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Significance of PCM arrangement in cooling vest for enhancing comfort at varied working periods and climates: Modeling and experimentation
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Personal cooling vests that incorporate phase change material (PCM) have been utilized to improve thermal sensation of people working outdoors in different fields (firefighting, construction, military, police, etc.). In ...
Urban streets and social interactions in ‘third places’: The urban regeneration of al wakrah old souq (state of qatar)
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Henry Stewart Publications
, 2019 , Article)
The social-spatial complexity of a city can be explored through the relationship between its built forms and users’ daily social activities. Researchers argue that there is a relationship between the built environment, ...
Socio-cultural factors shaping the spatial form of traditional and contemporary housing in Qatar: A comparative analysis based on space syntax
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Beijing JiaoTong University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Socio-cultural factors in the spatial form of Qatari houses seem affected by the forces of globalization during rapid urbanization of its capital, Doha, over the previous three decades whereby the construction of housing ...
The Urban Regeneration of West-Bay, Business District of Doha (State of Qatar): A Transit Oriented Development Enhancing Livability
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has faced enormous economic growth and rapid urban
transformation over the last few decades. More recently, this has been accentuated by the construction
of major urban public ...
Experimental study on using PCMs of different melting temperatures in one cooling vest to reduce its weight and improve comfort
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
This study aims at evaluating experimentally phase change material (PCM) cooling vest performance when incorporating two types of PCM with different melting temperatures with varied PCM placement on the lower, upper, front ...
Selection of slat separation-to-width ratio of brise-soleil shading considering energy savings, CO2 emissions and visual comfort – a case study in Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The addition of fixed external shading devices to glazed surfaces reduces the space loads and sensations of visual discomfort caused by excessive day-lighting. The slat-to-slat separation distance of the brise-soleil blinds ...
Evaporatively-cooled facade integrated with photovoltaic thermal panel applied in hot and humid climates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates the performance of a hybrid passive cooling system, applied on fully-glazed facades of typical office spaces, in reducing the facade surface temperature and the space thermal loads. The proposed ...
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 ...
An adaptive relationship of thermal comfort for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: The case of offices in Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Escalating building energy expenditure encourages rethinking on thermal comfort delivery in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in warm desert climate. The GCC states do not have an adaptive comfort standard, or ...
Building energy model calibration using automated optimization-based algorithm
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Multiple numbers of Building Energy Simulation (BES) programs have been improved and implemented during the last decades. BES models play a crucial role in understanding building energy demands and accelerating the malfunction ...