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Personalized low-cost thermal comfort monitoring using IoT technologies
Indoor EnvironmentsThermal comfort plays an essential role in the well-being and productivity of occupants. Typically, thermal comfort is assessed either through surveys completed by building occupants or through sensor data that is analyzed using thermal comfort models ...
Carlos Chillón Geck +3 more
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Numerical investigation of roof heating impacts on thermal comfort and air quality in urban canyons [PDF]
, 2017 Impacts of thermal and buoyancy forces on the thermal comfort and air quality in urban canyons with different H/W ratios and rise/run ratio of rooftops are studied.
Ahmadi, Toran +3 more
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringIn this study, five outdoor open areas were selected as the study sites to investigate the effects of thermal and acoustic environments, physical activity levels, and pleasantness on evaluations of the thermal and acoustic comfort in outdoor open spaces.
Dahu Lin, Tingjun Li, Zilin Chen, Lei Li
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Inequality of Global Thermal Comfort Conditions Changes in a Warmer World
Earth's Future, 2023 Changes in the thermal comfort condition of the living environment of human beings are one of the main concerns related to global warming. While previous studies largely focused on mean temperature and warm/cold extremes, changes in thermal comfort ...
Jintao Zhang +5 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Considerations of urban microclimate and thermal comfort are necessary for urban development, and a set of guidelines for a comfortable microclimate must be developed.
Kunming Li +7 more
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Design and low energy ventilation solutions for atria in the tropics [PDF]
, 2012 A generic atrium building was designed to incorporate low energy solutions and features of both vernac ular and contemporary South Asian architecture. To achieve low energy and comfort within the atrium space, some key design variables were examined by ...
Abdullah, Abd Halid, Wang, Fan
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A Systematic Review on the Studies of Thermal Comfort in Urban Residential Buildings in China
EnergiesThere have been fruitful publications on thermal comfort of urban residential buildings in China. However, there is a lack of reviews on this topic to perform a comprehensive analysis and find opportunities to meet occupants’ thermal comfort needs while ...
Yaolin Lin +4 more
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SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 2018 Despite their high energy consumption, office thermal comfort delivery mechanisms perform poorly. The recently enacted environmental protection policies, which require a significant cutback in greenhouse gas emission, can only exacerbate this situation ...
Kizito Nkurikiyeyezu +4 more
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Digital Simulation for Buildings’ Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Neighborhoods
Buildings, 2021 Buildings’ outdoor thermal comfort influences environment quality and human behavior in urban neighborhoods. The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) has been broadly applied to the study of buildings’ outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas.
Yingyi Zhang, Chang Liu
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Transfer Learning for Thermal Comfort Prediction in Multiple Cities
, 2020 HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system is an important part of a building, which constitutes up to 40% of building energy usage. The main purpose of HVAC, maintaining appropriate thermal comfort, is crucial for the best utilisation of ...
David, Klaus +5 more
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