Civil And Environmental Engineering Reports,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(3), P. 50 - 62
Published: Dec. 7, 2023
Improving
the
energy
performance
of
buildings
has
thus
become
a
major
challenge,
as
building
sector
is
now
one
main
sources
consumption
and
contributors
to
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
Faced
with
these
alarming
challenges,
current
design
in
north
based
on
minimizing
heat
loss.
However,
this
logic
not
necessarily
most
relevant
southern
countries,
characterized
by
excessive
insufficient,
variable
rainfall.
The
best
way
achieve
through
sustainable
design,
its
intrinsic,
energy-saving
qualities,
exploited
effective
modeling.
This
article
focuses
ideas
innovations
that
are
helping
overcome
challenges.
results
introducing
porch
into
represent
practice
arid
zones
beyond
terms
how
it
thermally
insulated.
resulted
significant
reduction
thermal
load
ratio
up
53.55%.
latest
research
aims
provide
construction
professionals
concrete
examples
process,
technical
feasibility,
optimization
digitization
climatic
data
from
zone.
Indoor Air,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2024, P. 1 - 25
Published: April 8, 2024
Indoor
environmental
quality
(IEQ)
significantly
impacts
human
health,
well-being,
and
productivity.
However,
a
comprehensive
in-depth
review
of
the
combined
effects
IAQ
other
multi-domain
factors
on
productivity
is
lacking.
There
has
not
been
any
prior
that
encapsulates
impact
physiological
responses
occupants.
To
address
this
gap,
paper
investigates
highlights
(thermal,
visual,
acoustic)
occupant
well-being
in
built
environment.
The
explores
various
research
methods,
including
evaluation
creativity,
data
collection,
signal
analysis.
We
also
examined
interactions
between
factors,
as
well
strategies
for
optimizing
through
integrated
building
design
smart
systems.
key
findings
from
reveal
with
IEQ
further
impacting
these
effects.
Despite
advances
field,
there
are
several
limitations
gaps
current
methods
study
designs,
small
sample
sizes,
limited
insufficient
experimental
control,
reliance
laboratory
or
simulated
environments,
lack
follow-up
long-term
data,
robust
performance
metrics.
proposes
future
directions,
specific
applications,
work
to
advance
understanding
implications
policy
practice
include
need
holistic
approaches
management,
focus
creating
healthy
productive
indoor
environments.
This
emphasizes
importance
considering
complex
interplay
potentials
adopting
control
systems
sustainable
optimize
By
addressing
critical
issues,
we
can
enhance
overall
life
occupants
contribute
more
future.
Physics of Fluids,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
37(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
This
study
presents
a
novel
methodology
for
optimizing
probe
placement
in
indoor
air-conditioned
environments
by
integrating
computational
fluid
dynamics
simulations
with
artificial
intelligence
techniques
an
unsupervised
learning
framework.
The
“Reduce
Uncertainty
and
Increase
Confidence”
algorithm
identified
spatially
distinct
thermal
velocity
clusters
based
on
temperature
magnitude
distributions.
Optimization
of
positions
within
these
clusters,
guided
sequential
least
squares
programing,
resulted
effective
strategy
to
minimize
redundancy
while
maximizing
spatial
coverage.
highlights
the
interplay
between
temperature,
relative
humidity,
velocity,
turbulence
intensity,
revealing
critical
insights
into
airflow
behavior
its
implications
occupant
comfort.
findings
presented
underscore
potential
targeted
provide
robust
framework
advanced
climate
control.
