In many parts of the world,the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity.Climate change is tipping the balance.Average global temperatures are now roughly 1.2℃...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Founda-tion of China(Grant no.51978481)。
Occupant behavior largely influence the energy use within buildings.In the multi-occupant office,occupant behavior is affected by individual preference as well as the interaction among occupants,and yet no suitable mo...
The authors thank the Department of Science and Technology(DST),Government of India,New Delhi for funding this study(Reference No.:SR/S3/MERC/00091/2012).
Construction and operation of buildings are responsible for about 20%of the global energy consumption.The embodied energy of conventional buildings is high due to the utilization of energy-intensive construction mate-...
The project is financed via a public grant of the Rijksdienst Voor Ondernemend Nederland(RVO,https://www.rvo.nl/)within the Urban Energy 2018 Research-Line with Grant No.TEUE318008.The grant is awarded to the following consortium:The Delft University of Technology(https://www.tudelft.nl/en),Van Dorp B.V.,Hunter Douglas Europe B.V.(https://www.hunterdouglasarchitectural.eu/),Priva B.V.(https://www.priva.com/nl)and the Green Village Foundation(https://www.thegreenvillage.org/en/).
This research evaluates the performance of a Phase Change Material(PCM)battery integrated into the climate system of a new transparent meeting center.The main research questions are:a.“Can the performance of the batt...
supported in part by the US Department of Energy(No.DE-EE0008189)and the National Science Foundation(Nos.1743418 and 1843025).
Most heating,ventilation,and air-conditioning(HVAC)systems operate with one or more faults that result in increased energy consumption and that could lead to system failure over time.Today,most building owners are per...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51906181);the 2021 Construction Technology Plan Project of Hubei Province (No.2021-83);the Excellent Young and Middle-aged Talent in Universities of Hubei Province,China (Q20181110).
For building heating,ventilation and air-conditioning systems(HVACs),sensor faults significantly affect the operation and control.Sensors with accurate and reliable measurements are critical for ensuring the precise i...
This study was supported by the Shenzhen Sustainable Development Science and Technology Project(2021N033);the National Key Research and Development Program(2016YFC0700404);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51676145).
This paper systematically describes the technical principles,evaluation indicators,system forms and research progress of air-side evaporative cooling air conditioning systems,water-side evaporative cooling air conditi...
Facility management and maintenance of the Thermal-Energy-Storage Air-Conditioning(TES-AC)system is a tedious task at a large scale mainly due to the charging load that can increase energy consumption if needed to be ...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFC0214500)and the Energy Foundation Beijing Representative Office in China。
With the Kigali Amendment(KA)coming into effect in China,the control of hydrofuorocarbons(HFCs)emissions has become more imperative.The mobile air-conditioning(MAC)sector is one of the important HFCs consumer sectors,...
Due to the different approaches in determining the ventilation airflow rate per person for workspaces,where high-temperature air conditioning systems are used for air conditioning,problems with the condensation of wat...