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Energy Reports, 2022 Besides energy poverty, a certain tolerance to discomfort justifies Portugal’s low heating energy consumption. Once Portuguese buildings stock, previous to 1990, has a weak energy performance, it is crucial to reflect on how to make renovations with more
Alexandre Soares dos Reis +3 more
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Analysis and improvement of the comfort performance of a car’s indoor environment based on the predicted mean vote–predicted percentage of dissatisfied and air age [PDF]
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2017 Good thermal comfort of vehicle can make the passenger comfortable and the driver attention concentration, so as to enhance the competitiveness of the products. The purpose of this article is to study the comfort performance of a car’s indoor environment.
Bingli Zhang, Tielong Xue, Ning Hu
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Sustainable cooling solutions in Dubai: the impact of incident radiation and panel angles on solar AC performance [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe rising demand for air conditioning units driven by climate change underscores the importance of using sustainable energy sources, which help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate environmental impact. The present work focuses on the design and
Sampath Suranjan Salins +2 more
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Buildings, 2021 In order to maintain thermal comfort and preserve indoor environmental quality, people use heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems inside buildings.
Pedro Filipe da Conceição Pereira +1 more
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International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2022 Aim: Safe driving is influenced by various factors, including the driver's level of cognitive performance and thermal comfort. The aim of this study was to investigate temperature indicators, thermal comfort, and mental function parameters among taxi ...
Elahe Dabaghi +2 more
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Buildings, 2021 The thermal environment is one of the main factors that influence thermal comfort and, consequently, the productivity of occupants inside buildings. Throughout the years, research has described the connection between thermal comfort and productivity ...
Ana Maria Bueno +2 more
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Buildings, 2022 In recent years, the waterway navigation and transportation industry has been developing rapidly, and the living environment of ship cabins has not received much attention. Using questionnaire surveys, data collection and computer simulations, this study
Dong Xie, Kun Li
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Analysis of the accuracy of the Fanger model in the intelligent building – a case study [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Nowadays, people spend most of their lives indoors, depending on the season, climate zone, work or study. Considering the amount of time spent in a closed environment, you should be inclined to create the most favourable and comfortable conditions for ...
Dębska Luiza, Zender Maciej
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Numerical Investigation of Thermal Comfort in an Aircraft Passenger Cabin [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 This study presents the results of a pilot numerical study of the thermal comfort in the aircraft passenger cabin. The computations have been performed using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. The overall thermal comfort at temperatures of
Sadrizadeh Sasan
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Analysis of errors and inaccuracies in the current edition of the GOST R ISO 7730-2009 standard
Vestnik MGTU, 2023 The paper analyzes the inaccuracies and inconsistencies of the national standard GOST R ISO 7730-2009 "Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Analytical determination and interpretation of the comfort of the thermal regime using the calculation of PMV ...
Vasileva Zh. V. +2 more
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