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Finalisation of the European Approach to Assess the Fire Performance of Facades—Brief Information on the Outcome of the Project

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research was conducted within the framework of project SI2.825082, funded by the European Commission—DG GROW. The project's objective was to finalise a European approach for assessing the fire performance of façades under medium and large fire exposure conditions.
Péter Tóth, Anja Hofmann‐Böllinghaus, Fabien Dumont, Johan Anderson, Johan Sjöström, Mikael Bergius, Roman Chiva, Octavian Lalu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Open-Source Urban Digital Twin for Enhancing Outdoor Thermal Comfort in the City of Huelva (Spain)

Smart Cities
Climate change and urbanization are intensifying the urban heat island effect and negatively impacting outdoor thermal comfort in cities. Innovative planning strategies are required to design more livable and resilient urban spaces.
Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Marta Videras-Rodriguez, Sergio Gomez-Melgar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermal comfort in outdoor urban parks of Kathmandu

E3S Web of Conferences
Urban parks are an important part of public green spaces and are frequently used by visitors for outdoor recreation and activities. Although Nepal has many urban parks that attract many visitors, the availability of data regarding outdoor thermal comfort remains lacking.
Subedi Rupendra, Rijal Hom Bahadur, Norhayati Abdullah   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Flammability of Facades Across Scales and International Standards

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Facade fires are a rare but destructive hazard that can lead to the rapid spread of fire between the floors and fire compartments of a building. Today, there are at least 21 different national standards for facade fire tests in use around the world, which seek to categorize facades based on their flammability.
Matthew Bonner, Wojciech Węgrzyński, Jakub Bielawski, Guillermo Rein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the Prediction and Improvement of Indoor Natural Light and Outdoor Comfort in Apartment Complexes Using Daylight Factor and Physiologically Equivalent Temperature Indices

Energies, 2018
Urbanization has intensified population concentration, and the quality of residential environments has deteriorated owing to the accelerated construction of high-rise and high-density buildings.
Suk-jin Jung, Seong-hwan Yoon
doaj   +1 more source

Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu, Zicao Peng, Chong Sun, Haitao Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying influence of rainfall events on outdoor thermal comfort in subtropical dense urban areas

Geocarto International
Existing research on outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas focuses on meteorological factors such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and radiation on sunny or cloudy days. However, climate conditions before, during, and after rainfall events
Chih-Hong Huang, Ching-Hsun Wang, Shih-Han Chen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current and future outdoor thermal comfort in Asia

, 2022
Ongoing global warming causes increasingly frequent extreme weather events, such as heat waves, which will only intensify over time. This will impact our future perceived thermal conditions, but to which extent? Our perceived thermal comfort is not only depending on air temperature but also on wind speed/ventilation, humidity, solar and thermal ...
Top, Sara, Caluwaerts, Steven, De Maeyer, Philippe, Termonia, Piet   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

A modular and programmable electrolyte platform: Covalently anchored thermochromic hydrogels for on‐demand electrochromic devices

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Developing stable, multifunctional hydrogel electrolytes without compromising performance presents a considerable challenge in the field. In this study, we introduce a material design strategy with broad applicability to combinations of functional polymeric segments, ionic monomers, and salts.
Manyu Liu, Jixiang Cui, Yulu Cai, Bin Deng, Yiqian Zhao, Chaohong Zhang, Shiguo Zhang, Hong Meng   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexibilizing inorganic thermoelectrics

FlexMat, EarlyView.
This perspective reviews advances in flexible inorganic thermoelectric materials, covering ductile bulks, thin films, and fibers/yarns. It highlights strategies like warm metalworking, van der Waals material screening, orientation and sandwich engineering, and device integration, offering pathways to combine flexibility and performance for wearable ...
Xiao‐Lei Shi, Nan‐Hai Li, Meng Li, Zhi‐Gang Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source