supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFC3803201).
The air conditioning(A/C)of cabins allows for customized control,but manual adjustments may distract drivers,as well as result in energy inefficiency.Several existing thermal sensation models require complex inputs,wh...
This research was funded by General project of Shandong social science planning and research project(Grant No.21CSHJ06);National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Foundation(Grant No.51908301);Shandong Natural Science Foundation Training Fund(Grant No.ZR2019PEE034).
The study addresses the issue of monotonous and lengthy corridors with a single spatial form commonly found in Chinese elderly facilities.We aim to assess the influence of the built spatial environment on the emotions...
This study was jointly funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC0700500);the Opening Fund of Key Laboratory of Plateau Green Building and Ecological Community in Qinghai Province(No.KLKF-2020-005).
Natural ventilation(NV)has been considered a simple and effective method of ventilation.However,the intro-duction of NV does not achieve better indoor air quality(IAQ)when the outdoor atmospheric environment is pollut...
The philosophy of building energy management is going through a paradigm change from traditional,often inefficient,user-controlled systems to one that is centrally automated with the aid of IoT-enabled technologies.In...
Building envelope is the sole interface with outdoors that can lie in the level of integrating control strategies to enhance occupant's comfort and building performance. However, in the literature, there is still a la...
This work is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFC3803201)。
Determining required sample size is one of the critical pathways to reproducible,reliable and robust results in human-related studies.This paper aims to answer a fundamental but often overlooked question:what sample s...
This work is partly supported by US National Science Foundation(Award No.1952140 and 2026719).Any opinions,findings recommendations,and conclusions in this paper are those of the authors,and do not necessarily reflect the views of US National Science Foundation.
Built environments,occupants,and microbiomes constitute a system of ecosystems with extensive interactions that impact one another.Understanding the interactions between these systems is essential to develop strategie...
The primary objective of this paper is to demonstrate improved energy efficiency for domestic hot water(DHW)production in residential buildings.This is done by deriving data-driven optimal heating schedules(used inter...
Project(No.BAP 2011/76) supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Kirikkale University,Turkey
An innovative occupant friendly retrofitting technique has been developed for reinforced concrete(RC) building structures with hollow brick infill walls used as partition walls which constitute the major portion of th...
The environmental psychology ofa workspace is a rich and diverse field of study that is growing fast and gaining popularity. The indoor environmental factors in workspaces should follow functional as well as behaviora...