Thermal comfort and indoor air quality on end-user satisfaction level evaluation in a Nearly Zero Carbon neighbourhood [PDF]
, 2016 End-user satisfaction studies in residential buildings has to be approached combining the user’s perspective and technical criteria to consider the complex interactions influencing the building energy performance.
Himpe, Eline +2 more
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Intelligent predictive control for thermal comfort and energy savings in public buildings [PDF]
, 2014 This talk addresses the problem of controlling a heating ventilating and air conditioning system with the purpose of achieving a desired thermal comfort level and energy savings.
Ruano, Antonio
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Smart random neural network controller for HVAC using cloud computing technology [PDF]
, 2016 Smart homes reduce human intervention in controlling the heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for maintaining a comfortable indoor environment.
Ahmadinia, Ali +3 more
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Ambiente ConstruídoResumo Quando se trata de conforto térmico em edificações condicionadas artificialmente, o modelo predicted mean vote/predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PMV/PPD) de Fanger, publicado em 1970, é o mais utilizado para prever e avaliar as condições ...
Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp +4 more
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Ain 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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How subjective and non-physical parameters affect occupants’ environmental comfort perception [PDF]
, 2018 Employees’ wellbeing and comfort perception demonstrated to largely influence their productivity and tolerability of slight thermal discomfort conditions in the working spaces.
Castaldo, Veronica Lucia +5 more
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Thermal sensation of children and its predictive evaluation method in Indonesia’s dry season
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringThere is a discrepancy between children’s thermal sensation in hot-humid climates near the equator and conventional thermal comfort indexes, such as the predicted mean vote (PMV).
Masaya Kitaura +3 more
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Design and implementation of cloud enabled random neural network-based decentralized smart controller with intelligent sensor nodes for HVAC [PDF]
, 2016 Building energy management systems (BEMSs) monitor and control the heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) of buildings in addition to many other building systems and utilities.
Ahmadinia, Ali +5 more
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Experimental investigation on thermal comfort model between local thermal sensation and overall thermal sensation [PDF]
, 2018 To study the human local and overall thermal sensations, a series of experiments under various conditions were carried out in a climate control chamber.
Fang, Z +4 more
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Thermal comfort and indoor air quality analysis of a low-energy cooling windcatcher [PDF]
, 2016 The aim of this work was to investigate the performance of a roof-mounted cooling windcatcher integrated with heat pipes using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and field test analysis.
Angelo I. Aquino +12 more
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