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Assessing the Potential of Integrated Shading Devices to Mitigate Overheating Risk in University Buildings in Severe Cold Regions of China: A Case Study in Harbin

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Creating a comfortable indoor environment in education buildings is an important design objective. Climate change has resulted in rising summer indoor temperatures in the severe cold regions of China, and evidence of summer overheating risk in these ...
Siqi Qin, Ying Liu, Ge Yu, Rulin Li
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Development of the Automated Shading Device: Its Effects on the Indoor Thermal Environments

open access: yesJournal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2021
The prototype of automated shading devices to prevent the excessive effects of solar radiation entering the indoor space has been developed. It worked based on the sun-path data and used Arduino to control the movement. The performance had been tested to
Muhammad Nur Fajri Alfata   +1 more
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Evaluating the Effect of External Horizontal Fixed Shading Devices’ Geometry on Internal Air Temperature, Daylighting and Energy Demand in Hot Dry Climate. Case Study of Ghardaïa, Algeria

open access: yesBuildings, 2021
The present study investigates the effect of fixed external shading devices’ geometry on thermal comfort, daylighting and energy demand for cooling and heating in the hot and dry climate of the city of Ghardaïa (Algeria).
Sahar Magri Elouadjeri   +2 more
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On the Interaction between the Depth and Elevation of External Shading Devices in Tropical Daylit Classrooms with Symmetrical Bilateral Openings

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
External shading devices are an important design feature in tropical buildings, particularly for climate mitigation. However, the interaction between the depth and elevation of the shading devices and their impact on indoor daylight performance is not ...
Atthaillah   +3 more
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OPTIMIZING SHADING DEVICES THROUGH THE SHADING EFFECT OF SURROUNDING BUILDINGS

open access: yesDIMENSI (Journal of Architecture and Built Environment), 2020
This study focuses on measuring the shading effect of surrounding buildings on the thermal performance of office buildings in Jakarta. It is compared with the shading effect of shading devices to optimize its use. This study uses EnergyPlus program to simulate a hypothetical 3x3block.
Alifiano Rezka Adi   +2 more
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Assessment of building façade performance in-terms of daylighting and associated energy consumption in architectural spaces

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2018
This paper examines the effect of vertical and horizontal shading devices on the quality of daylight in buildings and the associated energy saving. Excessive daylight in architectural spaces contributes negatively to the energy consumption in buildings.
F Ahmadi   +3 more
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Solar shelter: Exploring architectural design input for industrially-crafted shading devices

open access: yesActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022
European Cities are strongly affected by the Urban Heat Island effect and Climate change impacts in recent and future summer periods. As such, the integration of passive cooling strategies is of increasing importance for the overall AEC (Architecture ...
Ulrich Pont   +2 more
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Optimization of energy transmittance through building envelope for hot dry climate

open access: yesJournal of Thermal Engineering, 2022
Fenestrations of the buildings are playing an important role in the building's energy efficiency for the tropical climate. The energy that comes from the glass window into the building can be restricted by providing shading on the windows. So, to provide
Mohd SHAHID, Munawar Nawab KARIMI
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Feasibility Study of Concrete Louvers for High-rise Residential Buildings in Terms of Cooling Energy Requirements

open access: yesARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University, 2021
High-rise residential buildings are increasing worldwide, including cities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Therefore, creating sustainable environments in and around these residential buildings are becoming an important problem.
Sara Dh. Bahaadin   +2 more
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Mitigating Energy Consumption of Educational Buildings Using a Novel Simulation Method (Case Study: Faculty of Oil and Petrochemical Engineering, Razi University, Iran) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Renewable Energy and Environment, 2023
In many middle- and high-income countries, existing buildings will occupy the majority of building areas by 2050 and measures are needed to upgrade the mentioned buildings for a sustainable transition.
Soheil Fathi, Abbas Mahravan
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