Environmental sustainability approaches and positive energy districts: a literature review

I Marotta, F Guarino, S Longo, M Cellura - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the last decade, increasing attention has been paid to the emerging concept of
Positive Energy Districts (PED) with the aim of pushing the transition to clean energy, but …

Weighting of indoor environment quality parameters for occupant satisfaction and energy efficiency

S Roumi, F Zhang, RA Stewart, M Santamouris - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable retrofit can increase a building's performance and extend its lifetime. Common
sustainable retrofit guides usually ignore the building's indoor environmental quality (IEQ) …

[HTML][HTML] Visitors' satisfaction towards indoor environmental quality in Australian hotels and serviced apartments

F Zhang, K Seshadri, VPD Pattupogula… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tourism is Australia's fourth-largest exporting sector, yet insufficient research has been done
on how satisfied guests are with the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of Australian guest …

Global research trends on building indoor environmental quality modelling and indexing systems—a scientometric review

S Roumi, F Zhang, RA Stewart - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study is to provide a holistic review of two decades of research
advancement in the indoor environmental quality modelling and indexing field (IEQMI) using …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor environment quality effects on occupant satisfaction and energy consumption: Empirical evidence from subtropical offices

S Roumi, F Zhang, RA Stewart, M Santamouris - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of indoor environment quality (IEQ) on occupant satisfaction
and energy consumption in Australia's subtropical office buildings. First, Kano's model was …

Impacts of connections to the outside on underground space occupants' psychophysiological health: A virtual reality-based experimental approach

IYS Chan, Z Dong, H Chen - Tunnelling and Underground Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
Underground space occupants tend to face more psychophysiological health risks than their
aboveground counterparts. Enabling a certain level of connection (eg, physical, visual, or a …

Optimisation of commercial buildings envelope to reduce energy consumption and improve indoor environmental quality (IEQ) using NSGA-II algorithm

S Nazari, B Sajadi, I Sheikhansari - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, a commercial building envelope is optimised to reduce energy consumption
while simultaneously increasing thermal and visual comfort. Design parameters include …

[HTML][HTML] Annual variation characteristics of air conditioning operating behavior and its impact on model application in office buildings

X Zhou - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Air conditioning (AC) is an important component of building energy consumption. Reducing
building AC energy consumption has attracted significant research interest worldwide …

The Impact of Indoor Environmental Quality on Occupant Satisfaction in Commercial Buildings: A Comparison of Building Expert Opinions and Residents' Experiences

F Mokhtariyan Sorkhan, S Roumi… - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) factors influencing occupant
satisfaction in commercial buildings in Iran, contrasting the views of building experts …

Is 24.9° C Too Hot to Think? A Call to Raise Temperature Setpoints in Australian Offices

S Marzban, C Candido, A Brambilla, O Gocer… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The current+− 0.5 PMV (Predicted Mean Vote) targets adopted by NABERS (National
Australian Built Environment Rating System) is the practical range deemed acceptable for …