The present study investigates the effectiveness of thermostat control strategy in cooling energy consumption in residential buildings. To evaluate the energy consumption, two scenarios including a residential zone with and without the thermostat control system are assumed. The TRNSYS software provides an efficient numerical tool to model and evaluate a cooling system. Furthermore, since solar-...

Thermoelectric (TE) based cooling and heating systems offer significant advantages over conventional vapor compression including no need for refrigeration or major moving parts, high controllability, scalability. The purpose of the present study is to provide an energy economic assessment performance a TE-based radiant system building applications. It considered that TE modules are integrated i...

To test whether baboons are capable of implementing selective brain cooling, we measured, every 5 min, the temperature in their hypothalamus, carotid arterial bloodstream, and abdominal cavity. The baboons were unrestrained and exposed to 22 degrees C for 7 days and then to a cyclic environment with 15 degrees C at night and 35 degrees C during the day for a further 7 days. During the latter 7 ...