Search Results - "Jentsch, Mark F."

Naturally ventilated classrooms: An assessment of existing comfort models for predicting the thermal sensation and preference of primary school children by Teli, Despoina, Jentsch, Mark F., James, Patrick A.B.

“…► A thermal comfort field study in primary school classrooms is presented. ► Pupils’ thermal sensation is compared to predictions with current comfort models…”
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Transforming existing weather data for worldwide locations to enable energy and building performance simulation under future climates by Jentsch, Mark F., James, Patrick A.B., Bourikas, Leonidas, Bahaj, AbuBakr S.

“…Building performance and solar energy system simulations are typically undertaken with standardised weather files which do not generally consider future…”
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Climate change future proofing of buildings—Generation and assessment of building simulation weather files by Jentsch, Mark F., Bahaj, AbuBakr S., James, Patrick A.B.

“…Simulation packages for predicting building performance in terms of energy and comfort are becoming increasingly important in the planning process. However,…”
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The role of a building's thermal properties on pupils' thermal comfort in junior school classrooms as determined in field studies by Teli, Despoina, Jentsch, Mark F., James, Patrick A.B.

“…Recent thermal comfort research in a light-weight junior school building showed that children were more sensitive to higher temperatures than adults and…”
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A transferable energy model for determining the future energy demand and its uncertainty in a country's residential sector by Martinez-Soto, Aner, Jentsch, Mark F.

“…Residential energy models are a common tool for determining the overall energy consumption attributed to the housing sector of a country as well as for…”
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Limitations of the CIBSE design summer year approach for delivering representative near-extreme summer weather conditions by Jentsch, Mark F, Levermore, Geoff J, Parkinson, John B, Eames, Matt E

“…Representative, site-specific weather data is a key requirement for building performance simulation. In the UK, such data is available in two formats, Test…”
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Comparison of prediction models for determining energy demand in the residential sector of a country by Martinez Soto, Aner, Jentsch, Mark F.

“…•Assessment of the transferability and accuracy of residential sector energy models.•Sensitivity analyses looking at normalized sensitivity coefficients across…”
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Vertical axis resistance type wind turbines for use in buildings by Müller, Gerald, Jentsch, Mark F., Stoddart, Euan

“…Renewable energy generation in the urban environment has been receiving an increased attention over recent years due to the proximity with the point of use…”
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Thermal comfort in naturally ventilated primary school classrooms by Teli, Despoina, James, Patrick A. B., Jentsch, Mark F.

“…An investigation is presented of children's thermal sensation trends and their perception of overall comfort and tiredness in school classrooms. Findings are…”
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Generating near-extreme Summer Reference Years for building performance simulation by Jentsch, Mark F, Eames, Matt E, Levermore, Geoff J

“…At present, there is no universally accepted method for deriving near-extreme summer weather data for building performance simulation. Existing data sets such…”
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Potential of emerging glazing technologies for highly glazed buildings in hot arid climates by Bahaj, AbuBakr S., James, Patrick A.B., Jentsch, Mark F.

“…In order to improve the sustainability of buildings one of the challenges is to address the role of the building envelope as the key climate moderator between…”
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Investigating the principal adaptive comfort relationships for young children by Teli, Despoina, James, Patrick A. B., Jentsch, Mark F.

“…Thermal comfort surveys in school classrooms suggest that children have different thermal preferences to adults. This implies a need to revisit the current…”
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Field study of the building physics properties of common building types in the Inner Himalayan valleys of Bhutan by Jentsch, Mark F., Kulle, Christoph, Bode, Tobias, Pauer, Toni, Osburg, Andrea, Tenzin, Namgyel, Karma, Euthra, Karma, Dukjey, Jamyang, Tenzin, Karma

“…Traditionally, buildings in the Inner Himalayan valleys of Bhutan were constructed from rammed earth in the western regions and quarry stone in the central and…”
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Evaluation of domestic Energy Performance Certificates in use by Watts, Christabel, Jentsch, Mark F, James, Patrick AB

“…Since October 2008, Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have been a mandatory requirement for all dwellings sold or rented in England and Wales. Having now…”
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Transforming typical hourly simulation weather data files to represent urban locations by using a 3D urban unit representation with micro-climate simulations by Bourikas, Leonidas, James, Patrick A. B., Bahaj, AbuBakr S., Jentsch, Mark F., Shen, Tianfeng, Chow, David H. C., Darkwa, Jo

“…Urban and building energy simulation models are usually driven by typical meteorological year (TMY) weather data often in a TMY2 or EPW format. However, the…”
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