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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"low-energy building"”.
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Heat recovery and thermal storage : a study of the Massachusetts State Transportation Building
A study of the energy system at the Massachusetts State Transportation Building was conducted. This innovative energy system utilizes internal-source heat pumps and a water thermal storage system to provide building heating and cooling. The potential benefits of this type of system include both …
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Feasibility study of air catcher for natural ventilation application
… ventilation is an effective method to save energy required to condition building and to improve indoor air quality. It is widely recognized as contributing in low energy building design. In present work, five types of low Reynolds number airfoils were used to design air catchers with three …
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Natural Ventilation of Buildings: From Fluid Mechanics to Architectural Design Guidance
Over the last two decades, natural ventilation of buildings has rapidly established itself as a viable low-energy alternative to air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation systems. With careful design, natural ventilation has the capacity to reduce the energy expenditure of buildings and can …
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A multi-operational, combined PV/Thermal and solar air collector system: application, simulation and performance evaluation
… public awareness of environmental issues, more energy efficient buildings and renewable energy technologies are currently being developed and installed. Many of these renewable energy technologies may be considered as immature in market and technical terms, which has prompted significant levels …
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Energy optimisation in residential apartments through the passive design strategies by evaluating the local construction materials and designs in semi-arid climate condition of Tehran
Low energy building design methods, and the corresponding environmental constraints, are widely explored in many developed countries. Tehran characterized by its semi-arid climates and geographical location in a global region is renowned for its high energy consumption and carbon emission rates. …
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Computational fluid dynamics modelling of displacement natural ventilation.
… is widely recognised as contributing towards low-energy building design. The requirement to reduce energy usage in new buildings has rejuvenated interest in natural ventilation. This thesis deals with computer modelling of natural displacement ventilation driven either by buoyancy or buoyancy …
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Biomimetics design tool used to develop new components for lower-energy buildings
… was used to frame and systematically explore low-energy solutions to a key technical problem in the underdeveloped field of radiative cooling. Radiative cooling is a passive mechanism through which heat from a building can be rejected to the sky – an abundant but underused natural heat sink. …
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Expert Control Strategies for Solar Cooling systems
Between 1990 and 2009, household final energy consumption in EU-27 increased by 8%, caused by rising standards of living, an increase in comfort levels and broader ownership of domestic appliances. In 2009, the total electrical consumption due to residential sector amounted at 36%. Space heating …
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Hybrid Ventilation Flows
… to become an increasingly important element of low-energy building design, as it is often perceived to embody both the energy efficiency of natural ventilation, and the control and reliability of mechanical ventilation. However, at the outset of this work there was little fundamental …
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Thermal Comfort and Building Design Strategies for Low Energy Houses in Libya: Lessons from the vernacular architecture
… organizations that seek the redefinition of how buildings are designed, built and operated to be more responsible to the environment. The critical contribution of the residential building in this matter emphasizes the need to study the houses thermal performance and its impact on environment, …
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A critical analysis of the passive house standard for the climates of the United States
"A ""passive house"" is a building that ""can provide the necessary heating, cooling, and dehumidification through supply air ventilation"" (Schneiders 2009). This study demonstrates that when using current technologies and practices, the functional definition of passive house as defined above by …
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Firemní mateřská škola ve Zlíně
Cílem této diplomové práce je navrhnout nízkoenergetickou firemní mateřskou školu s prodlouženým provozem pro Krajskou Nemocnici Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně. Budova má jedno nadzemní bezbariérové podlaží. V mateřské škole se nachází dvě samostatné třídy pro děti s hygienickým zařízením a zázemím pro …