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Insulation effect on thermal stability of Coated Conductors wires in liquid nitrogen

Superconducting wires are not perfectly homogeneous in term of critical current as well as stabilization. In resistive fault current limiter applications this could lead to hot spots if the fault current is only slightly above the nominal current of the de ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2017

Energy saving glazing with a wide band-pass FSS allowing mobile communication: up-scaling and characterisation

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier

A real case study and characterisation of modern energy efficient windows allowing mobile communication is presented. An earlier study had shown that laser scribing of energy saving coatings allows highly reducing the microwave attenuation (from 30 to 1-3d ...

Inst Engineering Technology-Iet2017

Assessing the viability of BIPV installations in building energy retrofitting projects

Mélanie Isabelle Gaillet-Tournier, Mathieu Desmarescaux

The project goal was to assess the viability of photovoltaic (PV) installations in two different existing buildings, both located in the city of Neuchâtel. The two studies buildings were built in 1938 and 1968. Before testing any PV installation, a renovat ...

2017

Colored solar façades for buildings

Andreas Schueler, Jean-Christophe Hadorn, Nicolas Jolissaint

Solar energy is a prime way to reach net zero energy buildings. Addressing buildings’ energy needs is a priority because buildings are the largest demander of energy (followed by industry then transport). However, harvesting energy from solar farms, implie ...

Elsevier2017

Working Space – An innovative modular timber construction system for the sustainable vertical extension of office buildings

Sophie Lufkin, Aleksis Dind

Urban densification issues are one of the key challenges for most European cities. In this context, the vertical extension of existing buildings provides a solution to create usable spaces without wasting additional land. Little attention has been given to ...

2017

Mobile communication through insulating windows: a new type of low emissivity coating

Andreas Schueler, Olivia Valérie Charlotte Bouvard, Luc Burnier

Building materials attenuate the microwaves used for telecommunication depending on their composition and thickness. Modern windows contain glass with a metallic coating. This might cause a low quality of cell phone reception inside some buildings. In orde ...

Elsevier2017

In-building waste water heat recovery: urban-scale methods for the characterisation of water streams and the assessment of energy savings and costs

François Maréchal, Alexandre Suzanne Jean-Marie Bertrand, Riad Aggoune

Residential domestic hot water (DHW) energy consumption represented 16% of the EU household heating demand in 2013. With the improvement of the building envelop, DHW contribution to energy consumption is expected to increase signi cantly, with values betwe ...

2017

Thermochromic coatings for overheating protection of solar thermal collectors - novel type of doping (TARGET95)

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer

Overheating and the resulting stagnation of solar thermal collectors is a common problem even in central European latitudes. During stagnation, high temperatures lead to water evaporation, glycol degradation and stresses in the collector with increasing va ...

2017

Effects of visual and thermal stimuli interactions on comfort perception

Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Giorgia Chinazzo

In industrialized countries, people spend on average 85-90% of their time indoors (1). For this reason, major efforts are being made to understand and control the factors which affect people’s comfort, health and well-being inside buildings (2). The indoor ...

2017

Investigation of different subjective response scales for thermal comfort analysis: Likert-type and visual analogue scales

Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Giorgia Chinazzo

Within the framework of a study investigating interactions among indoor environmental factors, two experiments were conducted on the effects of visual stimuli on thermal perception. Thermal responses were recorded with two methods, one quantitative via phy ...

2017

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