Procedures and Methodologies for the Control and Improvement of Energy-Environmental Quality in Construction

• Other Authors: Nastasi, Benedetto (Editor), Mancini, Francesco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; CFD; enclosed building; wind environment; group layout; Hangzhou; China; indoor air quality; IAQ; enthalpy; humidity; thermal comfort; TC; dissatisfaction; panel tests; nearly zero energy building; NZEB; indoor environmental quality; IEQ; indoor air quality models; sustainable building; multi-criteria decision analysis; MCDM; MADM; user dissatisfaction; weights system; building comfort; PD; Residential users; Demand Response; Flexible loads; Dwellings clustering; building-integrated photovoltaics-BIPV; building heritage; energy efficiency; traditional materials; resilience; urban regeneration; adapting to change; climate performance; innovative technologies; smoke; natural exhaust; mechanical exhaust; smoke curtain; fire dynamics simulator; drying; heat and moisture transfer; hygro-thermal behavior; masonry walls; wet wall; in situ monitoring; energy benchmarking; university campus; energy performance certificate; CIBSE TM46; thermal energy efficiency; dynamic model; energy performance of buildings; low temperature district heating; indoor comfort; renovation; urban scale; energy requalification; building envelope; sustainable development and planning; standardized interventions of requalification; Geographic Information System; biometric data; biosignals; non-intrusive sensing; physiological metrics; environmental stimuli; stress detection; health; comfort; human thermal perception; multi-domain interactions; noise sensation; cross-modal perception; n/a
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This Special Issue aims at providing the state-of-the-art on procedures and methodologies developed to improve energy and environmental performance through building renovation. We are greatly thankful to our colleagues building physics experts, building technology researchers, and urban environment...