current standards for indoor comfort are based on studies of adults, but they also apply tochildren, even though children differ in terms of metabolic rates, clothing types, activity levels, and preferences in space arrangement. children are also more sensitive to a range of environmental factors, they are usually unable to interact with their environment, and they accept indoor conditions pass...

current standards for indoor comfort are based on studies of adults, but they also apply tochildren, even though children differ in terms of metabolic rates, clothing types, activity levels, and preferences in space arrangement. children are also more sensitive to a range of environmental factors, they are usually unable to interact with their environment, and they accept indoor conditions pass...

There is very little knowledge on the occupant actual hot water comfort (temperature and flow), usage practice, routines (temporal spatial distribution of in a household). This paper describes results from total measurements two Danish detached houses. The show that, at draw-off points, temperature 55 °C never asked by occupants, not even kitchen sink. domestic differentiates depending function...

In the present research, performance validation of a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system operating in a library building was conducted. The operating HVAC system was studied in terms of the provided indoor air conditions and energy consumption level. The fieldwork measurements showed that the HVAC system is not capable of providing the desired indoor air conditions based on...

Industrialization and increasing demand for the consumption of fossil fuels cause that energy becomes a strategic factor. Energy crisis and the emergence of modern architecture led designers to pay more attention to the important task of building's envelope. Building skins play an important role in building thermal behavior and reduce energy consumption. If Double Skin Facades properly designed...

Campus buildings are educational facilities where various amount of energy consumption for lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation occurs. Some of the new universities in Turkey, where this investigation takes place, still continue their educational activities in existing buildings primarily designed for different architectural programs and converted to campus buildings via changes of functi...

Existing research on user's satisfaction at the workplace have shown that occupants' perceived comfort depends a number of environmental and non-environmental factors forgiveness, meant as indulgent attitude towards inadequate indoor conditions, becomes an essential element in ultimately rated level appreciation space. The aim this study was to determine what extent building façade design may a...

There is little specific knowledge of actual temperature conditions in buildings. This paper contributes with results from a detailed long-term monitoring campaign 17 households. Furthermore, these measurements are combined qualitative interviews 22 occupants 16 households, on their heating practices. Implications for the assessment heat demand flexibility potential discussed, and it suggested ...

Higher education institutions (HEI) are the centre of learning and teaching that responsible for producing high-quality first-generation. The inadequate number student accommodations also resulted in stacking several students one room, leading to discomfort, space constraints, lack privacy, other health conditions. This study investigates level indoor thermal comfort on occupant living at resid...

A paradigm change in the management of environmental health issues has been observed in recent years: instead of managing specific risks individually, a holistic vision of environmental problems would assure sustainable solutions. However, concrete actions that could help translate these recommendations into interventions are lacking. This review presents the relevance of using an integrated in...