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Architecture of the scape: thermal assessment of refugee shelter design in the extremes climates of Jordan, Afghanistan and South Sudan
(Elsevier, 2021-10)
In the face of the largest human displacement ever recorded in modern history more than 79.5 million persons around the world have been forced to flee their homes worldwide at the end of 2019, from which 30 million are ...
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Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?
(Elsevier, 2020-03-15)
People's subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results collected in ...
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Minimum daylight autonomy: A new concept to link daylight dynamic metrics with daylight factors
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)
Daylight metrics act as a useful tool to quantify the potential of natural light in an architectural space as well as the energy savings promoted by a suitable design of windows, atriums, and skylights. Accordingly, a new ...
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Test cell data-based predictive modelling to determine HVAC energy consumption for three façade solutions in Madrid
(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2017)
This study aims to narrow the gap between predicted and actual energy performance in buildings. Predictive models were established that relate the electric consumption by HVAC systems to maintain certain indoor environmental ...
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Characterising draught in Mediterranean multifamily housing
(MDPI, 2019-04)
Social housing dating from the postwar years through the end of the twentieth century is one of the major stores of European cities’ residential stock. As it is generally characterised by a poor thermal performance and ...
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Analysis of visual comfort and circadian stimulus provided by window design in educational spaces
(2019-04)
Light is the main variable which affects to the circadian rhythm, promoting up to 70% of the melatonin suppression. In comparison with the visual system, the circadian system requires more light to be activated and is more ...
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Thermal comfort and indoor air quality in low-income housing in Spain: the influence of airtightness and occupant behaviour.
(Elsevier, 2019-09-15)
Thermal comfort and Indoor air quality (IAQ) in residential buildings with different degrees of airtightness was studied in two climates in Spain. Behaviour was compared in the areas occupied by day and by night. The IAQ ...
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Energy related practices in Mediterranean low income housing
(Taylor and Francis, 2020)
The development of policies to improve energy efficiency and the retrofitting of the existing housing stock requires an adequate knowledge of the operation in practice and user needs. This becomes crucial when intervening ...
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The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales
(Nature Research, 2019-11-26)
Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in ...
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Passive energy strategies in the retrofitting of the residential sector: a practical case study in dry hot climate
(Springer, 2015-05-11)
The new energy objectives of the EU for 2020 will not be possible unless the extensive residential stock is improved energetically. In this panorama it is very important to propose procedures for the analysis and energy ...