The thermal energy simulation of residential buildings involves estimating electricity consumption from both household appliances and air conditioning systems, whose use is influenced by the ambient temperatures of each municipality. However, existin...
Rapid vertical growth in Tier-2 Indian cities is reshaping residential forms and may affect cooling demand, passive comfort, overheating severity, and peak electricity demand. This study examines the influence of building height and window-to-wall ra...
Radiative sky cooling can be effectively integrated with pipe-embedded wall systems to reduce building cooling loads. However, the energy-saving and carbon reduction potential of this technology varies according to climatic conditions and the method...
A fuel efficiency of a ship engine increases with cooling inlet air. This might be performed by the chillers, which transform the heat of engine exhaust gas and scavenge air for refrigeration. The effect gained due to cooling depends on the intake ai...
Earth–air heat exchangers (EAHE) provide heating and cooling that is intrinsically tied to the climate of the surrounding environment. A climate-based approach was applied to 273 sites for both historical and projected climate conditions, with...
This study addresses passive adaptation strategies to reduce the effects of global warming on housing, focusing on low-income houses, for which passive adaptation strategies should be prioritized, aiming for environmental sustainability. The passive...
The use of energy for space cooling is growing faster than any other end use in buildings, justifying the search for improvements in the energy efficiency of these systems. A simplified model to predict cooling energy consumption in Brazilian office...
Climate change impact is one of the most important global concerns at present. In the building environment, climate-responsive design may help to enhance the adaptation capacity through a better building energy performance. In this sense, this study...
Cotton planting date effects in the U.S. Southern High Plains (SHP) were evaluated based on 11 years of May-planted and June-planted irrigated variety trials. Multiple cultivars planted in each year’s trial allowed for the calculation of 153 yi...
Recent climatic trends of two nearby stations in Sydney were examined in terms of hourly ambient air temperature and wind direction for the time period 1999–2019. A reference was set for the monthly number of cooling (CDH) and heating (HDH) degree ho...
Phase-change materials (PCM) in buildings are considered a promising option to prevent overheating in warm seasons. Numerous studies have shown a noticeable improvement in thermal comfort through PCM, but in real applications they have often underper...
Urban heat island (UHI) effects significantly impact building energy. Traditional UHI investigation methods are often incapable of providing the high spatial density of observations required to distinguish small-scale temperature differences in the U...
Energy consumption in buildings depends on many factors, including envelope materials. This paper aims to propose a method based on cluster analysis for finding reference models based on actual construction systems of low-income housing. Such referen...
In Mediterranean countries such as Portugal, summer heatwaves increasingly threaten agricultural productivity by disrupting crop physiological processes. Greenhouse cultivation often exacerbates heat stress, while conventional cooling systems such as...
This paper presents the optimization of building envelope design to minimize thermal load and improve thermal comfort for a two-star green building in Wuhan, China. The thermal load of the building before optimization is 36% lower than a typical ener...
The use of aeration, which refers to cooling of a grain mass using low-volume airflow rates with ambient air, is an under-utilized component of management programs. A model simulation study was conducted for the country of Slovenia by examining histo...
Prescriptive building thermal regulations, premised on stationary climate assumptions, risk masking operational performance deficits as warming accelerates. This study defines and quantifies the compliance–performance gap as the divergence betw...
The as-cast alloy of nickel-based single-crystal superalloy was used as the research object. After four hours of solution treatment at 1315 °C, four cooling rates (water cooling (WC), air cooling (AC) and furnace cooling (FC1/FC2)) were used to r...
This research presents a solution for improving energy efficiency in convenience stores by implementing a building energy management system (BEMS) that uses new logic control in air conditioning and refrigeration systems. These systems currently cons...
The excessive use of energy in buildings due to increased populations and economic development leads to more greenhouse gas emissions, which affect climate change and global warming. Changes in prevailing outdoor weather conditions significantly affe...
Approximately 54% of Brazilian electricity consumption is attributed to the residential, commercial, public, and service sectors; thus, it is important to formulate strategies that promote both the energy efficiency of buildings and a better understa...
Occupant factor is a critical element in the overall energy consumption of buildings. This study aims to reveal how occupant factors influence the energy consumption of example buildings in Seoul, Tokyo, and Hong Kong under climate change projections...
This paper investigates summertime indoor overheating in naturally ventilated public buildings located in a cool temperate Baltic climate, where buildings are traditionally designed for heating-dominated conditions. The study is based on long-term fi...
Peripheral-station and representative-year weather files can misrepresent urban thermal conditions. This study quantifies how reference, weather construction, and temporal definition condition urban heat-island (UHI) effects on residential performanc...
This study investigates the cooling potential of night ventilation and the climate adaptability of local vernacular buildings in the Turpan basin, aiming to identify passive energy-saving design strategies. A rural building with an air-drying shelter...
Studies have extensively examined the cooling effects of forests. Various methods exist for evaluating climate regulation at regional and global levels. Local-scale cooling effects and their valuing methods, however, remain poorly understood. In this...
The intensity and duration of hot weather and the number of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, are increasing, leading to a growing need for space cooling energy demand. Together with the building stock’s low energy performance, this phenomen...
The open spaces of cities have become hostile to citizens due to the high temperatures. Lack of thermal comfort hampers outdoor activities. It is imperative to combat these phenomena to bring life back to the streets and make spaces frequently used i...
Local environmental boundaries play an important role in determining microclimate conditions affecting thermal-energy behavior of buildings. In this scenario, the purpose of the present work is to investigate how residential buildings are affected by...
The ground surface of green parks in arid and semi-arid areas may not be comfortable at specific times during the day and night due to the sun and the rate at which the subsoil gains or loses heat. Knowledge of the subsurface soil’s thermal pro...
In order to satisfy the requirements of Directive 2010/31/EU for Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB), innovative solutions were investigated for building HVAC systems. Horizontal air-ground heat exchangers (HAGHE) offer a significant contribution in reducing...
Ecuador is a country with several climate zones. However, their behaviour is similar throughout the year, with no peaks of extreme temperatures in the various seasons. This paper is a first approach to study the adaptive comfort behaviour in several...
The intervention of distributed loads, propelled by the swift advancement of distributed energy sources and the escalating demand for diverse load types encompassing electricity and cooling within virtual power plants (VPPs), has exerted an influence...
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Previous studies have demonstrated that outdoor temperature exposure was an important risk factor for respiratory diseases. However, no study investigates the effect of indoor temperature exposure on respiratory diseases and further assesses cumulati...
Coastal upwelling and typhoon-driven mixing can cool a buoy record by several degrees within hours. Sensor faults do the same. Quality-control schemes that flag anomalies by residual magnitude alone therefore risk discarding real events. We analysed...
This research presents a comparative study of different bio-sourced and recycled insulation materials and their impact on energy consumption of office buildings located in Ouagadougou, a city with a dry hot climate. A thorough assessment of the count...
Saudi Arabia’s expanding rehabilitation of historic places requires decision tools that connect monitored performance with conservation priorities and carbon consequences. This study develops a carbon-aware heritage decision twin for a traditio...
Precooling a building overnight during the summer is a low cost practice that may provide significant help in decreasing energy demand and shaving peak loads in buildings. The effectiveness of precooling depends on the weather patterns at the locatio...
Several factors impact the energy use of university campus buildings. This study aims to benchmark the energy use in universities with Mediterranean climates. The University of Almeria campus was used as a case study, and different types of buildings...
The main challenge for the scientific community is to mitigate climate change impacts while reducing energy consumption, without compromising comfort and quality of life. Buildings in hot climates require specific design strategies to limit the effec...
Global climate change is significantly altering the energy consumption patterns and outdoor environments of buildings. The current meteorological data utilized for building design exhibit numerous deficiencies. To effectively address the needs of fut...
Rural areas cool off by night but built-up urban areas lack similar relief and may threaten vulnerable people’s health during heat waves. Temperature varies within a city due to the heterogenous nature of urban environments, but official measurement...
As the climate changed in recent years, an increase in summer indoor temperatures in severe cold and cold regions of China has started to affect thermal comfort. However, the local design standard for energy efficiency does not recognize this phenome...
In this paper, a series of eutectic hydrated salts was obtained by mixing Na2HPO4·12H2O (DHPD) with K2HPO4·3H2O (DHPT) in different proportions. With the increase in the content of DHPT, the phase transition temperature and melting enth...
This research investigates the energy efficiency of a novel double-glazing system incorporating solid–solid phase change materials (SSPCMs), which offer significant advantages over traditional liquid–solid phase change materials. The prim...
Understanding the implications of introducing increasing shares of low-carbon technologies such as heat pumps and electric vehicles on the electricity network demand patterns is essential in today’s fast changing energy mixture. Application of...
The present study explores the production of metallized titanomagnetite briquettes, with a view to addressing two key issues. Firstly, it seeks to address the growing shortage of high-quality iron-bearing raw materials. Secondly, it looks at how to m...
The application of wool as mulch in strawberry cultivation was analysed to find a solution for the rational use of wool from mountain sheep. In the plantation, the experimental plots mulched with wool, straw, and bark were appointed. The plots were m...
Thermal management is critical in development of hybrid and electric vehicles since they contain multiple high-density power modules that require compact integration and effective cooling. During operation the power modules generate large amounts of...
Buildings and construction account for nearly one-third of global energy demand, making the thermal performance of building envelopes an important factor in reducing heating and cooling loads. Conventional steady-state indicators are useful for compa...
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