...Yongjia Xu; Xuguang Wang; Yihan Zhou; Fengxuan Liu Purpose This study aims to provide a detailed spatiotemporal analysis of indoor thermal comfort by introducing a novel approach for reconstructing air temperature and air velocity fields. Design/methodology/approach Strategic deep neural...

...Alvaro Garay; Angie Ruiz; Jose Guevara Purpose This study aims to analyze the technical, environmental, economic and thermal comfort impacts of implementing passive measures and heating systems in Ciudad Verde, a large-scale social housing project located at the periphery of Bogota, Colombia...

...Zul-Atfi Bin Ismail Purpose Improper evaluation and information mismanagement concerning thermal comfort appears to negatively affect occupants' satisfaction and building energy consumption in precast concrete (PC) building contexts. Predictive models are particularly problematic in PC building...

...Yaolin Lin; Wei Yang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a tri-optimization approach to optimize design solutions regarding the building shape and envelope properties considering their implications on thermal comfort, visual comfort and building energy consumption (EN...

... Cool roof Energy efficiency Thermal comfort Supermarket Sustainable cities A smart sustainable city is defined as a city that meets the needs of its present inhabitants, without compromising the ability of other people or future generations to meet their needs. Thus, this, supported...

... on assessing the level of thermal stress both in and outdoors towards finding measures to reduce overheating in spaces within the Savannah climatic region of Ghana through a four-stage approach. Design/methodology/approach A four-stage approach has been used for the study; thus, a thermal comfort analysis...