Investigation into energy performance of a school building in a hot climate: Optimum of window-to-wall ratio. [PDF]
, 2019 Global attention is currently focussed on developing techniques to improve the thermal performance of buildings to provide indoor comfort with minimum reliance on energy load.
Alwetaishi, Mamdooh, Taki, A. H.
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Evaluating Thermal and Lighting Energy Performance of Shading Devices on Kinetic Façades
, 2016 In order to evaluate the thermal and lighting energy performance of a kinetic facade using external movable shading devices, it is important to consider the operation of the shading devices since it can influence the performance significantly. This study
Dong-Seok Lee +3 more
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The Iray Light Transport Simulation and Rendering System
, 2017 While ray tracing has become increasingly common and path tracing is well understood by now, a major challenge lies in crafting an easy-to-use and efficient system implementing these technologies.
Keller, Alexander +6 more
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Assessment of Indoor Environmental Quality for Retrofitting Classrooms with An Egg-Crate Shading Device in A Hot Climate [PDF]
, 2019 In the Mediterranean climate, a large number of educational buildings suffer from discomfort due mostly to energy-deficient thermal envelopes and a lack of cooling systems.
Calama-González, Carmen +3 more
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A review of net zero energy buildings in hot and humid climates: Experience learned from 34 case study buildings [PDF]
, 2019 Sustainable development in the building sector requires the integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy utilization in buildings. In recent years, the concept of net zero energy buildings (NZEBs) has become a potential plausible solution to ...
Feng, W +9 more
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Enhanced Photovoltaic Performances of Graphene/Si Solar Cells by Insertion of an MoS2 Thin Film
, 2015 Atomically thin layered materials such as graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides exhibit great potential as active materials in optoelectronic devices because of their high carrier-transporting properties and strong light-matter interactions. Here,
Funahashi, Kazuma +7 more
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The effect of external surface properties on the thermal behaviour of a transparently insulated wall [PDF]
, 2007 The properties of transparent plaster covering transparent insulation materials (TIM) were investigated using a whole building simulation program (ESP-r).
Heim, Dariusz +2 more
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Assessment of construction cost reduction of nearly zero energy dwellings in a life cycle perspective [PDF]
, 2019 Concerning Nearly Zero Energy Buildings, it is important to guarantee energy efficiency, thermal comfort and indoor environmental quality, while keeping construction and operational costs low.
Mattoni, B., Zinz, i. M.
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Development and Innovation of Exterior Shading Devices for Climate Responsive Architecture
Journal of Architectural/Planning Research and Studies (JARS), 2015 The current energy crisis and global warming drive many issues of architectural practice and research fields including sustainable architecture and design guidelines for environmentally friendly.
Srisak Phattanawasin, Prittiporn Lopkerd
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Planar immersion lens with metasurfaces [PDF]
, 2015 The solid immersion lens is a powerful optical tool that allows light entering material from air or vacuum to focus to a spot much smaller than the free-space wavelength. Conventionally, however, they rely on semispherical topographies and are non-planar
Fan, Shanhui +5 more
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