Some types of biomass stoves, such as charcoal stoves, tend to be difficult to light due to poor initial draft and sensitivity to ambient wind. Decreasing the time necessary to light such stoves could increase user acceptance and convenience and decrease the user’s exposure to harmful emissions, as ignition is one of the smokiest portions of a cooking fire and may require close tending attentio...

The use of a design tool materializing the performative design concept is presented. The association of parametric design with lighting intentions leads to a light-based parametric design approach. This approach have been implemented through an inverse natural lighting model which is intended to aid the daylight design (windows, shading devices or others) in the early stages of architectural de...

The COPE (cost-effective open plan environments) project investigates the effect of open-plan office design on the indoor environment and on the occupant satisfaction with that environment. COPE is sponsored by a consortium of North American public and privatesector organizations and relies on field, laboratory and simulation studies to address design aspects like acoustics, lighting quality, i...