LoginThis paper describes first the specific challenges associated with adapting performing arts buildings for natural ventilation.
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One part of this paper deals with the contribution of the products of consumption on indoor air pollution and the available data collected in that field .
Due to the rapid growth of the country, prototype school buildings in Saudi Arabia were designed with little effort made towards the utilization of the natural resources to improve indoor conditions.
The solar façade of the FIAT Research Center (CRF) was realized recently near Turin in Italy, under cooperation between CRF and Politecnico di Milano.
The growing demand for better environmental conditions, especially in offices, has increased the need for appropriate standard in order to success the maximum productivity, to minimize the problems of health and the functional cost of air-conditio
A simplified method was investigated for estimating the dynamic pressure tangential to an opening (Pt) with Irwin’s surface wind sensor.
Urban areas tend to have higher air temperatures than their rural surroundings as a result of gradual surface modifications that include replacing the natural vegetation with buildings and roads.
The window is one of the most important elements in architecture. It has a complex character and fulfills multiple functions but it is a privileged device to connect the interior with the exterior.
Rawshans has been one of the traditional architectural devices that are still being used in recent buildings as an environmental controlling device.
The amount of waste produced every year, the exhaustion of resources and the construction solutions currently used in construction may not be sustainable in the future.
Substantial effort has recently been devoted to passive solar desiccant air dehumidification.
The first part of the paper gives criticisms of convetional practice in landscape architecture in hot humids climates, in terms or efficient utilization of energy.
Windows are considered an important factor for comfort in residential and commercial buildings.
Natural ventilation is one of the most efficient passive cooling techniques for buildings. Knowledge of the wind speed in street canyons is the necessary condition for the application of such a technique in dense urban configurations.
This work presents the first step of the development of a new concept of photovoltaic/ thermal collector that will be combined with preheating air and/or water production. It consists in a simplified mathematical modeling of a PV/T air collector.
Integration of solar energy systems in architecture is becoming more important in order to achieve energy savings and optimize the introduction of RES in the real estate sector.
The potential for evaporative cooling to meet Turkey’s growing cooling demand is investigated based on thermodynamics and human comfort.
This paper considers a double facade for preheating of fresh air, generation of electricity with integrated photovoltaic panels and storage of solar energy in phase-change material - butyl stearate absorbed in gypsum board.
Urban settlements bring about variations of the local meteorological characteristics. One of the most important effects is the increase of the temperature in urban areas in comparison with the neighbouring rural environment.
A considerable potential exists for energy conservation in buildings, by means of reducing the heating loads and especially the cooling loads.