Sick building syndrome and its impacts on health, well-being and productivity: A systematic literature review

IL Niza, MP de Souza, IM da Luz… - Indoor and Built …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
People's well-being, health and productivity in indoor environments are crucial areas of
investigation, particularly concerning sick building syndrome (SBS). Sick building syndrome …

Critical heat studies: Deconstructing heat studies for climate justice

ZA Hamstead - Planning Theory & Practice, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Emergent planning strategies to address heat-driven health inequities are informed by
studies examining how these distributional concerns relate to the urban built environment …

[HTML][HTML] Energy savings and thermal comfort in a zero energy office building with fans in Singapore

MG Kent, NK Huynh, AK Mishra, F Tartarini… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Elevated air movement produced by fans can offset air-conditioning energy requirements by
allowing temperature setpoints to be raised without compromising thermal comfort. These …

Field test of Model Predictive Control in residential buildings for utility cost savings

D Wang, Y Chen, W Wang, C Gao, Z Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Air conditioners in residential buildings often rely on local feedback control to regulate the
indoor temperature, where the unit is cycled on and off by comparing the actual temperature …

Hierarchical and K-means clustering to assess thermal dissatisfaction and productivity in university classrooms

AM Bueno, IM da Luz, IL Niza, EE Broday - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal environment is one of the main factors that influences Thermal Comfort and,
consequently, the productivity of the occupants. The poor quality of the indoor environment …

[HTML][HTML] Common sources of occupant dissatisfaction with workspace environments in 600 office buildings

T Parkinson, S Schiavon, J Kim… - Buildings & …, 2023 - journal-buildingscities.org
Previously unpublished data from over 600 office buildings in the Center for the Built
Environment (CBE) Occupant Survey database are used to perform a systematic analysis of …

Gender differences in thermal comfort under coupled environmental factors

H Du, Z Zhao, J Lyu, J Li, X Li, Y Yang, L Lan, Z Lian - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to explore gender differences in thermal comfort under coupled
environmental factors, as previous studies have primarily focused on air temperature alone …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-perspective evaluation of integrated active cooling systems using fuzzy decision making model

OS Albahri, AH Alamoodi, M Deveci, AS Albahri… - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
As global median temperatures continue to rise, the demand for active cooling systems
(ACs) is increasing. These systems are particularly prevalent in developed countries for …

[HTML][HTML] Gender difference regarding thermal comfort in Japanese residential building during free running mode

N Aqilah, HB Rijal, K Yoshida - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
When experiencing a similar indoor environment, people's thermal comfort and sensation
may differ, making it more difficult to create an appropriate thermal environment for each …

Unraveling energy justice in NYC urban buildings through social media sentiment analysis and transformer deep learning

M Ashayeri, N Abbasabadi - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the intricate relationship between human sentiment on social media
data, herein tweet posts on X platform, urban building characteristics, and the socio-spatial …