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Energy efficiency and lighting design in courtyards and atriums: A predictive method for daylight factors
(Elsevier, 2018-02-01)
The proper design of courtyards and atriums is key in providing sufficient daylight inside buildings as well as major energy savings in electric lighting. Although a suitable design requires calculations using lighting ...
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On the assessment of the multiplicity of spaces in the acoustic environment of cathedrals: the case of the cathedral of Seville
(Elsevier, 2018-12-01)
Depending on the type of configuration to be adopted there are multiple forms of occupation of a cathedral which can significantly influence the acoustic environment. As a result, several activities with different acoustic ...
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Virtual acoustic environment reconstruction of the hypostyle Mosque of Cordoba
(Elsevier, 2018-11)
Current simulation tools and virtual-reality technologies enable the reconstruction of the historical sound inside heritage buildings, and have become powerful tools in Archaeoacoustics. The sound generated within the ...
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Thermal 3D CFD Simulation with Active Transparent Façade in Buildings
(MDPI, 2018-08-28)
In recent years active façades have acquired greater importance given their capacity to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. One such type is the so-called Active Transparent Façade (ATF). A 3D numerical model based ...
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Implementation of urban building energy modelling in historic districts. Seville as case-study
(WIT Press, 2018)
Buildings represent 40% of the European Union’s final energy consumption and are largely of resi- dential use. From 2006 to 2016, existing European housing stocks have been analysed at national level to make the energy ...
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Rethinking User Behaviour Comfort Patterns in the South of Spain—What Users Really Do
(MDPI, 2018-11)
Although energy analysis techniques can contribute to substantial energy savings in housing stock retrofitting operations, the outcomes often deviate significantly from the predicted results, which tend to overestimate ...