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BIM and Data-Driven Predictive Analysis of Optimum Thermal Comfort for Indoor Environment
Sensors, 2021 Mechanical ventilation comprises a significant proportion of the total energy consumed in buildings. Sufficient natural ventilation in buildings is critical in reducing the energy consumption of mechanical ventilation while maintaining a comfortable ...
Vincent J.L. Gan +4 more
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Parametric study on the performance of green residential buildings in China
Frontiers 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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A Review on Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Office Building for Energy-Saving Building Design
Energies, 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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Preliminary evaluation of indoor thermal comfort in Malaysia heritage mosque [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 Malaysia heritage buildings are the country's architectural gems. Among them is the religious building such as mosque. The Malaysia heritage mosque is normally built in response to the local culture and environment. Unlike most of Malaysia modern mosques
Yusoff W F M, Ja'afar N H
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Energy 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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Analysis of thermal comfort in education building in surveys
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 Main parameters of indoor air quality could influence people health and ability to work and ability to learning. The research was conducted in University of Technology building located in Białystok, north-eastern Poland. Research - surveys was devoted to
Witkowska Agata +1 more
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Indoor Thermal Comfort: The Behavioral Component [PDF]
Sustainability, 2013 This is a study of how indoor temperature settings have changed over time in the United States based on data from the Energy Information Administration’s, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). It is shown that Americans have moderately raised indoor temperature settings during the heating season over the past thirty years. It is also shown that
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Assessing the indoor thermal comfort of a toll station [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 The importance of a good indoor environment for peoples' health and wellbeing is nowadays clearly established. Besides enhancing the wellbeing of building occupants and helping decrease the occurrence of building related illness, a good indoor environment can also lead to a decrease in worker complaints and absenteeism.
Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida +4 more
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Thermal comfort analysis of earth-sheltered buildings: The case of meymand village, Iran
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2022 Vernacular buildings are known for their localized passive settings to provide comfortable indoor environment without air conditioning systems. One alternative is the consistent ground temperature over the year that earth-sheltered envelopes take the ...
Amirreza Khaksar +5 more
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Thermal comfort of heterogeneous and dynamic indoor conditions — An overview
Building and Environment, 2016 AbstractThe buildings sector, being a leading energy consumer, would need to lead in conservation efforts as well. There is a growing consensus that variability in indoor conditions can be acceptable to occupants, improve comfort perception, and lower building energy consumption.
Mishra, A.K. +2 more
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