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Zhang, A. (author), Bokel, R.M.J. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Sun, Y. (author), Huang, Qiong (author), Zhang, Qi (author)
This paper discusses the role of geometry parameters including building shape, window to wall ratio, room depth, and orientation on the energy use and thermal comfort of school buildings in cold climates of China. The annual total energy demand and summer thermal discomfort time were compared through computer simulations with DesignBuilder....
journal article 2017
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Mangone, G. (author)
The design of office buildings can substantially improve the building, social, and ecological performance of office building projects. However, existing research on improving the performance of work environments has primarily focused on identifying and evaluating methods to make work environments less bad, rather than focusing on how to develop...
doctoral thesis 2015
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Taleghani, M. (author)
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon and the dependency of buildings on fossil fuels were the two main issues that formed this dissertation. UHI results in higher air temperatures in dense urban areas compared with their suburbs and rural surroundings. This phenomenon affects human health through thermal discomfort and air pollution....
doctoral thesis 2014
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Bluyssen, P.M. (author)
A condensed version of the inaugural speech “Understanding the indoor environment” spoken on May 22, 2013 at the occasion of her acceptance of the position of full professor of Indoor Environment at the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology.
journal article 2013
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Arsandrie, Y. (author), Kurvers, S.R. (author), Bokel, R.M.J. (author), Van der Linden, A.C. (author)
The results presented in this paper are part of the doctoral research that is being done at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. One of the main objectives is to find the level of thermal comfort accepted by people from the low-income group in Surakarta, Indonesia. Personal aspects (gender and clothing index), characteristics of the...
conference paper 2012
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Arsandrie, Y. (author), Kurvers, S.R. (author)
As a preparation to develop guidelines and design principles for better dwellings in the tropics, a pilot survey was conducted to get data of the current situation of thermal comfort in the dwellings of low-income people in Surakarta, Central Java - Indonesia. These improper dwellings which locate nearby the rivers have ever been hit by big...
conference paper 2010
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