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Preface |
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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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PART I - INTRODUCTION TO COMPLEX BUILT ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS |
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Introduction: Setting the Scene |
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3 | (4) |
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Building Sustainable Communities: Combining Social and Physical Perspectives |
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7 | (16) |
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Background: What is a sustainable community? |
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A multidisciplinary research strategy |
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Investigating the role of space in the construction of place |
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11 | (4) |
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Reflections on processes and outcomes |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (5) |
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PART II - ENERGY AND BUILDINGS |
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Introduction: Towards Zero Carbon Buildings |
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21 | (2) |
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Energy Efficiency and Thermal Envelope |
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23 | (12) |
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Energy efficiency of buildings |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (4) |
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Advance construction layer |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (3) |
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Energy Monitoring and Labelling |
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35 | (16) |
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35 | (1) |
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Energy assessment methodologies |
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35 | (1) |
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Monitoring heating energy consumption |
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36 | (5) |
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Energy labelling of heating energy consumption |
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41 | (3) |
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Monitoring cooling energy consumption |
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44 | (1) |
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Energy and microclimatic labelling |
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45 | (6) |
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51 | (12) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (2) |
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Application in energy efficient buildings |
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54 | (1) |
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Challenges in thermal building engineering |
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55 | (3) |
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Recent initiatives and outlook |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (4) |
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Carbon Reduction in Buildings |
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63 | (12) |
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63 | (1) |
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Carbon reduction issues to be considered at the early stages of design |
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64 | (7) |
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Methods of approach to reduce carbon emissions |
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Some examples of passive houses in Hannover, Germany |
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72 | (3) |
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Renewable Energy Sources and the City |
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75 | (14) |
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75 | (3) |
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What energy services will be required? |
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78 | (1) |
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Energy resources and technologies |
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78 | (5) |
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Planning and implementation |
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83 | (5) |
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88 | (1) |
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Heat Pumps in City Centre Buildings |
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89 | (10) |
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89 | (1) |
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Thermodynamics of the heat pump |
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90 | (2) |
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Ground source heat pumps in city centre buildings |
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92 | (7) |
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Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings |
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99 | (16) |
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99 | (1) |
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The evolution and standardization of the life cycle assessment method |
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99 | (1) |
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Goal and scope of life cycle assessment |
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100 | (6) |
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The methodology of life cycle assessment |
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106 | (6) |
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112 | (3) |
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Energy and Environmental Monitoring |
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115 | (16) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (7) |
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Supplementary research: Indoor environment and mould |
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123 | (5) |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (8) |
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131 | (1) |
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Forecasting energy use and Co2 emissions |
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131 | (1) |
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Domestic Energy and Carbon Dioxide Model (DECARB) |
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132 | (2) |
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The illustrative Scenarios |
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134 | (2) |
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Results of the illustrative scenarios |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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Energy Efficient Refurbishment of Buildings: A Policy Context |
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139 | (18) |
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139 | (1) |
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The German policy landscape |
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139 | (2) |
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Case study: Modernization of dwelling in north Germany |
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141 | (10) |
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151 | (4) |
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PART III - BUILDINGS AND ENVIRONMENTS |
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Introduction: Emerging Design Challenges of the 21st Century |
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155 | (2) |
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Urban Climate: Impacts on Energy Use, Comfort and Health |
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157 | (10) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (2) |
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152 | (11) |
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163 | (4) |
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Air Pollution and the Urban Built Environment |
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167 | (14) |
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Urban air-quality management areas |
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167 | (5) |
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Airflow and concentration patterns in complex built environments |
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172 | (2) |
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Relationships between outdoor and indoor air pollution |
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174 | (2) |
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Modelling air pollution in urban buildings |
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176 | (5) |
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Ventilation, Thermal Comfort, Health and Productivity |
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181 | (16) |
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181 | (5) |
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186 | (5) |
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191 | (6) |
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Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Modelling |
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197 | (14) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (8) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (4) |
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Moisture Control in Buildings |
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211 | (14) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (2) |
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Moisture-resilient design |
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218 | (3) |
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221 | (4) |
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Natural Ventilation in City Centre Buildings |
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225 | (20) |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (2030) |
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Design requirement and site analysis |
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Developing a ventilation design strategy |
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231 | (6) |
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Design performance evaluation |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (3) |
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Installation, commissioning and post-occupancy evaluation |
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242 | (3) |
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Mechanical and Mixed-Mode Ventilation in City Centre Buildings |
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245 | (18) |
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Principles of mechanical and mixed-mode ventilation |
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245 | (1) |
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Ventilation systems for residential buildings |
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246 | (3) |
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Ventilation systems for mon-residential buildings |
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249 | (5) |
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Ventilation system components |
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254 | (3) |
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Basic design principles of ventilation |
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257 | (6) |
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Climate Change and Building Design |
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263 | (8) |
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263 | (1) |
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Climate change and temperature |
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263 | (1) |
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Climate change and precipitation |
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263 | (4) |
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267 | (1) |
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Climate change and subsidence |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (3) |
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Sustainable Cooling Strategies |
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271 | (26) |
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271 | (1) |
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Developing the sustainable cooling strategy |
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271 | (1) |
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Reduction and modulation of heat gains |
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271 | (1) |
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Direct and indirect ventilative cooling |
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272 | (3) |
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Cooling energy from renewable sources |
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275 | (1) |
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Sustainable distribution systems |
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276 | (3) |
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Low-energy cooling technologies |
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279 | (1) |
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Cooling potential of sustainable cooling techniques |
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279 | (3) |
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School of Slavonic and Est European Studies (SSEES) building |
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282 | (2) |
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284 | (3) |
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287 | (3) |
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National Assembly for Wales - the Senedd |
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290 | (3) |
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National Trust Headquarters - Heelis Buiding |
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293 | (4) |
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Indoor Air Quality in City Centre Buildings |
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297 | (16) |
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297 | (1) |
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Airflow in the urban environment |
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297 | (1) |
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Hybrid ventilation systems |
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297 | (1) |
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Experimental indoor/outdoor air quality and ventilation studies in urban buildings |
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298 | (11) |
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309 | (4) |
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Indoor Air Quality and Health |
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313 | (12) |
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Introduction: House dust mites, housing and health |
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313 | (2) |
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Study design and methodology |
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315 | (1) |
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315 | (4) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (2) |
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322 | (3) |
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Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Modelling |
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325 | (24) |
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325 | (1) |
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Airflow and pollution distribution around buildings |
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325 | (8) |
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Airflow and pollution in buildings |
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333 | (14) |
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PART IV - OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS |
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Introduction: The Post-Occupancy Evaluation |
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347 | (2) |
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Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Buildings |
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349 | (10) |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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Physical performance evaluation |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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Example: Energy performance assessments |
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354 | (5) |
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Occupant Behaviour and Energy Use |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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Examples from the UK domestic sector |
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361 | (5) |
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Natural Ventilation of Auditoria: Three Case Studies |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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Examples from the UK domestic sector |
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361 | (5) |
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Natural Ventilation of Auditoria: Three Case Studies |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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Examples from the UK domestic sector |
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361 | (5) |
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Natural Ventilation of Auditoria: Three Case Studies |
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359 | (12) |
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359 | (2) |
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Examples from the UK domestic sector |
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361 | (5) |
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366 | (5) |
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Natural Ventilation of Auditoria: Three Case Studies |
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371 | (14) |
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The Queens Building, De Montfort University |
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371 | (3) |
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The Contact Theatre, Manchester |
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374 | (4) |
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378 | (3) |
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381 | (2) |
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383 | (2) |
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A Naturally Ventilated Building in a City Centre |
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385 | (16) |
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385 | (1) |
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Description of the building |
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385 | (6) |
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391 | (6) |
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397 | (4) |
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Impact of a Energy Refurbishment Programme in chile: More than Energy Savings |
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401 | (22) |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (6) |
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Design of prioritized refurbishment programme |
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409 | (9) |
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418 | (4) |
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422 | (1) |
Index |
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