
The parametric study of the indoor environment of green buildings focuses on the quantitative and qualitative improvement of residential building construction in China and the achievement of indoor thermal comfort at a low level of energy use. This study
Xi Wang, Hasim Altan, Jian Kang
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