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The aim of this article is to study by numerical simulation with the TRNSYS-COMIS software, the thermo-aeraulic behavior of a traditional house with a horizontal opening in the central space of the house, and in the city of Kenadsa (southwestern Algeria, h ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Optimal Sensor Placement for Time-Dependent Systems: Application to Wind Studies around Buildings

Ian Smith, Maria Papadopoulou

Warm climates pose challenges to building energy consumption and pedestrian comfort. Knowledge of the wind flow around buildings can help address these issues through improving natural ventilation, energy use, and outdoor thermal comfort. Computational flu ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2016

Airflow Characteristics and Pollution Distribution Around a Thermal Manikin--Impact of Specific Personal and Indoor Environmental Factors.

Dusan Licina

This study presents a summary of experimental measurements on the airflow characteristics and pollution distribution around a non-breathing thermal manikin. The two objectives are: (1) to examine the extent to which personal (body posture, clothing insulat ...

2016

JouleSense: A Simulation based Platform for Proactive Feedback on Building Occupants' Energy Use

Maher Kayal, Georgios Lilis, Shubham Bansal

A significant amount of energy in the buildings can be saved by inducing efficient occupant behavior. The occupant's awareness tools that have been shown to be effective in achieving energy efficiency gains depend on various computational and estimation al ...

Scitepress2016

Overheating reduction of a cold formed steel-framed building using a hybrid evolutionary algorithm to optimize different PCM solutions

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Antonio José Pereira de Figueiredo

Cold formed steel-framed constructions have been strongly disseminated with particular emphasis on the residential sector due to their fast execution, quality control and final cost. However, this construction typology presents a weakness associated with a ...

vdf Hochschulverlag AG ETH Zurich2016

Gas Sampling Using Convection and Humidity Stabilization to Improve Point Gas Sensor Responses

Emily Ann Hammes

Many diseases including sick building syndrome, respiratory problems and cancers can be caused by exposure to high concentrations of toxins commonly used in modern building materials, paints, glues and furniture. To minimize exposure to these toxins, it is ...

EPFL2016

Improving simulation predictions of wind around buildings using measurements

Didier Vernay

Wind behavior in urban areas is receiving an increasing amount of interest from city planners and architects. In the context of Singapore, knowledge of wind behavior helps to improve building ventilation and, on a larger scale, urban ventilation. Computati ...

EPFL2015

Climate responsive strategies of traditional dwellings located in an ancient village in hot summer and cold winter region of China

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Vahid Moussavi Nik, Shaoqing Gou, Qun Zhao

Global warming and energy shortage have aroused a great interest in climate responsive strategies of vernacular dwellings during recent years. This study focuses on a qualitative analysis of ancient dwellings located in the village of Xinye, in the hot sum ...

Elsevier2015

Performance of novel ventilation strategy for capturing CO2 with scheduled occupancy diversity and infiltration rate

Moon Keun Kim

This paper proposes a novel ventilation strategy for capturing CO2 with scheduled occupancy diversity, and changes in recirculating ratio and infiltration rate. While many publications have described filters and a lamp that can efficiently capture and remo ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

OpenBuild : An Integrated Simulation Environment for Building Control

Colin Neil Jones, Tomasz Tadeusz Gorecki, Faran Ahmed Qureshi

This paper introduces the OpenBuild toolbox for MATLAB. OpenBuild is a toolbox for advanced controller design for buildings heating ventilation and air conditioning systems, with emphasis on Model Predictive Control. It pro- vides researchers in the contro ...

IEEE2015

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