It is imperative that climate, energy, and sustainability policy researchers practitioners grapple with the difficulty of decarbonizing heat, which remains largest single end-use energy service worldwide. In this study, based on a comparative assessment five original representative national surveys in Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (N = 10,109), we explore public attitudes househ...

Studying the thermal environment in classrooms is essential due to its impact on students' health, teaching, learning, and productivity. In Nigerian context, there a general lack of comfort studies, none specifically relate secondary school settings. This study aims investigate perceptions indoor determine optimum temperature naturally ventilated tropical savanna climate. Field investigations w...

To analyze the effect of summer ventilation on the thermal performance and energy efficiency of buildings utilizing phase change materials (PCMs), this paper simulated the indoor temperature variation and energy saving performance of buildings constructed with PCM under different ventilation conditions from June to September. With EnergyPlus and degree-day method, 48 ventilation schemes, includ...

A lthough urban areas comprise a very small fraction of Earth’s land cover (Schneider et al. 2009), over half of global population live in urban agglomerations. Therefore, it is important to monitor, understand, and predict the modifications occurring in local weather and climate due to urbanization, particularly for the perspective of accurate high-resolution weather and air-quality forecastin...

Buildings were responsible for over 30% of total Chinese energy consumption in 2010. With a wild range of climate conditions and a separate air conditioning structure in campus buildings, it is significant but difficult to assess the energy performance of campus buildings in China. This paper proposes a novel mechanism to assess energy performance of campus buildings, using a fuzzy analytic net...

Energy conservation issues and environmental problems in recent years have increased interest in traditional architecture which is well known for its energy saving designs. This paper thoroughly investigates vernacular housing designs and evaluates on the aspect of building physics. A new research methodology which is adapted to the natural and social context of Vietnam was proposed and applied...

Many studies have shown that floor-supply displacement ventilation systems are better than mixing ventilation systems. The benefits include indoor air quality, thermal comfort, and reduced energy use. The energy benefits depend on the climate conditions. This research compared the energy use of a floor-supply displacement ventilation system in a large industrial workshop with that of a mixing v...