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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Building Environment"”.
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A simple interface for building environment simulation codes
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.
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DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Building energy management is an increasingly complex problem, both in terms of energy production and consumption, with the integration of renew- able energy and the ever-increasing needs of building residents. Multiple studies have shown that Deep Reinforcement Learning has great potential in …
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Indoor wide band radio wave propagation measurements and models at 1.3 ghz and 4.0 ghz
… was conducted at 1.3 GHz and 4.0 GHz inside four buildings, including a sports arena, a modern closed-plan office building, and two dissimilar, open-plan factories. Measurements were recorded at 57 locations using base station antenna heights of 1.7 meters and 4.0 meters. Results were obtained for …
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Edocentric Architecture: Reconciling the Past with the Present
… is a distinctive manifestation in a modern building environment which derives from the cultural, environmental and historical origins of the continent of Africa." In recent years, there has been a resurgence that seeks to define what it truly means for architecture to be afrocentric. The …
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Pet Park : a virtual learning world for kids
… kids called YoYo. Pet Park is a collaborative building environment that recognizes the importance of community support for construction. This thesis discusses the differences between graphical online worlds like Pet Park and their text-based cousins. Many of these differences have important …
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Measuring built environment technology awareness using time-series analysis
… accelerating application of technologies in the building environment and lack of academic research exploring how these technologies are developed over time. "Built environment technologies" refers to technologies that impact the built environment, including architecture, construction, urban …
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5SGraph: A Modeling Tool for Digital Libraries
The high demand for building digital libraries by non-experts requires a simplified modeling process and rapid generation of digital libraries. To enable rapid generation, digital libraries should be modeled with descriptive languages. A visual modeling tool would be helpful to non-experts so they …
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Supplementing Localization Algorithms for Indoor Footsteps
… from footsteps to locate occupants within a building. The localization of indoor footsteps can yield several benefits in areas such as security and threat detection, emergency response and evacuation, and building resource management, to name a few. The work described herein seeks to provide …
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An improved method for determining indoor air quality level in the classroom at pre-school building
… a new problem but has become an issue in today's building environment. Occupant began to realize the direct effects of indoor air pollution, and the importance of good indoor air quality, especially when related to children health and life inside classroom. This study conducted to measure the …
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Adapting to Extreme Heat: Social, Atmospheric, and Infrastructure Impacts of Air Conditioning in Megacities - The Case of New York City
… (WRF) model, coupled with a multi-layer building environment parameterization and building energy model (BEP – BEM) is used to perform this analysis. The BEP – BEM schemes are improved and used as a tool to analyze current and full AC adoption scenarios. AC household fraction data are …
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Algorithm optimization for real-time volumetric particle tracking velocimetry under non-uniform illumination for airflow studies
The student, Yu Zhao, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2022-04-18 at 14:09.
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On the Understanding of the Coastal-Urban Nexus of Weather, Air Quality and Energy
<p>Urban environments exhibit complex interactions between atmospheric processes, building energy consumption, and air quality, particularly during periods of seasonal extremes such as summer ozone peaks and winter heating. Accurate representation of these interactions in urban modeling is crucial …
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A synthesis of studies pertaining to facilities, student achievement, and student behavior
… and designers should consider the impact of building condition, lighting, and site noise when planning, remodeling, designing, or maintaining schools, as there was conclusive evidence that the effects of these three variables on student achievement and behavior were significant. Although not …
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Leveraging Human-environment Systems in Residential Buildings for Aggregate Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Reducing the energy consumed in the built environment is a key objective in many sustainability initiatives. Existing energy saving methods have consisted of physical interventions to buildings and/or behavioral modifications of occupants. However, such methods may not only suffer from their own …
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An investigation into data sharing between building information modelling and fire safety engineering, with potential applications to smart buildings
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a relatively new digital data flow standard for the whole building lifecycle in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry that suffers from existing problems such as data loss and incompatibilities on building projects. For Fire Safety …
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Wetting and phase-change phenomena on micro/nanostructures for enhanced heat transfer
… of applications including thermal management, building environment, water harvesting and power production. In particular, superhydrophilic surfaces have been of interest to achieve thin film evaporation with high heat fluxes. Meanwhile, superhydrophobic surfaces with dropwise condensation …
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Low-cost housing for developing countries: an analysis of the design process
… a greater understanding of the Third World building environment by examining unforeseen constraints, design parameters and the architect's new role vis-a-vis housing design for developing countries, as well as design approaches and strategies related to the housing problem in the developing …
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On the Improvements of Boundary-Layer Representation for High Resolution Weather Forecasting in Costal-Urban Environments
… computing systems, meteorological and built environment information can be better utilized to quantify the anthropogenic effects of these modifications. Although these systems have improved forecasting near-surface weather conditions, a comprehensive approach to represent urban impacts on the …
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