Experimental study of local thermal comfort and ventilation performance for mixing, displacement and stratum ventilation in an office

X Tian, B Li, Y Ma, D Liu, Y Li, Y Cheng - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Satisfactory thermal comfort and efficient removals of airborne contaminants are crucial to
the work efficiency and health of occupants. Different air distributions can generate distinct …

Incorporating online monitoring data into fast prediction models towards the development of artificial intelligent ventilation systems

J Ren, SJ Cao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
It has proved that LLVM (Low-dimensional Linear Ventilation Models)-based ANN (artificial
neural network) method is able to realize ventilation online control (modes or airflow rates) …

Sustainable underground environment integrating hybrid ventilation, photovoltaic thermal and ground source heat pump

Y Wen, SK Lau, J Leng, K Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable underground environments face 'high temperature, humidity and pollution'from
heavy internal loads and warming climate. Relying on mechanical ventilation and ignoring …

Benchmarking the sustainability of concrete and steel modular construction for buildings in urban development

W Pan, Z Zhang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The modular approach has been increasingly adopted for building projects. However, few
previous studies investigated the performance of different modular construction systems and …

A review of ventilation and cooling systems for large-scale pig farms

Z Hu, Q Yang, Y Tao, L Shi, J Tu, Y Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the rapid development of modern livestock husbandry, the effectiveness and energy
efficiency of cooling systems used in farming buildings have come to the public's attention …

Fast prediction for multi-parameters (concentration, temperature and humidity) of indoor environment towards the online control of HVAC system

HC Zhu, C Ren, SJ Cao - Building Simulation, 2021 - Springer
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are the most energy-consuming
building implements for the improvement of indoor environmental quality (IEQ). We have …

[HTML][HTML] A review of recent literature on systems and methods for the control of thermal comfort in buildings

B Grassi, EA Piana, AM Lezzi, M Pilotelli - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thermal comfort in indoor environments is perceived as an important factor for the well-
being and productivity of the occupants. To practically create a comfortable environment, a …

Experimental investigations on the thermal performance of a novel ground heat exchanger under the synergistic effects of shape-stabilized phase change material …

Q Liu, Y Tao, L Shi, Y Huang, Y Peng, Y Wang, J Tu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Ground source heat pump (GSHP) is known as the most promising green energy utilization
technology in the 21st century. However, the heat transfer efficiency of GSHP systems …

Thermal comfort investigation of stratified indoor environment in displacement ventilation: Climate-adaptive building with smart windows

K Javad, G Navid - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
The impact of combination of a passive ventilation system and smart windows in a climate-
adaptive building is studied. A 3D steady-state RANS CFD simulation with a SST k-ω …

Economic and environmental impacts of energy efficiency over smart cities and regulatory measures using a smart technological solution

C Wang, J Gu, OS Martínez, RG Crespo - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2021 - Elsevier
Smart cities are a safe and productive regional service that provides their residents with a
good standard of living by optimizing resource development. Considering the nature of the …