Cool roofs can mitigate cooling energy demand for informal settlement dwellers

A Nutkiewicz, A Mastrucci, ND Rao, RK Jain - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cities are critical to meeting our sustainable energy goals. Informal settlement
redevelopment programs represent an opportunity to improve living conditions and curb …

Perspectives of naturally ventilated buildings: A review

NRM Sakiyama, JC Carlo, J Frick, H Garrecht - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Naturally ventilated buildings have been worldwide increasingly welcomed, given the
current global awareness toward environmental sustainability, indoor health-quality and …

Effects of the indoor environment on EEG and thermal comfort assessment in males

L Pan, H Zheng, T Li - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of indoor thermal conditions on electroencephalogram
(EEG) signals and used logistic regression to discriminate indoor, thermal comfort. Twenty …

Multi-criteria decision making for adaptive façade optimal design in varied climates: Energy, daylight, occupants' comfort, and outdoor view analysis

DM Le, DY Park, J Baek, P Karunyasopon… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adaptive façades can enhance interior environmental quality and reduce building energy
expenditure. To this end, counterbalancing numerous objectives must be considered during …

Energy efficiency through the implementation of an AI model to predict room occupancy based on thermal comfort parameters

SA Abdel-Razek, HS Marie, A Alshehri, OM Elzeki - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Room occupancy prediction based on indoor environmental quality may be the
breakthrough to ensure energy efficiency and establish an interior ambience tailored to each …

Status of thermal comfort in naturally ventilated classrooms during the summer season in the composite climate of India

MK Singh, S Kumar, R Ooka, HB Rijal, G Gupta… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Considering the importance of comfort requirements in classrooms and the fast-growing
number of institutes for higher education in India, classroom thermal comfort needs serious …

Status of thermal comfort in naturally ventilated university classrooms of Bangladesh in hot and humid summer season

MSJ Talukdar, TH Talukdar, MK Singh… - Journal of building …, 2020 - Elsevier
Indoor thermal comfort is dynamic because of complex interactions between occupants,
season-specific climatic parameters, and region-specific socio-cultural setup. A thermally …

Comparative bioclimatic approach for comfort and passive heating and cooling strategies in Algeria

S Semahi, N Zemmouri, MK Singh, S Attia - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The energy consumption and thermal comfort in buildings are heavily affected by weather
conditions. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to analyze the bioclimatic potential of Algerian …

Monitoring CO2 concentration to control the infection probability due to airborne transmission in naturally ventilated university classrooms

F Fantozzi, G Lamberti, F Leccese… - Architectural Science …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the increasing amount of time that people are spending indoors, the need to ensure
adequate ventilation has become a priority. The confirmed airborne transmission of COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Energy characterization of forced ventilated Photovoltaic-DSF system in hot summer of composite climate

S Preet, S Mathur, J Mathur, MK Sharma… - Energy and Built …, 2024 - Elsevier
Performance of Photovoltaic-double skin façade (Photovoltaic-DSF) system in summer has
been critical. Owing to high solar ingress, cooling requirement of a building significantly …