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Perceived health and comfort in relation to energy use and building characteristics

Within the European research project Health Optimisation Protocol for Energy-efficient Building (HOPE), 96 apartment buildings and 64 office buildings (of which approximately 75% have been designed to be energy-efficient) were investigated. The building ch ...

2006

Tracer gas measurement of airflow rates in rooms with several air-handling units and large recirculation rates

Claude-Alain Roulet

Methods to measure airflow rates using tracer gas in single air handling units are well known. In some buildings however, in particular in Singapore, rooms are often ventilated with two or more units and present large recirculation rates. Large recirculati ...

2006

Comparing the accuracy of daylighting physical and virtual models for complex fenestration systems

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Darren Robinson, Anothai Thanachareonkit

Nowadays, many new window components known as complex fenestration systems (CFS), such as laser-cut panels and prismatic films, are considered in order to improve the overall luminous properties of building spaces : detailed studies of CFS remain necessary ...

2006

Correlation between SBS, perceived comfort, energy use and other building characteristics in european office and residential buildings

Claude-Alain Roulet

Within the European research project HOPE, 67 office buildings and 97 residential ones were investigated using checklists addressing the building characteristics and questionnaires to the occupants asking their perceived comfort (thermal visual, acoustical ...

2005

Comparing daylighting performance assessment of buildings in scale models and test modules

Marilyne Andersen, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Anothai Thanachareonkit

Physical models are commonly used to assess daylighting performance of buildings using sky simulators for purpose of research as well as practice. Recent studies have pointed out the general tendency of scale model assessments to overestimate the performan ...

2005

Designing healthy, comfortable and energy-efficient buildings: lessons from enquiries within the european Hope project

Claude-Alain Roulet

Within the European research project HOPE, a multi-disciplinary study was performed in nine European countries, by auditing 160 apartments and office buildings, of which half of them can be characterised as having low energy use. The investigating tools we ...

2005

HODA 2.0 : a benchmark for rating buildings with regard to health comfort and enery use

Claude-Alain Roulet

Information on the 69 office buildings and 97 residential ones investigated within the HOPE project is stored in the HODA database. This includes building characteristics collected by the building management according to a checklist, and responses of occup ...

2005

Tracer Gas Measurement of Airflow Rates in Spaces with Several Air-Handling Units, Recirculation, or Large Time Constants

Claude-Alain Roulet

2005

Analysis of error sources within daylighting physical and virtual models of buildings

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Darren Robinson, Anothai Thanachareonkit

Recent studies have pointed out the general tendency of scale models to overestimate the daylighting performance of buildings, usually expressed through work plane illuminance and daylight factor distribution profiles. An analysis of the corresponding sour ...

2005

Adhesively bonded and translucent glass fiber reinforced polymer sandwich girders

Thomas Keller, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Martin Schollmayer

An experimental program has been carried out to investigate the structural behavior of adhesively bonded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) sandwich girders. The girders, conceivable for main spans up to 20 m, are composed of translucent double sandwich ...

2004

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