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OPTIMIZATION STUDY OF VISUAL COMFORT AND DAYLIGHT AVAILABILITY AT CADL ITB
Dimensi: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment, 2016 One way to reduce energy consumption in buildings is to use daylighting. However, daylight can cause visual discomfort in the form of glare. Center of Art, Design, and Language (CADL) Institut Teknologi Bandung is a building that has windows on west and ...
SIREGAR Mhd. Akbar Anthony +3 more
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Impact of Window Design on Dynamic Daylight Performance in an Office Building in Iran
Journal of Daylighting, 2023 Window design affects the building's appearance. Besides, it has a significant impact on daylight performance and the visual comfort of interior spaces. Therefore, choosing the shape and position of windows can be a challenge for architects.
Shiva Farivar, Shabnam Teimourtash
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Plant‐based nanomaterials derived from alfalfa serve as dual‐function catalysts, coupling photodegradation and phytoremediation to degrade polyethylene under UV‐A light and in soil. The nanomaterials work synergistically with alfalfa and soil microbes, achieving efficient plastic breakdown without trophic transfer.
Haoran Liu +4 more
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Effect of Window Area and Proportions of Iwan on Daylight in Adjacent Room: An Investigation in Yazd City [PDF]
Iranica Journal of Energy and EnvironmentYazd is located in a hot-dry region with harsh weather conditions. Houses with an iwan were suitable for establishing comfort conditions in the past.
A. Kamyab +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.An innovative hybrid passive cooler integrates a porous radiative coating and an atmospheric moisture‐harvesting hydrogel within a melamine sponge skeleton, synergizing radiative cooling, sensible‐heat absorption, and latent‐heat evaporation. It maintains an average 8.3°C sub‐ambient cooling under sunlight and a maximum ∼42.4°C drop under 2000 W·m−2 ...
Qingyuan Du +6 more
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Frontiers in Built EnvironmentPost-disaster container housing provides rapid temporary accommodation between emergency sheltering and permanent reconstruction. The spatial configuration of post-disaster settlements shapes spatial comfort, the provision and accessibility of communal ...
Feride Şener Yılmaz, Melody Safarkhani
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A one‐pot, aqueous, and scalable method for synthesizing chiral lanthanide supramolecular emitters using terbium and threonine is reported. The aqueous solution of these chiral emitters displays the following features: (i) 100 % transparency, (ii) tunable luminescence and CPL, and (iii) a pH feedback loop that controls the “on‐off” states of ...
P. M. Ajay Sekhar +5 more
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Ain Shams Engineering JournalSpatial configuration and daylight performance play an important role in shaping how occupants move and use interior space. However, these variables have often been studied separately and their combined effects on movement behavior have been understudied.
Janan Sabah Ali +3 more
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Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2016 EvalDRC is a newly developed daylight analysis tool for the evaluation of Daylight Redirecting Components (DRC) in architectural spaces. It focuses on the accurate simulation of light redirection with help of the lighting software environment RADIANCE ...
Carsten Bauer, Stephen Wittkopf
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Visual Comfort Assessment of Hospital Patient Rooms with Climate Responsive Facades
Journal of Daylighting, 2023 As advanced technologies become prevalent, they are being used more widely in numerous fields. The building sector is not an exception. One of these cutting-edge technologies is responsive facades, which are used in buildings and have an undeniable ...
Horre Toodekharman +2 more
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