Metrics for quantifying thermal comfort and energy consumption focus on the role of mechanical systems, not architecture. This paper proposes a new metric, "Thermal Autonomy," that links occupant comfort to climate, building fabric, and building operation. Thermal Autonomy measures how much of the available ambient energy resources a building can harness rather than how much fuel heating and co...

Multiple unusual vibrations occurred in SEG Plaza from May 18 to 20, 2021. To investigate the causes of these vibrations, a rigidity compression wind tunnel test was applied study wind-induced response main structure, and acceleration sensitivity analysis conducted with parameters such as speed, structural period damping ratio included. Additionally, mast vortex-induced resonance equivalent for...

High-rise buildings with a large proportion of transparent areas, where conventional external overheating protection cannot be used due to the wind loads, are often problematic from an energetic and comfort point of view. In this paper a glass façade system is examined, which controls the energy flows within the transparent building envelope. Two fluid-filled layers are implemented in a glass f...

Deteriorated urban microclimate and poor outdoor thermal comfort is an increasing problem in cities in the tropics due to the combined effect of urban and global warming. Microclimate measurements (wind speed, air temperature and humidity, and globe temperature) were carried out in different parts of the warm-humid city Guayaquil, Ecuador. Simultaneously about 400 persons were asked for their s...

The purpose of the study is to analyze and identify most unfavorable pedestrian comfort zones in Krasnodar Territory. article uses a methodology for assessing comfort, which takes into account distribution wind speeds along rose, pulsation component average speed, duration manifestation certain direction. assessment occurs according three levels excess indicates negative impact on person. As re...

A simulated annealing based algorithm is presented for the determination of optimal ship routes through the minimization of a cost function. This cost function is a weighted sum of the time of voyage and the voyage comfort (safety is taken into account too). The latter is dependent on both the wind speed and direction and the wave height and direction. The algorithm first discretizes an initial...

the universal thermal climate index (utci) addresses these shortcomings by using an advanced thermo-physiological model. the aim of this study was to investigate and prepare zoning of thermal comfort condition using utci. meteorological data including temperature, wind speed, cloudiness and relative humidity were obtained on a daily time scale from 10 synoptic stations during (2004-2013) period...

introduction science of climatic design is defined as a set of theoretical principles and practical methods of management. the knowledge wants to provide a suitable living environment leading to healthy life based on sustainable development and the coherence relationship between the concepts of climatology, architecture and urban design. this attempts to provide aesthetic elements as the main c...

Given the 516 Arouca pedestrian suspension bridge’s design and characteristics, owner, a municipality, required set of tests in order to evaluate its aerodynamic characteristics dynamic response, aiming at both structural safety user comfort. Wind tunnel were performed over sectional scaled model obtain static coefficients response. The carried out on different bridge configurations—a deck with...