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Metal Mesh as Shading Devices and Thermal Response of an Office Building: Parametric Analysis

open access: yes, 2015
Windows are the most important part of the building facade to control solar gains, thermal losses and visual comfort. Office buildings usually have medium-high WWR (window to wall ratio value) and high internal gains (due to users, lighting and ...
A. Mainini   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Connectivity analysis in clustered wireless sensor networks powered by solar energy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
©2018 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new ...
Alonso Zárate, Luis Gonzaga   +4 more
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The Solar Chart for Designing Shading Devices For Tripoli City, Libya

open access: yesSolar Energy and Sustainable Development Journal, 2013
Due to lake of standardized methods to design and validate sun shading devices in Libya, this study aims at developing a solar chart, which can be used as a practical and systematic methodology for designing sun-shading devices in the city of Tripoli. In
Aida M. Ejroushi   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Python-Based Implementation of Metaheuristic MPPT Techniques: A Cost-Effective Framework for Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Developing Nations

open access: yesEnergies
Despite the convenience of solar potential and the magnitude of energy received by the Earth from the sun, solar photovoltaic systems have failed to meet the growing energy demand.
Syed Majed Ashraf   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated comparative validation tests as an aid for building simulation tool users and developers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Published validation tests developed within major research projects have been an invaluable aid to program developers to check on their programs. This paper sets out how selected ASHRAE Standard 140-2004 and European CEN standards validation tests have ...
Beausoleil-Morrison, I.   +3 more
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Intelligent Design using Solar-Climatic Vision : Energy and Comfort Improvement in Architecture and Urban Planning using SOLARCHVISION [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Zugleich gedruckt erschienen im Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin: ISBN 978-3-7983-2675-0; ISSN 2193-6099Aufgrund der Verfügbarkeit von Energie, Materialien und Technologien erhöht sich der Wohnkomfort in Gebäuden weltweit.
Nasrollahi, Farshad, Samimi, Mojtaba
core   +1 more source

Climate influence on flooding and drainage processes in urban construction

open access: yesВестник СибАДИ
Introduction. Flooding of built-up and developing city areas with groundwater is an unfavorable process in our country and around the world. The groundwater level (GWL) rises to the surface of the earth.
V. I. Sologaev
doaj   +1 more source

Use of fabric membrane topology as an intermediate environment modifier [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper describes the pattern of airflow around membrane structures, and how they along with the form of the structure itself affect the ventilation rates within their enclosures or their immediate vicinity.
Chilton, John   +2 more
core  

Feature Lines for Illustrating Medical Surface Models: Mathematical Background and Survey

open access: yes, 2015
This paper provides a tutorial and survey for a specific kind of illustrative visualization technique: feature lines. We examine different feature line methods.
A. Chu   +24 more
core   +1 more source

Using simulation for studying the influence of vertical shading devices on the thermal performance of residential buildings (Case study: New Assiut City)

open access: yes, 2012
The building and spaces shape have a great impact on indoor temperature. Well-designed sun control and shading devices can dramatically affect indoor temperature.
A. Ahmed
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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