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Adaptation Strategies and Resilience to Climate Change of Historic Dwellings
(Sustainability Editorial Office, 2015)
Historic city centres have a large amount of dwellings in Europe, which were built to provide a comfortable shelter with the absence of mechanical means. The knowledge of climate responsive design strategies can play a ...
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New computational techniques for solar radiation in architecture
(IntechOpen, 2015-05-06)
Many architectural examples rank among masterpieces for its beautiful and harmonious use of solar radiation. However, their creation had to rely solely on intuition because they possessed a curvilinear nature. As the ...
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Analysis of energy consumption in different European cities: the Adaptive Comfort Control Implemented Model (ACCIM) Considering Representative Concentration Pathways(RCP) scenarios
(MDPI, 2020-02-23)
Reports of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have set various greenhouse gasemissions scenarios, through which the evolution of the temperature of the planet can be estimatedthroughout the 21st century. The reduction ...
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Influence of Adaptive Comfort Models on Energy Improvement for Housing in Cold Areas
(MDPI, 2018)
The evaluation of construction standards using adaptive thermal comfort models has a great impact on energy consumption. The analysis of a user’s climate adaptation must be one of the first steps in the search for ...
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Understanding climatic traditions: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of historic dwellings of Cadiz
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
Many historical European cities are home to houses of great heritage value. These structures have been able to provide comfort throughout history without the use of artificial conditioning systems. Even though such dwellings ...
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Radiative heat transfer for curvilinear surfaces
(InTechOpen, 2015)
Curved surfaces have not been thoroughly considered in radiative transfer analysis mainly due to the difficulties arising from the integration process and perhaps because of the lack of spatial vision of researchers. When ...
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Adaptive Comfort Models Applied to Existing Dwellings in Mediterranean Climate Considering Global Warming
(MDPI, 2018-09)
Comfort analysis of existing naturally ventilated buildings located in mild climates, such as the ones in the Mediterranean zones, offer room for a reduction in the present and future energy consumption. Regarding Spain, ...
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Influence of the improvement in thermal expectation levels with adaptive setpoint temperatures on energy consumption
(MDPI, 2020-07)
A sustainable use of active heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is crucial for minimum energy consumption. Currently, research studies are increasingly applying adaptive setpoint temperatures, thus ...
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Extending the use of adaptive thermal comfort to air-conditioning: the case study of a local Japanese comfort model in present and future scenarios
(Elsevier, 2023-04-15)
The use of setpoint temperatures based on adaptive thermal comfort models has been identified as an efficient energy saving measure in the latest years. The recent studies applying adaptive setpoint temperatures consider ...