Thermal comfort is an essential parameter for the well-being of occupants in buildings. This paper aims to analyze thermal a 400-person capacity-art center auditorium at Universitas Indonesia. The physical parameters evaluated include temperature and humidity according both ASHRAE-55-2010 National SNI 03-6572-2001 standards on conditions. air conditioning system utiliz...

abstract nature has developed materials, objects and processes that function from the macro scale to the nano scale. the understanding of the functions provided by objects and processes found in nature can guide us to imitate and produce appropriate architectural forms. biomimicry is a science that derives inspiration for solutions to human problems through the study of natural designs, systems...

-49 Abstract — On April 10 of 2015 Pekka Siirtola defended his PhD thesis, called “Recognizing Human Activities Based on Wearable Inertial Measurements Methods and Applications” [1]. The thesis was supervised by Professor Juha Röning and preeximined by Associate Professors Ulf Johansson from University of Borås, Sweden, and Daniel Roggen from University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Pekka Siirtol...

The Conference Office is located in the Sterling Hall of Medicine, Mezzanine. Messages may be left with the Yale University Conferences Services, 203/432-0465, FAX: 203432-7345. Shuttle bus service will be available from the Holiday Inn at Yale Hotel, and Calhoun College (dormitories) to the Commons Dining Hall and Sterling Hall of Medicine (Harkness Auditorium). The Commons Dining Hall is appr...

The Fifth International Institute of Forecasters Workshop on “Predictability of Financial Markets” was celebrated during 16 and 17th of January 2009 in the old beautiful building of the ISEG in Lisbon. In the old times, this building was a monastery and we have used its impressive cloister decorated with typical Portuguese tiles for the coffee breaks and lunches. The presentations have taken pl...

In tropical countries such as Brazil, there is not enough information about microbial contaminants in indoor environments with air conditioning systems. Microbial monitoring of such environments is important for the quality of human life. The aim of this work was to assess the fungal genera and bacterial morphotypes occurring in such environments. Air samples were taken indoors and outdoors fro...

Background and Challenges Modeling the acoustic properties of a virtual environment is an important step in simulating the acoustic response of building such as auditorium. It is also gaining importance for interactive applications such as games or virtual environments, where spatialized sound adds a stronger immersion effect. In practice, realistic sound can only be achieved by simulation of t...