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Tongye Guo, Yang Zhao, Jiahao Yang, Zhengnan Zhong, Kefu Ji, Ziyu Zhong and Xinyi Luo
Hot-humid areas have long, hot summers and poor outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). The urban heat island (UHI) effect exacerbates the deterioration of OTC in hot-humid areas, seriously affecting the thermal safety of children?s outdoor activities. In this st...
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Jingyi Ye, Wanling Lai and Zhengwang Wu
In humid subtropical areas, outdoor sports activities in winter and spring are very common. However, there is minimal research surrounding this topic, especially in terms of thermal comfort. This study explored the complex relationship between microclima...
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Xiaozhou Wu, Hao Gao, Mingming Zhao, Jie Gao, Zhen Tian and Xiangli Li
A ceiling cooling system integrated with a mechanical ventilation system has been widely used in modern buildings with large sensible cooling loads due to the high thermal comfort level and large energy efficiency. However, there is a lack of systematic ...
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Ancu?a Maria Magurean and Horia Alexandru Petran
The purpose of this study was to analyze the indoor air quality, in particular, the CO2 level, in a real environment, within 16 apartments located in the municipality of Zalau, Romania, in five recently renovated multifamily buildings in which families l...
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Jou-Man Huang and Liang-Chun Chen
With the global warming effect and the rapid growth of global urbanization, the concept of urban heat islands (UHIs) has become one of the most important environmental issues in the world. Early studies on UHIs mostly focused on highly developed, large c...
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Carlos Zepeda-Gil and Augusto Jacobo Montiel-Castro
Despite being perceived as a warm country, winters in the Central Mexican Plateau frequently reach temperatures below zero Celsius. Prolonged exposures to low temperatures resulting in heart and respiratory morbidities are estimated to be responsible for...
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Yuchen Ju, Pauli Hiltunen, Juha Jokisalo, Risto Kosonen and Sanna Syri
Demand response techniques can be effective at reducing heating costs for building owners. However, few studies have considered the dynamic marginal costs for district heating production and taken advantage of them for building-level demand response. In ...
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Neshat Rahmani and Ayyoob Sharifi
The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification system is used in this study to analyze the impacts of urban morphology on a surface urban heat island (SUHI). Our study involved a comparative analysis of SUHI effects in two Japanese cities, Sapporo and Hiros...
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Jin Bao, Lihua Xu, Yijun Shi, Qiwei Ma and Zhangwei Lu
The urban thermal environment has become a challenging issue. Streets, as an essential public space in cities, can be laid out in such a way to effectively alleviate a problematic urban thermal environment. In this study, we calculated the layout charact...
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Xiaoxiao Rao, Feng Qi, Xiaoxiao Zhang and Zhuoxun Mao
Traditional wooden dwellings, which are widely distributed with enormous stocks in China, are of great historical and have obvious cultural value. The walls of such buildings are generally subjected to poor thermal insulation performance, which not only ...
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