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Chao Liu, Chunhai Sun, Guangyuan Li, Wenjia Yang and Fang Wang
The present study provides comprehensive analyses of a newly constructed passive energy-efficient building located in Harbin, China, which is a prime example of how to design a passive building that withstands the severe cold climate in northeast Asia. C...
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Soonmyung Lee and Sanghoon Park
In order to expand the zero-energy building, it is necessary to evaluate the economic feasibility of the passive and active elements applied to achieve the zero-energy building. The purpose of this study is to verify the final energy consumption and inve...
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Michael Tesfaye Bekele and Cemil Atakara
Residential buildings have a list of functions, and one of the top priories is the thermal comfort of its occupants. Thermal comfort can be one of the measurements of successful building performance, and it can be addressed in various ways to provide a g...
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Najeeba Kutty, Dua Barakat and Maatouk Khoukhi
Cities are paying more attention to building energy use and carbon footprint for attaining sustainability. Within this building sector, there is a growing attention toward development and adoption of energy efficient retrofit strategies. Plagued by the l...
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Lucas Mazzon, Giada Frappa and Margherita Pauletta
A case study where a tuned mass damper (TMD) was installed at the top of a five-story reinforced concrete (RC) building is presented. The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of the TMD in changing the structural behavior of medium-rise ...
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Youcef Boussaa, Ambrose Dodoo, Truong Nguyen and Katarina Rupar-Gadd
A major challenge in building energy renovation is to cost effectively achieve notable energy savings. This paper investigates cost-effective passive energy-efficiency measures for thermal envelope retrofit of a typical Swedish multi-apartment building f...
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Gisela Lameira, Rui Jorge Garcia Ramos, Nuno Valentim and Azar Mohammadpanah
Custom-built solutions for ageing, urban regeneration, energy efficiency, thermal performance, and well-being are contemporary challenges that have prompted considerable research over the past decades. In the construction field, subjects such as energy e...
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Zhengshu Chen, Yanqiu Cui, Haichao Zheng, Ruihan Wei and Shuo Zhao
The atrium space represents one of the most energy-intensive areas within buildings. This is especially evident in college teaching buildings, where the inclusion of atriums often leads to increased energy consumption, primarily due to enhancements in li...
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Khalilullah Mayar, David G. Carmichael and Xuesong Shen
The resilience of building structures?as plain technical/physical/engineering systems or complex sociotechnical systems exposed to perturbations and change?has become increasingly important as natural disasters are on the rise and the world is changing r...
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Sana Dardouri, Ekrem Tunçbilek, Othmen Khaldi, Müslüm Arici and Jalila Sghaier
Energy conservation in buildings has been the focus of many studies since nearly one-third of global energy consumption is due to buildings. Phase change material (PCM) technology promises to be an attractive solution for energy saving in buildings since...
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