Architecture plays a significant role in understanding a particular culture at a specific period of time. However, traditional architecture representations, i.e. two-dimensional photographs and abstract drawings or threedimensional miniature models, are difficult for non-professionals to understand. This paper presents an architecture representation framework―MIES―that combines information tech...

The Voronoi diagram (VD) and the Delaunay triangulation (DT) can be used for modelling different kinds of data for different purposes. These two structures are attractive alternatives to rasters to discretise a continuous phenomenon such as the percentage of gold in the soil, the temperature of the water, or the elevation of a terrain. They can also be used to represent the boundaries of real-w...

A convolutional neural network (CNN)-based inter-floor noise source type classifier and locator with input from a single microphone was proposed in [Appl. Sci. 9, 3735 (2019)] validated campus building experiment. In this study, the following extensions are presented: (1) data collections of nearly 4700 events that contain same types as those previous work at positions on floors above/below two...

The article shows results of studies on assessing the effectiveness new principles for heat recovery exhaust air in ventilation systems apartment buildings (AB). Technological solutions are known that provide heating supply systems. efficiency such can reach 90%, but only coldest five-day period year with maximum temperature difference between and air. At all other times season, recuperative ex...

Abstract-According to SECA program guidelines, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) will be produced in the form of 3–10 kW modules for residential use. In addition to residential use, these modules can also be used in apartment buildings, hospitals, etc., where a higher power rating would be required. For example, a hospital might require a 250 kW power supply. To provide this power using the SOFC mo...

We studied the extent and nature of fungal colonization of building materials in 58 naturally ventilated apartments that had suffered various kinds of water damage in relation to air sampling done before the physical inspections. The results of air samples from each apartment were compared by rank order of species with pooled data from outdoor air. Approximately 90% of the apartments that had s...