Study of occupant behaviour to improve thermal comfort conditions by arranging furniture in student hostel rooms
February 2025
•Spatial adaptation is investigated in a room having multiple activities.•Airflow affects furniture layout in non-uniform thermal environments.•Factors affecting furniture layout in a hostel room are...
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An hourly solar radiation prediction model using eXtreme gradient boosting algorithm with the effect of fog-haze
February 2025
•The hourly solar radiation prediction models are developed using XGBoost algorithm.•The models consider the effect of fog-haze on hourly solar radiation.•The prediction models considering AQI are improved...
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Comparative analysis of insulation strategies for improving thermal performance of wall to parkade suspended slab
February 2025
•Presence of suspended parking slab reduces envelope thermal performance by 77 %.•Horizontal slab insulation improved thermal performance by up to 80 %.•PSI-Values and RSI-Values show inverse correlation.•Insulating...
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An IMU dataset for human thermal comfort activities identification: Experimental designs and applications
February 2025
•An IMU dataset has been prepared for human thermal comfort-related studies.•340 questionnaires have been collected for defining thermal comfort activities.•Experiments have been conducted to collect...
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Critical review of Air-Based PVT technology and its integration to building energy systems
February 2025
•PVT technology and its Integration with Building Energy Systems investigated.•Solutions for resolving limitations are proposed.•Parallel drawn between Solar Air Heater and Photovoltaic Thermal tec...
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Thermoeconomic analysis of duct works for air-conditioned building in Thailand
February 2025
•Alternative materials can be applied to the air duct.•Exergy and cost of air ducts influence the electrical energy consumption.•Objective function shows a relationship of thermodynamic parameter and...
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Investigating the effect of the physical layout of the architecture of high-rise buildings, residential complexes, and urban heat islands
February 2025
•Changes in the geometry of buildings affect local climate changes.•Permeability of materials and density of blocks are effective on UHIs intensity.•Sunlight and wind are the most effective factors...
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Comprehensive evaluation of spray arrangement strategies for spray-local exhaust ventilation
February 2025
•The two-phase flow field in spray-local exhaust ventilation (SLEV) was clarified.•A comprehensive evaluation model was developed for SLEV.•The optimal spray arrangement strategy for SLEV has been ...
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A novel approach for optimized design of low-E windows and visual comfort for residential spaces
February 2025
•Double low-E windows improve energy and reduce glare.•Low-E compromises daylight comfort.•Genetic algorithm finds optimum WWR for Tehran and Sydney.•Optimum WWR balances energy and daylight comfort.•Low-E...
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A review on hybrid energy generation: Cow dung biogas, solar thermal and kinetic energy integration for power production
February 2025
•Hybrid synergy enhances energy efficiency.•Challenges include variable inputs and optimization.•Real-world cases demonstrate hybrid success.•Sustainability hinges on policy support.•Cow dung, solar,...
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Influence of university campus spatial morphology on outdoor thermal environment: A case study from Eastern China
February 2025
•Integrated the UAV high precision data into the outdoor microclimate simulation.•Propose utilizing axial evaluation to assess thermal comfort.•Explored the influence of well-defined boundary spaces...
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Study and optimization on heat storage and release characteristics of a cascaded sensible-latent heat composite energy storage heat sink
February 2025
•A cascaded sensible-latent heat composite energy storage heat sink was constructed.•Effects of volume ratios and material types on the performance were investigated.•The optimal heat storage/released...
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Investigations of indoor environment of high level biosafety laboratory in China based on field measurements
February 2025
•Indoor environment of 19 high-level biosafety laboratories in China was investigated.•All main rooms meet biosafety requirements.•Air changes per hour should be adjusted or set carefully.•The interaction...
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Occupancy estimation with environmental sensors: The possibilities and limitations
February 2025
•Occupancy estimation modelled as classification and regression problem.•Environmental sensor data is useful for detecting presence/absence of occupants.•ML models for occupancy detection and estimation...
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Evaluation of phase change materials for a light-weight building in Morocco: Effect of building's volume, window orientation & infiltration
December 2024
•The PCM energy savings of the light-weight are conducted for all regions in Morocco.•The impact of building volume on the PCM performance is investigated.•The effect of window orientations and infiltrations...
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Assessment of thermal comfort in the traditional and contemporary houses in Byblos: A comparative study
December 2024
•Thermal comfort has been compared between different houses.•The traditional houses were a good thermal preference than contemporary houses.•The effects of environmental and architectural parameters...
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A systematic review on COVID-19 related research in HVAC system and indoor environment
December 2024
•COVID-19 related research in HVAC system and indoor environment is reviewed.•HVAC system, filtration, and indoor improvements measures are examined.•Building operation guidelines from different countries...
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Time series analysis model for forecasting unsteady electric load in buildings
December 2024
•A method is proposed for non-stationary time series forecasting.•Applying signal decomposition methods to time series.•EWT-Autoformer model has better predictive performance....
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The potential of remote sensing and GIS in urban building energy modelling
December 2024
•A review is performed on the potential of remote sensing and GIS in UBEM.•Data acquisition for generating input databases for UBEMs is a major challenge.•Remote sensing offers strong potential for...
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Assessment of micro-scale heat exchangers efficiency using lattice Boltzmann method and design of experiments
December 2024
•Micro-scale cavity heat exchangers efficiency is assessed and optimized.•Box-Behnken table map of 4 factors of 3 levels is used to specify runs.•LB method is used to perform the experiments (27 trials/runs)...
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Human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments: A review
December 2024
•Expliciting fundamental studies of thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments.•Analyzing evaluation indices of non-uniform thermal environments.•Emphasizing differences of comfort studies...
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Optimizing building retrofit through data analytics: A study of multi-objective optimization and surrogate models derived from energy performance certificates
December 2024
•Development of surrogate models from an energy performance certificate database.•Multi-Objective Optimization to find the best government-funded retrofits.•Deployment of this process into an easy-to-use...
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Demystifying energy savings from dynamic temperature setpoints under weather and occupancy variability
December 2024
•Dynamic temperature setpoints are derived based on weather and occupancy.•Fixed and dynamic setpoints reduce energy consumption at lower occupancy rates.•Dynamic setpoints save additional energy from...
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Optimizing bedroom thermal environment: A review of human body temperature, sleeping thermal comfort and sleep quality
December 2024
•Impacts of thermal environment on sleep quality and thermal comfort were reviewed.•Body temperature can connect sleep quality and sleeping thermal comfort.•A recommended process for sleeping thermal...
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Feasibility of achieving net-zero energy performance in high-rise buildings using solar energy
December 2024
•Examined feasibility of solar-powered net-zero energy high-rise buildings.•The maximum permitted EUI by net-zero energy status is 17–28 kWh/m2.•Meeting this EUI is harder than most stringent building...
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