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Comfort and use in building evaluation: Information modelling and post-occupancy in the built environment
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Beijing JiaoTong University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Advances in computer science and information management increasingly allow built environment professionals to envision the day when there will be 'cradle-to-grave' modelling of buildings. This will involve measurement and ...
Built Form of the Souq Waqif in Doha and User’s Social Engagement
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Scientific & Academic Publishing
, 2015 , Article)
The Souq Waqif is located in the heart of the old downtown of Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar. The Souq
Waqif is one of the most important heritage sites in the country. Over the years this market became abounded ...
Occupant behavior in Indian apartments
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Springer, Singapore
, 2018 , Book chapter)
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. Occupant adaptation happens to be the key mechanism behind achieving thermal comfort in buildings. User's thermal adaptation is under researched in India, although it is important ...
A comparative analysis of thermal acceptability in offices in India and Japan
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NCEUB 2016
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
India's building energy consumption is increasing rapidly. Fukushima disaster reshaped Japan's energy perspective. Adaptive comfort standards need to be developed for these countries. We conducted a fourteen-month thermal ...
Occupant's thermal comfort in Qatari offices - Need for the new adaptive standard
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Qatar's per capita energy consumption is one of the highest in the world, consuming 30.184 TWh as of 2012. Buildings contribute significantly (80%) to this, with air-conditioning taking a lion's share. Qatar does not have ...
Analysis of urban heat in a corridor environment – The case of Doha, Qatar
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2018 , Article)
Doha, Qatar is one of the arid coastal cities of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Like similar cities, temperatures can vary widely throughout, with rapid and extensive development that has contributed to ...
The effect of forced convection and PCM on helmets' thermal performance in hot and arid environments
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Safety helmets are essential Personal Protecting Equipment (PPE) in all industrial and construction sites. When temperature and humidity levels are high, users' thermal comfort is adversely affected. This paper examines ...
Reinforcement learning-based school energy management system
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
Energy efficiency is a key to reduced carbon footprint, savings on energy bills, and sustainability for future generations. For instance, in hot climate countries such as Qatar, buildings are high energy consumers due to ...
Evaluation of thermal comfort and cooling performance of residential buildings in arid climates
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
In this paper, a parametric study on the thermal comfort and cooling performance of residential buildings is reported. The study was carried out in the hot arid climatic conditions of Qatar. The influence of diurnal variation ...
Comfort temperature and occupant adaptive behavior in offices in Qatar during summer
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Qatar tops the world in per capita CO2 emissions and per capita total primary energy supply. Adaptive comfort standards and thermal comfort field survey data are not available for Qatar. We conducted a thermal comfort ...