Indoor thermal environments in Chinese residential buildings responding to the diversity of climates [PDF]
China has a diversity of climates and a unique historic national heating policy which greatly affects indoor thermal environment and the occupants’ thermal response.
Costanzo, Vincenzo +4 more
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Assessment of predicted versus measured thermal comfort and optimal comfort ranges in the outdoor environment in the temperate climate of Glasgow, UK [PDF]
In a warming world, the risk of overheating is significant in temperate climate areas such as Glasgow, UK where adaptation to overheating is low. An easy-to-use thermal comfort evaluation is therefore a necessary first step towards developing effective ...
Drach, Patricia +2 more
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Enhancement of thermal comfort in a large space building
Many large confined spaces in tropical countries employ a combination of natural ventilation and mechanical fans for space cooling purposes. However, due to low wind velocity and an inability of mechanical fans to remove warm air, this cooling method is ...
Haslinda Mohamed Kamar +3 more
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Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Traditional Houses in a Tropical Climate
A considerable amount of energy is being consumed for heating and cooling indoor environments in order to provide thermal comfort. For older buildings located in the southern parts of Iran, particularly in Bushehr, many climatic and passive design ...
Jalil Shaeri +3 more
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Improvement of thermal comfort inside a mosque building [PDF]
A combined natural ventilation and mechanical fans are commonly used to cool the interior space inside the mosques in Malaysia. This article presents a study on thermal comfort in the Al-Jawahir Mosque, located in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Kamsah, Nazri +2 more
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Conforto térmico em trabalhadores de aviários
Enquadramento: podendo existir vulnerabilidade dos trabalhadores avícolas face às temperaturas do interior dos aviários em comparação com as do exterior é importante analisar a sua exposição ocupacional em termos de conforto térmico.
Ana Ferreira +6 more
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Assessing stack ventilation strategies in the continental climate of Beijing using CFD simulations [PDF]
The performance of a stack ventilated building compared with two other building designs have been predicted numerically for ventilation and thermal comfort effects in a typical climate of Beijing, China.
ASHRAE +9 more
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Numerical Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality in an Office Space Equipped with a Radiant Ceiling Cooling System and Hybrid Radiative-Convective Cooling System [PDF]
In the present paper, the performance of radiant ceiling and hybrid radiative-convective cooling systems in terms of thermal comfort and indoor air quality in an office space have been numerically evaluated by ANSYS Airpack software.
Mohammad Amini +2 more
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Numerical Study of the Thermal Efficiency of a School Building with Complex Topology for Different Orientations [PDF]
In this work a numerical model that simulates the thermal behavior of a building with complex topology and evaluates the indoor thermal and air quality, in transient conditions, is used for a school building thermal project.
Ansaldi R. +19 more
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Thermal Comfort in an Office Room Using Square Diffuser
The office is an important part of our daily life, people spend most of their time doing works inside of the office and therefore the quality of the indoor environment is a significant factor affecting the productivity and happiness of office users. Many
Alper Yıldırım, Coskun Özalp
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