Results 101 to 110 of about 15,350 (241)

Design Optimization of Atrium Skylights for Enhanced Office Building Performance Using NSGA-II: Case Study in Yazd, Irans

Journal of Daylighting
The increasing demand for energy and the impact of climate change underscore the necessity of energy-efficient building designs. This study optimizes atrium skylights as a passive design solution for Yazd, Iran aiming to enhance thermal and visual ...
Parisa Javid, Niloufar Nikghadam, Alireza Karimpour, Jaleh Sabernejad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban solar photovoltaics potential: An inventory and modelling study applied to the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles [PDF]

Procedures for analyzing the potential of solar photovoltaic collectors to meet energy requirements in a metropolitan region are described and a modeling effort is applied to the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.
Angelici, G. L., Bryant, N. A., Freta, R. K., Friedman, S. Z.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Data‐Driven Multidimensional Profiling Framework for Residential Electricity Users With Application to Load Forecasting

Energy Internet, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the advancement of smart grid and Internet of Things, alongside broad adoption of distributed energy resources, precise profiling of residential users has become vital to grid operational efficiency and load forecasting accuracy. However, existing profiling approaches mainly rely on single‐source load data and fail to capture the dynamic ...
Danlin Li, Yuchen Zhang, Rui Zhang, Ming Yang, Yu Li, Chuanqi Wang, Yateendra Mishra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terrestrial applications: An intelligent Earth-sensing information system [PDF]

, 1982
For Abstract see A82 ...

core   +1 more source

Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Acoustic Comfort and Daylighting in Transparent Multi-Purpose Halls: A Simulation-Based Holistic Approach

Journal of Daylighting
Multi-purpose halls are halls where many different activities, such as music, theater, speech, and shows, can be performed in the same space. Recently, multi-purpose halls illuminated with daylight have been frequently seen.
Sevda Şeko, Fulya Kılıç, Feride Şener Yılmaz, Tarık Serhat Bozkurt   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the Entropy of Spatial and Time Distributions of Rooms Daylighting: a Possible Tool for a Sustainable Design

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2015
The indoor visual comfort of subjects faced with indoor ambient lighting varies with the position of the subject and is not constant over time. Average performance indexes, such as the mean value of Daylight Factor and Daylight Autonomy, are commonly ...
Alessandra Galatioto, Marco Beccali
doaj   +1 more source

Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
wiley   +1 more source

A multi-agent systems for design simulation framework:experiments with virtual-physical-social feedback for architecture [PDF]

, 2015
This paper presents research on the development of multiagent systems (MAS) for integrated and performance driven architectural design. It presents the development of a simulation framework that bridges architecture and engineering, through a series of ...
Gerber, David J., Heydarian, Arsalan, Pantazis, Evangelos, Soriano Marcolino, Leandro   +3 more
core  

‘From the Fields Into the Bars’: The Story of Israel's First Transgender Novel, The Cut (1977)

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1977, an Israeli transgender woman, Judy Spotheim, published an autobiographical novel entitled The Cut. It describes the emergence of a trans community in the commercial‐sex areas of Tel Aviv‐Jaffa, hoping to humanise trans women (coccinelles). This article is the first to study the novel and present a biography of Spotheim.
Gil Engelstein, Iris Rachamimov
wiley   +1 more source