LoginThis paper presents some results of the research project "Domestic Violence and Architectural Space", sponsored by several Mexican Governmental Offices and Citizen Organizations.
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In order to perform detailed evaluation on the applicability of local dynamic similarity concept, which is described in Part 1, wind tunnel experiment was conducted under some conditions where the opening positions and the arrangement of buildings
The objective of this paper is to show the importance of the solar passive design principles in Antonio Gaudi’s Architectural Work from the analysis of one of his domestic buildings constructed in Barcelona in the turn of the XX century: The Batll
The performance of natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation systems was monitored, using the tracer gas decay method, in three typical apartment buildings located in two street canyons, during summer period 2002 in Athens.
A number of studies have examined the potential of using natural ventilation as a passive cooling system and comfort under warm conditions. Tanabe and Karma (1994) conducted an experimental work at 50% RH under different level of air speed.
The issue of this paper is to present theoretical results for a solar chimney with thermal mass, where the glass surface is replaced by photovoltaic (PV) modules.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of two inertial ventilation techniques (buried pipes and thermal phase-shifting) for passive cooling of buildings in Brazilian climates.
The potential for error when using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for investigating internal building airflows continues to be a critical issue in building simulation analysis.
The application of Environmental Design principles can substantially contribute in energy conserving in residential areas.
In Part 1, it is described that, in overall judgment, the reproduction accuracy is improved when computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is performed using RNG model and the modified model incorporating Durbins limiter (? = 0.65).
Post-war housing policies had always been one of major drive of improving social welfare and the economic growth of Japan through building industry.
CLEAR [1] is a web-based interactive teaching package on low energy architecture and human comfort.
In this paper, a new approach for energy consumption and peak demand predicting in buildings is shown. The method is based on a mathematical model of load curve and energy curve.
This paper deals with the development and the evaluation of hybrid ventilation control strategies, using both natural and mechanical mode, in residential buildings.
Requirements on working environment in office buildings according to Czech law express optimal air temperature, globe temperature, humidity and air velocity.
The cellular method for optimal shading design recently has been implemented as a plug-in for the Ecotect software (Fig. 1).
Existing advanced and sophisticated building systems combined with emerging IT technologies create the opportunities for e-based energy management.
This paper presents internal pressure coefficients and discharge coefficients in a building with wind-driven cross-ventilation caused by sliding window openings on two adjacent walls.
Regular escalation of the state electricity price gives an impact to the increase of operational cost of any high-rise building in Indonesia.
This paper describes a component of ongoing research that deals with planning and design strategies relevant to sustainable and low energy development.