Review of multi‐domain approaches to indoor environmental perception and behaviour

M Schweiker, E Ampatzi, MS Andargie… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Building occupants are continuously exposed to multiple indoor environmental stimuli,
including thermal, visual, acoustic, and air quality related factors. Moreover, personal and …

A review of thermal comfort in residential buildings: Comfort threads and energy saving potential

N Aqilah, HB Rijal, SA Zaki - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Residential buildings instigate a vital role in creating a safe and comfortable indoor living
environment. The phenomenon of overheating, an impact of climate change, can cause a …

Adaptive thermal comfort and climate responsive building design strategies in dry–hot and dry–cold areas: Case study in Turpan, China

L Yang, R Fu, W He, Q He, Y Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, the construction of energy efficiency buildings has been one of the main objectives
of sustainable development, especially for areas with extreme climate. In present study, the …

Simultaneous community energy supply-demand optimization by microgrid operation scheduling optimization and occupant-oriented flexible energy-use regulation

C Zhang, Y Rezgui, Z Luo, B Jiang, T Zhao - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Community microgrids represent a pivotal solution for addressing energy conservation and
reducing carbon emissions. However, few studies focused on the methods of concurrently …

Comparative life cycle assessment of a reinforced concrete residential building with equivalent cross laminated timber alternatives in China

Z Duan, Q Huang, Q Sun, Q Zhang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
With the development of mass timber, cross laminated timber (CLT) has gradually become a
sustainable alternative to conventional building materials to alleviate the increasing energy …

Framework of street grid-based urban heat vulnerability assessment: Integrating entropy weight method and BPNN model

F Guo, R Zheng, J Zhao, H Zhang, J Dong - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, the increasing frequency of high temperature and
heatwave events poses a significant threat to human health in cold cities, particularly those …

Outdoor thermal comfort in urban and rural open spaces: A comparative study in China's cold region

T Yuan, B Hong, H Qu, A Liu, Y Zheng - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
To elucidate the differences in thermal perceptions between urban and rural residents in
outdoor open spaces, we determined factors influencing outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) of …

Understanding differences in thermal comfort between urban and rural residents in hot summer and cold winter climate

Y **ong, J Liu, J Kim - Building and environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization in China resulted in different architectural characteristics between the
rural (traditional, more open to external environment) and urban (modern, relatively closed …

A systematic review on thermal environment and thermal comfort studies in Chinese residential buildings

Y Sun, C Zhang, Y Zhao, J Li, Y Ma, C Zhu - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Amid the backdrop of the energy crisis, thermal comfort is crucial to achieve energy savings.
Residential buildings are characterized by a wide range of adaptive comfort opportunities …

Modification of sweat evaporative heat loss in the PMV/PPD model to improve thermal comfort prediction in warm climates

A Omidvar, J Kim - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Deficient performance of Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) in estimating thermal
sensation in warm environments has always been considered as one of the major …