The achievement of a good visual environment is key to guaranteeing human satisfaction
indoors. In this context, it is crucial to assess the visual environment through the …

Occupant behavior has been widely considered as one of the key influencing factors on
building energy consumption. The complexity of its formation mechanism and the dynamic …

Buildings consume more than one-third of the world's primary energy. Reducing energy use
and greenhouse-gas emissions in the buildings sector through energy conservation and …

People spend more than 90% of their life time in buildings, which makes occupant behavior
one of the leading influences of energy consumption in buildings. Occupancy and occupant …

Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is a promising technology increasingly applied to various
research fields, including building science and occupant comfort research. Using immersive …

Wood can be used for various applications, such as for carbon storage, to enhance
structural strength, and to promote biophilia; additionally, wooden building can positively …

Despite its marked success in recent years, it is still not clear how Virtual Reality (VR) can
assist architects at the early stages of ideation and design. In this paper, we approach VR to …

In this paper, a systematic approach is presented to (1) collect end-user lighting-related
behavior by using immersive virtual environments (IVEs) as an experimental tool,(2) …

The design of the lighting environment inside the tunnel has a profound impact on the long-
term operation of the tunnel. The existing field studies, full-scale experiments and simulation …

Virtual Reality application in holistic investigations for energy and cost-saving building
design, aimed at humans' well-being and performance, is still emerging and needs …