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Jinghang Xiao, Bo Liang, Jia?an Niu and Can Qin
In response to the special feature of the east?west oriented road tunnel entrance being easily exposed to direct sunlight, a study was conducted on the glare phenomenon at the access zone for this type of tunnel and on the time-varying characteristics of...
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He Zhao and Wei Zhang
There are few studies on the climate and glacial scale in the mountains east of the Qinghai?Tibet Plateau. So, we used glacial features to determine the range of the area?s paleoglaciers and the equilibrium line altitude (ELA) of theGlA modern and paleog...
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Jaka Potocnik and Mitja Ko?ir
The difference between the functioning of the human non-visual and photopic systems has elicited the need for complex in situ measurements or time-consuming multi-spectral simulations to accurately predict the non-visual luminous content of the indoor en...
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Marwa Kamal Fahmy, Ahmad Eltaweel, Rana Abdollahi Rizi and Negin Imani
Insufficient daylighting can negatively affect working quality and productivity and increase lighting energy consumption in buildings. Particularly, the western orientation has a non-uniform daylighting distribution, especially at the zone next to the wi...
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Rana Abdollahi Rizi, Hamed Sangin, Kiana Haghighatnejad Chobari, Ahmad Eltaweel and Robyn Phipps
The future of building envelope design lies in smart adaptation. The current literature overlooks the crucial integration of airflow, ventilation and daylighting in adaptive façade design. Moreover, it neglects the occupants? locations, activities and in...
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Yibing Xue and Wenhan Liu
Atriums play an irreplaceable role within the plan of modern commercial buildings. However, the presence of skylights makes the atrium suffer from unfavorable conditions such as overheating, high energy consumption, and glare, which can be partially redu...
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Ehsan Sorooshnia, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Maria Rashidi, Mahsan Sadeghi and Bijan Samali
In humid subtropical climates with a green environment, windows are the most dominant envelope elements affecting indoor visual and thermal comfort and visual connection to the outdoors. This research aims to optimize a dynamic external shading system fo...
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Fawaz Alharbi, Meshal I. Almoshaogeh, Anwar H. Ibrahim, Husnain Haider, Abd Elaziz M. Elmadina and Ibrahim Alfallaj
Saudi Arabian urban roads and highways have witnessed a large number of traffic crashes. Road lighting is one of the most important factors influencing drivers? safety during the nighttime. Street-lighting design (e.g., spacing and height), visibility (e...
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Negar Heidari Matin, Ali Eydgahi and Payam Matin
The photochromic coating is a promising smart technology that provides different optical properties in response to daylight variations. The application of photochromic coatings with various colors/shades on window glass is one of the current research app...
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Zebiao Shao, Bo Wang, Yao Xu, Liang Sun, Xichen Ge, Lvpei Cai and Cheng Chang
Building skin can provide comprehensive functions of energy production, daylighting, and shading with an integrated transmissive solar-concentrating panel. In this study, Rhino Grasshopper parametric modeling, Ladybug tool performance simulation, and Oct...
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