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Evaluation of thermal conditions inside a vehicle cabin

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2016
There are several important factors influencing road accidents. Temperature inside the vehicle is ranked third after alcohol and seat belts. For this reason, maintaining thermal comfort in the passenger compartment is essential.
Orzechowski Tadeusz, Skrobacki Zbigniew
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Analysis of Passive Strategies in Traditional Vernacular Architecture

Buildings, 2023
Vernacular architecture constitutes a rich source of information and ancestral knowledge and could become a key resource for sustainable development.
Pedro Moscoso-García, Felipe Quesada-Molina   +1 more
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THERMAL COMFORT ASSESSMENT OF BAMBOO-FINISHED HOTEL INTERIOR SPACES IN LAGOS

International Journal of Environmental Research and Earth Science
This study examines the thermal comfort levels of interior spaces in bamboo-finished hotels using thermal modeling and environmental monitoring, using Bogobiri House, a boutique hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, as the case study. In tropical urban areas, where providing indoor comfort without consuming excessive energy is increasingly challenging, sustainable ...
null MICHAEL ADEBAMOWO, null AKAMOBONG O. ETANA   +1 more
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Low‐Temperature Imidization of Polyimides (PI) for Scalable Manufacturing of Flexible Wearable Electronics

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Low‐temperature imidization of PEG‐modified polyimide enables fully screen‐printed, roll‐to‐roll fabrication of flexible electrodes on PET substrates, delivering robust mechanical durability and reliable ECG/EMG signal performance for wearable electronics.
Akib Abdullah Khan, Jong‐Hoon Kim
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Thermal Performance and Energy Efficiency Evaluation of Building Envelopes Incorporating Trombe Walls, PCM, and Multi-Alveolar Structures in Tunisian Climate

Buildings
Solar energy is one of the most promising solutions for improving building energy efficiency. Among passive heating systems, the combination of a Trombe wall, phase change materials (PCM), and multi-alveolar structures (MAS) stands out.
Nour Lajimi, Noureddine Boukadida, Chemseddine Maatki, Bilel Hadrich, Walid Hassen, Lioua Kolsi, Habib Ben Aissia   +6 more
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Energy Efficiency of a Vernacular Building Design and Materials in Hot Arid Climate: Experimental and Numerical Approach

International Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 2021
Morocco faces tremendous climate constraints; the climate is hot and dry in most parts of the country, and when selecting an energy-saving approach, the architectural landscape becomes essential.Designer and building professionals seem to have neglected ...
Karima El Azhary, Mohamed Ouakarrouch, Najma Laaroussi, Mohammed Garoum   +3 more
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A Simplified Laminar Flow Model for the Pultrusion of Glass Fiber/Polyethylene Terephthalate Commingled Yarns

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
A simplified thermoplastic pultrusion model is developed to predict thermal fields in glass fiber/polyethylene terephthalate (GF/PET) composites with reduced computational cost. By combining effective material homogenization, validation against literature data, and Gaussian‐process‐based optimization, the study reveals how heating limits, pulling speed,
Elder Soares, Nadège Bouchonneau, Christian Jochum, Donald Radford   +3 more
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Theoretical Study on Impact of Solar Radiation Heat Gain on Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency in Glass Curtain Wall Buildings Based on PMV Index

Buildings
With rapid global urbanization, glass curtain wall buildings have been widely adopted due to aesthetics and natural lighting. However, during summer time, intense solar radiation leads to significant indoor heat gain, which adversely affect thermal ...
Haoyu Chen, Jinzhe Nie, Yuzhe Liu, Yuelin Li   +3 more
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Subjective evaluations and objective conditions of thermal comfort in residential architecture

Arquitecno, 2020
The following article describes the study carried out in a group of houses in the city of Córdoba, with the aim of understanding how people perceive the thermal environment of their homes.
Gabriela M. Arrieta
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The effect of air-conditioner operation modes on the energy-saving capacity of external wall insulation in residential buildings

Energy Exploration & Exploitation, 2021
In this study, subjective questionnaires and a building energy simulation were utilized to investigate the impact of air conditioner operation on the energy consumption/savings of a model building with different types of exterior wall thermal insulation.
Qinli Deng, Daoru Liu, Zeng Zhou, Sha Ma
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