Building and Environment - Volume 82

Experimental study and evaluation of the thermal environment for sleeping

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Performance evaluation of artificial neural network-based variable control logic for double skin enveloped buildings during the heating season

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Exposure to indoor air pollutants during physical activity in fitness centers

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Development of a climate assessment tool for hybrid air conditioner

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Influence of rainfall on the noise shielding by a green roof

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Determinants of ventilation behavior in naturally ventilated dwellings: Identification and quantification of relationships

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Shortest-prediction-horizon model-based predictive control for individual offices

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Effects of wind, buoyancy and thermal expansion on a room fire with natural ventilation

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An experimental and numerical study on the effect of air terminal types on the performance of stratum ventilation

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Theoretical predictions and field measurements for potential natural ventilation in urban vehicular tunnels with roof openings

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Experimental highlight of hygrothermal phenomena in hemp concrete wall

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Practical approaches to determine ventilation rate for offices while considering physical and chemical variables for building material emissions

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A numerical investigation of vertical and horizontal laminar airflow ventilation in an operating room

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A multidisciplinary approach to sustainable building material selection: A case study in a Finnish context

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Microclimatic analysis of historic buildings: A new methodology for temperate climates

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Evaluation of outdoor thermal comfort in sunlight, building shade, and pergola shade during summer in a humid subtropical region

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Indoor thermal comfort in urban courtyard block dwellings in the Netherlands

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Detrended fluctuation analysis of particle number concentrations on roadsides in Hong Kong

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Achieving thermal comfort in naturally ventilated rammed earth houses

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The moisture buffering capacity of unfired clay masonry

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Turbulence measurements of a personal airflow outlet jet in aircraft cabin

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The role of a building's thermal properties on pupils' thermal comfort in junior school classrooms as determined in field studies

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Dialectics of sustainable building: Evidence from empirical studies 1987-2013

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Spatiotemporal characteristics of anthropogenic heat in an urban environment: A case study of Tsinghua Campus

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A case study on feasible performance of a system combining an airbox convector with a radiant panel for tropical climates

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Long-term concentrations of volatile organic compounds in a new apartment in Beijing, China

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Effect of installing a venetian blind to a glass window on human thermal comfort

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A data-mining approach to discover patterns of window opening and closing behavior in offices

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On the predicted effectiveness of climate adaptation measures for residential buildings

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A simulation-based inverse design of preset aircraft cabin environment

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Durability demands related to frost attack for Finnish concrete buildings in changing climate

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The dynamics of the body motion induced wake flow and its effects on the contaminant dispersion

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An experimental and numerical study on the effect of air terminal layout on the performance of stratum ventilation

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Dynamic daylight control system implementing thin cast arrays of polydimethylsiloxane-based millimeter-scale transparent louvers

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Modelling of spatially and temporally-varying cavity pressures in air-permeable, double-layer roof systems

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Assessing the environmental impact of data centres part 1: Background, energy use and metrics

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A design methodology for the economic design of vaccine warehouses in the developing world

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Bayesian thermal comfort model

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Typical benign indoor aerosol concentrations in public spaces and designing biosensors for pathogen detection: A review

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Characterization of indoor air quality and efficiency of air purifier in childcare centers, Korea

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Building microclimate and summer thermal comfort in free-running buildings with diverse spaces: A Chinese vernacular house case

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Combining performance and implementability of model-based controllers for indoor climate control in office environments

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Cost-benefit analysis of Building Information Modeling implementation in building projects through demystification of time-effort distribution curves

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A model for predicting thermal sensation of Chinese people

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Use of ultrasound as a nondestructive evaluation technique for sustainable interventions on wooden structures

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Experimental assessment of the inhalation zone of standing, sitting and sleeping persons

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A 3-year follow-up of indoor air quality and comfort in two energy-efficient houses

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Determining the optimum spacing and arrangement for commercial wind towers for ventilation performance

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2D-PIV measurement of aircraft cabin air distribution with a high spatial resolution

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Investigations on the integration and acceptability of GSHP in the UK dwellings

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A framework for integrated urban metabolism analysis tool (IUMAT)

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Productivity metrics in dynamic LCA for whole buildings: Using a post-occupancy evaluation of energy and indoor environmental quality tradeoffs

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Visual alliesthesia: The gap between comfortable and stimulating illuminance settings

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Investigating the thermal behavior of double-skin perforated sheet façades: Part A: Model characterization and validation procedure

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Identification of representative pollutants in multiple locations of an Italian school using solid phase micro extraction technique

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Thermal comfort and IAQ analysis of a decentralized DOAS system coupled with radiant cooling for the tropics

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When more is better - Comparative LCA of wall systems with stone

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Development of a scale of building construction systems according to CO2 emissions in the use stage of their life cycle

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Fluctuations in the indoor environment in Spanish rural churches and their effects on heritage conservation: Hygro-thermal and CO2 conditions monitoring

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Building sustainability objective assessment in Estonian context and a comparative evaluation with LEED and BREEAM

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The influence of clay brick substratum on the inhibitory efficiency of TiO2 nanocoating against biofouling

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Verification of a simplified method for intelligent glazed façade design under different control strategies in a full-scale façade test facility - Preliminary results of a south facing single zone experiment for a limited summer period

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Historical development and environment adaptation of the traditional cave-dwellings in Tajuña's valley, Madrid, Spain

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The effect of particle resuspension during walking activity to PM10 mass and number concentrations in an indoor microenvironment

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Stakeholders' perspectives of a building environmental assessment method: The case of CASBEE

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Multifunctional Ag/TiO2/MCM-41 nanocomposite film applied for indoor air treatment

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Multi-criteria optimization analysis of external walls according to ITACA protocol for zero energy buildings in the mediterranean climate

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Estimation of the contribution of secondary organic aerosol to PM2.0 concentration in aircraft cabins

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