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Urban scale rooftop super cool broadband radiative coolers in humid conditions
The presence of water molecules in the air can impact how super cool broadband radiative coolers behave. Higher humidity in the lower atmosphere...
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Does back cooling improve human thermal comfort in warm environments? A device for heat conduction by the semiconductor Peltier effect
The hot environment and the metabolic heat of commuting in summer caused individual overheating and intense thermal discomfort. Local cooling...
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Model-based investigation on building thermal mass utilization and flexibility enhancement of air conditioning loads
Building air conditioning systems (ACs) can contribute to the stable operation of power grids by participating in peak load shaving programs, but the...
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Enhancing heavy gas capture in confined spaces through ventilation control technology
Gas leakage accidents occur frequently in confined spaces, and heavy gases with a relative density greater than 1.15 among hazardous gases and...
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Energy modeling and optimization of building condenser water systems with all-variable speed pumps and tower fans: A case study
The emergence of building condenser water systems with all-variable speed pumps and tower fans allows for increased efficiency and flexibility of...
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End-to-end data-driven modeling framework for automated and trustworthy short-term building energy load forecasting
Conventional automated machine learning (AutoML) technologies fall short in preprocessing low-quality raw data and adapting to varying indoor and...
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Experimental validation of adsorption filter model under dynamic VOC concentrations: Prediction of long-term efficiency
Indoor volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations are often dynamic because the ventilation and emission rates of VOC usually change. Adsorption...
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An interpretable graph convolutional neural network based fault diagnosis method for building energy systems
Due to the fast-modeling speed and high accuracy, deep learning has attracted great interest in the field of fault diagnosis in building energy...
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Optimal regulation of flexible loads in rural residential buildings considering mobile batteries: A case study in Shaanxi Province
While the grid-connected capacity of rural household photovoltaics is increasing rapidly, achieving dynamic supply-demand matching despite...
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Generic load regulation strategy for enhancing energy efficiency of chiller plants
In many chiller plants, high coefficient of performance (COP) is only achieved at a few favorable part load ratios (PLRs), while the COP is low at...
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Improvements in energy saving and thermal comfort for electric vehicles in summer through coupled electrochromic and radiative cooling smart windows
In hot climates, the large amount of cooling load in electric vehicle (EV) results in a lot of battery energy consumption, leading the decrease of...
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Energy flexibility and resilience analysis of demand-side energy efficiency measures within existing residential houses during cold wave event
Using the behind-meter data, this study applied a comparison and optimization-based framework to evaluate the energy flexibility and resilience of...
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A performance prediction method for on-site chillers based on dynamic graph convolutional network enhanced by association rules
Accurately predicting the chiller coefficient of performance (COP) is essential for improving the energy efficiency of heating, ventilation, and air...
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Assessing impact of intermittent window opening strategies on pathogen-laden droplet dispersion in a coach bus
Opening windows in coach buses is a practical approach to improving natural ventilation and mitigating infection risk (IR). Due to human behavior and...
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Interpretable data-driven fault diagnosis method for data centers with composite air conditioning system
Fault detection and diagnosis are essential to the air conditioning system of the data center for elevating reliability and reducing energy...
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Develo** biophilic intermediate spaces for Arctic housing: Optimizing the thermal, visual, and energy performance
Connecting occupants to the outdoor environment and incorporating biophilic design principles are challenging in extreme Arctic climatic conditions....
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Assessing the impact of heat mitigation measures on thermal performance and energy demand at the community level: A pathway toward designing net-zero energy communities
In the context of escalating global energy demands, urban areas, specifically the building sector, contribute to the largest energy consumption, with...
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Airflow Analytical Toolkit (AAT): A MATLAB-based analyzer for holistic studies on the dynamic characteristics of airflows
The dynamic characteristics of different airflows on micro-scales have been explored from many perspectives since the late 1970s. On the one hand,...
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A new database of building-space-specific internal loads and load schedules for performance based code compliance modeling of commercial buildings
Building-level loads and load schedules prescribed by current modeling rules save modelers time and provide standards during whole building...