Consistent with the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 (NEPACT), the State of Washington recently adopted a Non-Residential Energy Code (NREC), based on ASHRAE/Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Standard 90.11989. This process encompassed significantly more effort than simply adopting the entire Standard 90.1. Evaluations indicated less than satisfactory compliance with the previous code, a...

Learning to avoid threats in the environment is highly adaptive. However, sometimes a dysregulation of fear memories processing may underlie fear-related disorders. Despite recent advances, a major question of how to effectively attenuate persistent fear memories in a safe manner remains unresolved. Here we show experiments employing a behavioural tool to target a specific time window after tra...

The direct-condensation panel was demonstrated to be effective in reducing carbon emissions of space heating for its high energy efficiency. To expand application prospects, the thermal performances Direct-Condensation Panel (DCP) with various aspect ratios are investigated and compared this paper. results show that vertical temperature gradients working area 0.1 m 1.5 1.6°C 3.3°C DCP ratio 0.4...

This study investigates different cases to obtain optimal Window-to-Wall ratio (WWR) in seven climate conditions based on the Köppen–Geiger classification. The WWR was decided minimum amount of total energy use (total cooling, heating, and lighting use) a building model during complete year. impact overhang automatic blinds were assessed optimization for with integrated control. Moreover, three...

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...

The VAV Reheat Versus Active Chilled Beams & DOAS paper published in the May 2013 issue of the ASHRAE Journal covers an HVAC system design competition for a real office building at UC in Davis, California. The systems under evaluation are Active Chilled Beams with Dedicated Outdoor Air (ACB+DOAS), a Variable Air Volume system with Reheat (VAVR) and a hybrid of VAVR and ACB’s. Energy and cost mo...