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Indoor Environmental Quality for Comfort Learning Environments: Case Study of Palestinian School Buildings

Buildings
This research evaluates the quality of the indoor environment and comfort of Palestinian public schools. The importance of this study is related to the pivotal role of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on students’ health, well-being, and academic ...
Aya Baba, Isam Shahrour, Mutasim Baba
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Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Thermal Comfort in A Building Category: The Case of Linear-type Social Housing Stock in Southern Spain [PDF]

, 2019
The Climate Change scenario projected by the IPCC for the year 2050 predicts noticeable increases in temperature. In severe summer climates, such as the Mediterranean area, this would have very negative e ects on thermal comfort in the existing housing
Ascione, Fabrizio, Bianco, Nicola, Escandón Ramírez, Rocío, Mauro, Gerardo Maria, Sendra, Juan J., Suárez Medina, Rafael Carlos   +5 more
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Tri–Band and Dual–Response Smart Windows With Asymmetric Mid–Infrared Emissivity for Year–Round Energy Conservation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Our promising smart window exhibits exceptional optical properties, enabling the indoor temperature reduction of 12°C during summer and delivering the annual energy savings of 14.2%–24.4% across mid–to–low latitudes. ABSTRACT Building energy consumption accounts for 20%–40% of global energy usage, with windows among the least energy–efficient ...
Cheng Wang, Junwei Liu, Zhihua Zhou, Yuechao Chao, Xueqing Yang, Yan Liang, Yifan Zhou, Weiyi Zhang, Yahui Du, Wufan Wang, Shuqi Zhang, Jinyue Yan   +11 more
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A study of thermal comfort in residential buildings on the Tibetan Plateau, China [PDF]

, 2017
Tibet is located on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China, the highest and largest plateau in the world. It is in the Cold and Severe Cold zones according to the Chinese climatic division for building design and has unique climatic characteristics and ...
Li, Baizhan, Li, Ketong, Wang, Di, Yao, Runming, Yu, Wei   +4 more
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Tailored Organogel Systems for Optimized Pesticide Delivery: Mechanistic Insights and Agricultural Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Utilizing molecular engineering for network design, three pesticide‐loaded organogels (PLOs) carriers exhibiting varying degrees of flexibility were prepared. The mechanical properties of these carriers, tunable via their network molecular structures, enhance their structural adaptability and retention stability at biological interfaces, thereby ...
Yue Wang, SiYu Xv, Chao Wu, Nan Li, GuoPeng Teng, XuePing Huang, Jian Luo   +6 more
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Recent Advances in Laser‐Induced Graphene‐Based Gas Sensors: From Sensing Mechanisms to Biomedical Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) provides a scalable, laser‐direct‐written route to porous graphene architecture with tunable chemistry and defect density. Through heterojunction engineering, catalytic functionalization, and intrinsic self‐heating, LIG achieves highly sensitive and selective detection of NOX, NH3, H2, and humidity, supporting next ...
Md Abu Sayeed Biswas, Ankan Dutta, Shuvendu Das, Abu Musa Abdullah, Wanqing Zhang, Fatema Tuz Zohra, Huanyu Cheng   +6 more
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Research on indoor thermal environment evaluation and thermal adaptation in winter of Japanese wood-framed detached houses

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Indoor space is the place where human beings live, and how to meet people's indoor thermal comfort needs in the context of energy scarcity is one of the important issues for sustainable development of buildings, and the evaluation of the indoor thermal ...
Chao Wang, Mengmeng Hou, Wanxiang Yao, Weijun Gao, Fulin Jia, Tianhui Wang   +5 more
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The Dependence of Outdoor Thermal Comfort on Urban Layouts [PDF]

, 2013
Zugleich gedruckt veröffentlicht im Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin unter der ISBN 978-3-7983-2540-1.The goal of this research was evaluation of effect of urban layouts on outdoor thermal comfort.
Monam, Alireza, Rückert, Klaus
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A High‐Performance and Fully Recyclable Supramolecular Nanofibrous Membrane for Multifunctional Air Filtration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A green, thermoreversible self‐assembly strategy yields a multifunctional and recyclable supramolecular nanofibrous membrane. Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheet acts as a heterogeneous nucleation‐templating agent, simultaneously modulating the supramolecular crystal packing while tailoring the nanofibrous architecture for elite performance.
Wenjing Sun, Ding Yuan, Jiaqi Wan, Junyu Chen, Zhen Yan, Yinuo Yan, Senjie Dong   +6 more
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Wearable Tailored Passive Radiative Cooling Textile for Flexible Electronic Integration

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A scalable, additive‐free wearable tailored passive radiative cooling textile (WRCT) with hierarchically structured fibers delivers exceptional thermal management, combining >95% solar reflectance, 0.96 mid‐infrared emissivity, and ultralow thermal conductivity (0.041 W/m·K).
Lung Chow, Jianpeng Zhang, Zehua Peng, Denglin Ye, Binbin Zhang, Jian Li, Wooyoung Park, Chentao Du, Xingcan Huang, Chun Ki Yiu, Yuze Qiu, Jingkun Zhou, Zhenlin Chen, Yuyu Gao, Weibin Zhu, Pengcheng Wu, Guangyao Zhao, Qiang Zhang, Yuan Guo, Zuowei Sun, Zhan Shen, Shuaiqi Ren, Sang Min Won, Jiyu Li, Xinge Yu   +24 more
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