Due to the superiority of functional requirements of equipment and systems over human requirements in the field of architectural and environmental design of industrial buildings, users have to adapt themselves to the conditions which might be followed by imposed biological and psychological pressures. The present study examines the components and environmental parameters influenced by building ...

This paper describes development of substructure real-time online response testing system (SROLT) for seismically isolated building with a small delay using existing experimental equipment. Authors made analytical examinations the influence to test results caused by equipment, and developed control method minimize problem. It was demonstrated various that has sufficient accuracy as SROLT buildi...

Almost half of the total energy used in the U.S. buildings is consumed by heating, ventilation and air conditionings (HVAC) according to EIA statistics. Among various driving factors to energy performance of building, operations and maintenance play a significant role. Many researches have been done to look at design efficiencies and operational controls for improving energy performance of buil...

Model based control has been proven to have significant building energy saving potentials through operation optimization. Accurate and computationally efficient, and costeffective building energy model are essential for model based control. Existing studies in this area have mostly been focusing on reducing computation burden using simplified physics based modeling approach. However, creating a...

OBJECTIVES In Korea, an average of 258 workers claim compensation for their noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) on an annual basis. Indeed, hearing disorder ranks first in the number of diagnoses made by occupational medical check-ups. Against this backdrop, this study analyzed the impact of 19 types of noise-generating machines and equipment on the sound pressure levels in workplaces and NIHL oc...

In online context, the design and implementation of effective remote laboratories environment is highly challenging on account of hardware and software needs. This paper presents the remote laboratory software framework modified from ilab shared architecture (ISA). The ISA is a framework which enables students to remotely acccess and control experimental hardware using internet infrastructure. ...