This page lists the Proceedings (titles and abstracts) of the 8th Windsor COnference: "Counting the cost of comfort in a changing world" , 10-13 April 2014, in Windsor, UK.
Contains 97 titles and abstracts.
To download the full papers visit the conference website at: http://nceub.org.uk/W2014/webpage/W2014_index.html
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Outdoor thermal condition is one of the important factors for people’s exposure time. This article is the results of a field study had been done in the mid…
According to an advancement of exergy research in relations to thermal comfort and built environment for the last fifteen years, the availability of “warm”…
This paper presents an ideal and worst case scenario approach for occupancy modelling in early design stages which can be used in building simulation. It…
The low energy retrofit of the UK existing building stock is an urgent matter after the government’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 80% until 2050…
The present work proposed a method to determine time period of thermal adaption of occupants in naturally ventilated building, based on the relationship…
This lifelong interaction between the cognitive and physical realms has existed overtime. During the evolution of design solutions inhabitants adapted form…
Thermal comfort study has been conducted in two Jakarta’s private universities, namely Tarumanagara University (Untar) and Mercu Buana University (UMB).…
Through history; a large body of research has found a relationship between the IEQ and the recovery of patients in healthcare facilities. IEQ factors…
This paper presents a logistic proposal for the research project related to thermal comfort in Rio de Janeiro’s open spaces. Part of the investigation…
The main purpose of this paper is to review the effect of the dynamic aspect of natural air movement on occupants’ thermal comfort. Recent advanced…
The Low Income Group (L.I.G) in Lagos, Nigeria represents about 70% of the 18million population of the state. They are an important part of the economic…
The research presented in this paper was conducted in order to test whether the thermal preferences of occupants in low energy houses are influenced by…
While the desire for thermal control in our homes may today appear natural, its provision in the domestic sphere of early twentieth-century Australia was…
A post-occupancy evaluation was carried out in three prefabricated timber housing developments in the UK to identify the potential of summertime overheating…
This paper develops and validates an agent-based model (ABM) of occupant behaviour using data from a one-year field study in a mid-sized, air-conditioned…
Indigenous architecture’s adaption to its climate and its use of local materials has attracted interest in the search for a sustainable built environment.…
This paper describes a pilot study testing the applicability of using building performance simulation (BPS) to quantify the impact of 28 energy saving…
The need to identify occupants’ behaviour-responses to thermal discomfort during the heating season has become one of the priorities in the quest to reduce…
For testing different engineering solutions for energy-efficient buildings, a low-energy building was built at the University of Tokyo as a pilot project.…
This paper analyses responses of ninety-nine students to a design brief for a public building in different regions of China. The research determined the…