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Thermal comfort and indoor air quality on end-user satisfaction level evaluation in a Nearly Zero Carbon neighbourhood [PDF]

, 2016
End-user satisfaction studies in residential buildings has to be approached combining the user’s perspective and technical criteria to consider the complex interactions influencing the building energy performance.
Himpe, Eline, Janssens, Arnold, Vaillant Rebollar, Julio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A novel approach to calculate the mean thermal sensation vote for primary and secondary schools using Bayesian inference

Journal of Building Engineering
Existing thermal comfort models defined in relevant standards are often found to be less effective for primary and secondary school students in educational buildings. This is often thought to be primarily due to differences in thermal sensation between children and adults.
Miao, Sen, Gangolells Solanellas, Marta, Tejedor Herrán, Blanca   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Comparative Political Economy of the Green Transition: Economic Specializations and Skills Regimes in Europe

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The green transition is fundamentally transforming contemporary economies and societies. This article investigates how European models of capitalism perform and specialize across the green value chain—conceptualized as innovation, manufacturing, services, and deployment—and how national skill formation systems underpin these specializations ...
Luca Cigna, Donato Di Carlo, Niccolò Durazzi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Power in a Multistakeholder World: Venue Hopping and the Multilevel Politics of Ultra‐Processed Food

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The regulation of business is increasingly characterized by “soft” governance regimes that blur the boundaries of public and private authority, as signaled by the rapid proliferation of multistakeholder initiatives in global governance. This article explores how the spread of multistakeholderism creates opportunities for new forms of strategic
Rob Ralston, Ben Hawkins
wiley   +1 more source

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, Gao, Nan, Rahaman, Mohammad Saiedur, Salim, Flora D., Shao, Wei, Zhai, Jun   +5 more
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A modified method of evaluating the impact of air humidity on human acceptable air temperatures in hot-humid environments [PDF]

, 2018
This research aims to investigate human thermal responses to air humidity in warm and hot environments and to evaluate the effect of humidity on human thermal comfort.
Du, Chenqiu, Essah, Emmanuel, Li, Baizhan, Liu, Hong, Tan, Meilan, Yao, Runming   +5 more
core   +1 more source

An Overview of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches for Building Energy Analysis, Characterization, Control, and Grid Support Services Provision

WIREs Energy and Environment, Volume 15, Issue 2, June 2026.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches used in Building Energy Analysis, Control, and Provision of Grid Support Services. ABSTRACT Increasing penetrations of variable renewable energy sources like wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are challenging power system stability worldwide.
Jack S. Bryant, Hangxin Li, Nawanjana Maheepala, Xiaoyu Lin, Mingkun Dai, Binglong Han, Robin Guan, Lasantha Meegahapola, Shengwei Wang, Dilan Robert, Liuping Wang, Fu Xiao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of Thermal Comfort Responses with Fuzzy Logic

Energies, 2019
In order to reduce the energy consumption of buildings a series of new heating, ventilation and air conditioning strategies, methods, and equipment are developed. The architectural trends show that office and educational buildings have large glazed areas,
József Menyhárt, Ferenc Kalmár
doaj   +1 more source

The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal comfort models for indoor spaces and vehicles—Current capabilities and future perspectives [PDF]

, 2015
International audienceThroughout this paper, we reviewed the most popular thermal comfort models and methods of assessing thermal comfort in buildings and vehicular spaces.
Bode, Florin, Croitoru, Cristiana, Dogeanu, Angel, Meslem, Amina, Nastase, Ilinca   +4 more
core   +3 more sources