Digital twin-enabled prefabrication supply chain for smart construction and carbon emissions evaluation in building projects

SK Yevu, EK Owusu, APC Chan… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital twin (DT) provides effective pathways to solve issues in the construction industry,
particularly smart construction and carbon emissions in prefabrication. Past DT research …

Multi-domain indoor environmental quality in buildings: A review of their interaction and combined effects on occupant satisfaction

Y Zhao, D Li - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Occupant satisfaction is influenced by the interaction and combined effects of multi-domain
indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in buildings. While there are literature reviews on multi …

Ten questions concerning reinforcement learning for building energy management

Z Nagy, G Henze, S Dey, J Arroyo, L Helsen… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As buildings account for approximately 40% of global energy consumption and associated
greenhouse gas emissions, their role in decarbonizing the power grid is crucial. The …

Personal thermal comfort models based on physiological measurements–A design of experiments based review

K Chen, Q Xu, B Leow, A Ghahramani - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers have shown that the physiological-based personal comfort models (PCM) are
capable of addressing individual differences as well as transient thermal comfort. Given that …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the actual progress of Digital Building Permit: Getting awareness through a critical state of the art review

F Noardo, D Guler, J Fauth, G Malacarne… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Growing interest is awarded to the digitalization of the building permitting use case and
many works are developed about the topic. However, the subject is very complex and many …

A comprehensive review of impact assessment of indoor thermal environment on work and cognitive performance-Combined physiological measurements and …

S Li, X Zhang, Y Li, W Gao, F **ao, Y Xu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Ensuring occupants' work or cognitive performance and maintaining thermal comfort are
important targets of indoor thermal environment management. Physiological indicators are …

[HTML][HTML] Human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments: A review

X Su, Y Yuan, Z Wang, W Liu, L Lan, Z Lian - Energy and Built Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of occupants and knowing
their thermal demand could help creat a satisfying environment with the least energy waste …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid active learning framework for personal thermal comfort models

ZD Tekler, Y Lei, Y Peng, C Miller, A Chong - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Personal thermal comfort models are used to predict individual-level thermal comfort
responses to inform design and control decisions of buildings to achieve optimal …

Assessing children's outdoor thermal comfort with facial expression recognition: An efficient approach using machine learning

Y Li, X Nian, C Gu, P Deng, S He, B Hong - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, children's physiological indices and facial expressions during activities with
distinct intensities in outdoor open spaces were real-timely measured. Correspondingly …

From characteristics to practical applications of skin temperature in thermal comfort research–A comprehensive review

J Zhao, R Wang, Y Wu, C Zhao, Y Qi, S Li… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Skin temperature is a widely used physiological parameter in thermal comfort research. It
serves as an indicator of personnel's thermal comfort and has the potential to guide the …