The indoor environment directly affects health and comfort as humans spend most of the day
indoors. However, improperly controlled ventilation systems can expend unnecessary …

The volume of construction work in the GCC countries is dramatically increasing, which
poses challenges on energy demand and the environment. The building construction sector …

Nowadays, optimization of methods that can reduce energy consumption is efficient for
various reasons, such as the increasing mean temperature, the changes in climate, and the …

It has been challenging for designers to identify the appropriate design parameters that
would reduce building energy consumption while achieving thermal comfort for building …

Human responses to thermal environments in naturally ventilated (NV) buildings in hot-
humid area of China were systematically investigated in the present study. Thirty local …

This paper investigates pollutant removal at pedestrian level in urban canopy layer (UCL)
models of medium packing density (λ p= λ f= 0.25) using computational fluid dynamics …

In the present study, a novel computational method to optimize window design for thermal
comfort in naturally ventilated buildings is described. The methodology is demonstrated by …

The paper analyses thermal comfort in intelligent and traditional buildings in Poland. It
provides a comprehensive study on the subjective assessment of indoor environment …

The elderly population is relatively vulnerable to air pollution and thermal stress due to their
low mobility and high prevalence of chronic disorders. Appropriate green infrastructure (GI) …

The rising awareness about energy conservation calls for more energy-efficient designs of
heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and advanced control strategies. A …