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Twenty first century standards for thermal comfort : fostering low carbon building design and operation [PDF]
, 2010 Nearly 50% of energy consumed in the developed world is consumed in buildings. Despite regulation intent, many new buildings are energy profligate. Thermal comfort standards are partly responsible for this increase in consumption. In this volume, Roaf et
Boerstra, A. +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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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.By a simple anti‐Galvanic reaction, up to six copper atoms could be preferably doped into the Ag2(SR)5 staple motifs and Ag20 dodecahedral shell of an atomically precise Ag44(SR)30 nanocluster. When anatase TiO2 is used as substrate, the (AgCu)44/TiO2 photocatalyst exhibited much improved activity in photocatalytic CO2 reduction compared to Ag44/TiO2 ...
Ye Liu +5 more
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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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A fuzzy approach to building thermal systems optimization. [PDF]
, 1999 Optimization of building thermal systems is treated in the paper in the framework of fuzzy mathematical programming. This new approach allows to formulate more precisely the problem which compromises energy saving and thermal comfort satisfaction under ...
Angelov, Plamen
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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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Structuring, modulation, volume, unit, interior space in conceiving and perceiving the thermal comfort area [PDF]
Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2019 This work presents a space modeling concept inside buildings, with space structuring and modulation, for obtaining energetic efficiency in obtaining thermal comfort.
Jean-Manuel Somăcescu
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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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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Hollow poly(heptazine imide) spheres are prepared through a novel approach that integrates hard templating with ionothermal synthesis. This method enables precise control over surface area, pore volume, hydrophilicity, light absorption, band position, and metal composition. These tunable properties facilitate the customized design of semiconductors for
Lingli Ni +10 more
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An Economic Model-Based Predictive Control to Manage the Users' Thermal Comfort in a Building [PDF]
, 2017 The goal of maintaining users' thermal comfort conditions in indoor environments may require complex regulation procedures and a proper energy management. This problem is being widely analyzed, since it has a direct effect on users' productivity.
Antonio Ruano +7 more
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