Measuring the right factors: A review of variables and models for thermal comfort and indoor air quality

N Ma, D Aviv, H Guo, WW Braham - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The indoor environment directly affects health and comfort as humans spend most of the day
indoors. However, improperly controlled ventilation systems can expend unnecessary …

A review of studies applying machine learning models to predict occupancy and window-opening behaviours in smart buildings

X Dai, J Liu, X Zhang - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
This study carries out a literature review on studies using machine learning (ML) models to
predict occupancy and window-opening behaviour and their application in smart buildings …

COVID-19 lockdowns and air quality: Evidence from grey spatiotemporal forecasts

M Gao, H Yang, Q Xiao, M Goh - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel grey spatiotemporal model and quantitatively analyzes the
spillover and momentum effects of the COVID-19 lockdown policy on the concentration of …

A deep learning approach towards the detection and recognition of opening of windows for effective management of building ventilation heat losses and reducing …

PW Tien, S Wei, T Liu, J Calautit, J Darkwa, C Wood - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Building ventilation accounts for up to 30% of the heat loss in commercial buildings and 25%
in industrial buildings. To effectively aid the reduction of energy consumption in the building …

[HTML][HTML] Using recurrent neural networks for localized weather prediction with combined use of public airport data and on-site measurements

JM Han, YQ Ang, A Malkawi, HW Samuelson - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Weather data is a crucial input for myriad applications in the built environment, including
building energy modeling and daylight analysis. Building science practitioners and …

Climatic and seasonal suitability of phase change materials coupled with night ventilation for office buildings in Western China

J Liu, Y Liu, L Yang, T Liu, C Zhang, H Dong - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Phase change material (PCM) coupled with night ventilation (NV) is regarded as a
promising cooling strategy. The suitability of PCM coupled with NV in transition and hot …

Online monitoring of PM2. 5 and CO2 in residential buildings under different ventilation modes in Xi'an city

H Yin, X Zhai, Y Ning, Z Li, Z Ma, X Wang, A Li - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) is essential to the productivity and wellbeing of building
occupants. In order to study the indoor air quality in residential buildings in Xi'an in the cold …

Indoor environmental quality evaluation of lecture classrooms in an institutional building in a cold climate

L Zhong, J Yuan, B Fleck - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, ventilation, indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal and acoustic conditions, and
lighting were studied to evaluate the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in an institutional …

Thermal comfort diversity in Chinese urban residential buildings across various climates

D Lai, J Liu, Z Wu, J Pei, Y Qi, H Zhang, H Yoshino - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
China has a vast territory with a variety of climates. Residents living in different climate
zones are exposed to different indoor thermal environments in their homes and thus may …

Cross-building prediction of natural ventilation rate with small datasets based on a hybrid ensembled transfer learning

H Park, DY Park, JJ Son, JH Choi - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural ventilation (NV) systems are becoming increasingly popular as they improve indoor
air quality (IAQ) and reduce building energy usage. However, predicting future NV rates is a …