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Zhengshu Chen, Yanqiu Cui, Haichao Zheng, Ruihan Wei and Shuo Zhao
The atrium space represents one of the most energy-intensive areas within buildings. This is especially evident in college teaching buildings, where the inclusion of atriums often leads to increased energy consumption, primarily due to enhancements in li...
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Chao Liu, Chunhai Sun, Guangyuan Li, Wenjia Yang and Fang Wang
The present study provides comprehensive analyses of a newly constructed passive energy-efficient building located in Harbin, China, which is a prime example of how to design a passive building that withstands the severe cold climate in northeast Asia. C...
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Michael Tesfaye Bekele and Cemil Atakara
Residential buildings have a list of functions, and one of the top priories is the thermal comfort of its occupants. Thermal comfort can be one of the measurements of successful building performance, and it can be addressed in various ways to provide a g...
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Sana Dardouri, Ekrem Tunçbilek, Othmen Khaldi, Müslüm Arici and Jalila Sghaier
Energy conservation in buildings has been the focus of many studies since nearly one-third of global energy consumption is due to buildings. Phase change material (PCM) technology promises to be an attractive solution for energy saving in buildings since...
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Soonmyung Lee and Sanghoon Park
In order to expand the zero-energy building, it is necessary to evaluate the economic feasibility of the passive and active elements applied to achieve the zero-energy building. The purpose of this study is to verify the final energy consumption and inve...
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Yaogen Peng, Huijun Mao, Zhichao Liu and Cheng Wei
Natural ventilation is one of the vital means for passive energy-efficient design in green buildings. As a widely used building façade, the perforated plate is mostly utilized for appearance decoration, noise absorption, and sun shading, but its impact o...
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Akshay Satishkumar Baheti and Vasant Annasaheb Matsagar
Wind and/or earthquake-imposed loadings on two dynamically similar adjacent buildings cause vigorous shaking that can be mitigated using energy dissipating devices. Here, the vibration response control in such adjacent structures interconnected with semi...
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Malgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak, Mark Bomberg, David W. Yarbrough, Lowell E. Lingo and Anna Romanska-Zapala
Protests during the 2021 Climate Conference in Glasgow exemplified our dilemma. The establishment perpetuates old thinking, while young people demand a new approach to mitigate the impact of climate change. The authors agree with the young people, and as...
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Ahmed A. Freewan, Neda?a M. Jaradat and Ikrima A. Amaireh
Due to global concerns about energy issues, global warming, and urban quality, vertical greening systems (VGS) are receiving more attention in construction and design research. Therefore, VGS has become part of building envelope design as a passive techn...
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Luca Zaniboni and Rossano Albatici
Current literature and guidelines on sustainable design often debate on the advantages of natural ventilation (NV) and mechanical ventilation (MV) on indoor environment and energy consumption. The present systematic review explores the existing literatur...
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