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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Indoor Climate"”.
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Modelling Life Cycle Cost for Indoor Climate Systems
The indoor climate system, which serves a building with a proper indoor air quality and thermal comfort, has been predominantly designed based on the initial cost. A life cycle approach could improve both the economic and environmental performance since the energy use could decrease. There has been …
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Building Performance - Methods for Improved Prediction and Verification of Energy Use and Indoor Climate
… of building performance regarding energy use and indoor climate. Predictions of energy use and indoor climate generally do not agree with results from measurements in buildings during operation. These discrepancies are counter-productive to the implementation of energy-efficiency and …
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Preventive conservation of works of art in historic buildings : assessment and modelling
… in historic buildings is caused by unfavourable indoor climate conditions. The most important works of art receive invasive conservation treatment, called direct action, but this treatment is very expensive. To avoid invasive conservation treatments and ensure that works of art are protected for …
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Possibilities of using thermal mass in buildings to save energy, cut power consumption peaks and increase the thermal comfort
… with regard to as energy savings, better thermal indoor climate, and reduced peak powers. This could include buildings that can function without energy input during cold periods, buildings that give a robust indoor climate without installed cooling, and buildings with good thermal comfort also in …
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Investigating the sustainability potential of multi-angled façade systems as a renovation strategy for office buildings
… these problems into Economic, Environmental and Indoor Climate related problems; and Optical and Visual problems. In this PhD study, the author includes qualitative research observations, exploratory structured interviews, case study analysis, simulation analysis, and a quantitative approach …
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Greenhouse climate model : an aid to estimate the influence of supplemental lighting on greenhouse climate
… and because of the unique weather, a greenhouse climate model is advisable to analyze various design solutions. Iceland's weather has a seasonal change in the length of day and night, creating unique weather phenomena. In midwinter, there is a period where darkness prevails. In midsummer, …
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Assurance of Indoor Environmental Quality through Building Diagnostics at Schematic Design
With increasing knowledge about the indoor climate in recent years, preventive methods to avoid health problems caused by deficient building performance may become preferable to reactive methods. Benefits from preventive actions have been suggested for late building design phases, construction, and …
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Personalized building comfort control
Creating an appropriate indoor climate is essential to worker productivity and personal happiness. It is also an area of large expenditure for building owners. And, with rising fuel costs, finding ways of reducing energy consumption is more important than ever. This idea is promoted further by the …
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The living atrium : design guidelines for quality atriums
… days, weeks or even months in a comfortable indoor climate. However, it is plausible that any positive effects of a manipulated environment can turn sour if the created climate is not closely simulating natural condition. There is a danger of building in faulty and shortsighted presumptions …
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Moisture Buffering in the Indoor Environment
Moisture buffering in the indoor environment is the ability, through absorption and desorption, of surface materials to attenuate the moisture variations of the indoor air. Moisture buffering plays an important role in understanding the risks for biological growth in surface materials in the indoor …
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Blood pressure variation and its association with outdoor temperature among adults with hypertension in a primary care setting in South Africa
… – There is limited evidence about the effect of climate on blood pressure management of people living with and cared for hypertension in Sub-Sahara Africa. We investigate the relationship between outdoor temperature and blood pressure in a primary care setting with limited control of indoor …
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An Investigation into the Effect of Gender and Clothing on Thermal Comfort and Energy Savings in Classrooms: A Case Study of University Buildings in the State of Kuwait
… and productivity of occupants in an indoor environment. Despite being regarded as important, there is a current paucity of empirical research focusing specifically on thermal comfort in educational buildings in hot arid climates compared to educational buildings in tropical climates. …
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Advanced Occupancy Measurement Using Sensor Fusion
… of energy use and also maintaining an acceptable indoor climate. Accordingly, a novel multi-sensor based approach for occupancy detection in open-plan office spaces is proposed. The approach combined information from various low-cost and non-intrusive indoor environmental sensors, with the aim to …
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Continuum Mechanics Modelling of Corrugated Board
… constant compressive force in an untempered airy indoor climate. Contemporary with the record of time to failures, the moisture transport in individual paper sheets and a sealed corrugated board box is measured.
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Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings in Mozambique - Measurements and Simulations
… south-east Africa, has sub-tropical and tropical climate and plenty of natural resources for energy production. The country is however poor, and only about 25% of the population has access to electricity from the grid. A very large part of the energy used in the country is used in the residential …
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Influence of occupant's behaviour on indoor environmental quality and energy consumptions
… predictions of building performance (energy use, indoor climate) and effective operation of building systems. The present work undertakes a theoretical and empirical study of the uncertainty of energy consumption assessment related to occupants’ behaviour in residential buildings. The main purpose …
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Thermal models of buildings : determination of temperatures, heating and cooling loads : theories, models and computer programs
The need to estimate indoor temperatures, heating or cooling load and energy requirements for buildings arises in many stages of a buildings life cycle, e.g. at the early layout stage, during the design of a building and for energy retrofitting planning. Other purposes are to meat the authorities …