|
|
|
|
|
Katarina Bäcklund, Marco Molinari and Per Lundqvist
Energy-intense activities and the unpredictable and complex behavior of building occupants lead to an increase in building energy demand. It is, therefore, crucial to study underlying factors for building energy demand related to the users. Higher educat...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kallianiotis Anastasios, Papakonstantinou Despina, Giouzelis Nikolas and Kaliampakos Dimitrios
In order to achieve a comprehensive study regarding evacuation efficiency in underground space, globally accepted regulations and standards include, among other parameters, the maximum unimpeded travel speed of occupants in case of emergency evacuation. ...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chiara Bedon and Silvana Mattei
For engineering applications, human comfort in the built environment depends on several objective aspects that can be mathematically controlled and limited to reference performance indicators. Typical examples include structural, energy and thermal issue...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patricio Rivera Campos,Ricardo Tendero Caballero
Pág. 7 - 13
This report contains a study focused on the vernacular architecture of the palafitos located on the island of Chiloé in the south of Chile. These are buildings suspended on the sea or "Bordemar" by piles made of woods. Built by locals to facilitate their...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nicola Lolli, Alessandro Nocente and Steinar Grynning
The influence of different control strategies on the user?s satisfaction in cell offices was studied in a full-scale facility in Trondheim, Norway. Eleven participants used two test cells as a workspace and answered a computer-based questionnaire for rep...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sehar Abidi and Priyadarsini Rajagopalan
Daylighting improves users? experience in visual comfort, aesthetics, behaviour and perception of space and plays an important part in enhancing the health and wellbeing of occupants inside a dwelling. However, daylighting design is challenging for high ...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The objective of this paper is to analyze the control conditions of the transmittance rate, and determine the conditions that are most optimal with respect to building energy and daylight performance in three climate conditions: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (hot...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Giuseppe Loprencipe, Laura Moretti, Antonio Pantuso and Eligio Banfi
In urban areas traffic-calming strategies and pedestrian friendly measures are often adopted to reduce the adverse impacts of motor vehicles on vulnerable users. This study surveyed 24 raised pedestrian crossings (RPCs) to examine their geometrical and f...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Felipe Quesada Molina and David Bustillos Yaguana
A key factor for achieving healthy environments in residential buildings is the provision of high indoor environmental quality (IEQ) with respect to the acceptance by its occupants, based on levels of the physical parameters which contribute to IEQ. This...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Masa Noguchi, Nan Ma, Catherine Mei Min Woo, Hing-wah Chau and Jin Zhou
Growing ageing population today may be necessitating building design decision makers to reconsider the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) standards in a way that accommodates senior occupants’ diverse and individual needs and demands. An experience...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|