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An ontology to represent energy-related occupant behavior in buildings. Part I: Introduction to the DNAs framework by Hong, Tianzhen, D'Oca, Simona, Turner, William J.N., Taylor-Lange, Sarah C.

“…Reducing energy consumption in the buildings sector requires significant changes, but technology alone may fail to guarantee efficient energy performance…”
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Building performance optimisation: A hybrid architecture for the integration of contextual information and time-series data by Hu, Shushan, Corry, Edward, Curry, Edward, Turner, William J.N., O'Donnell, James

“…Buildings tend to not operate as intended, and a pronounced gap often exists between measured and predicted environmental and energy performance. Although the…”
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Development of occupancy-integrated archetypes: Use of data mining clustering techniques to embed occupant behaviour profiles in archetypes by Buttitta, Giuseppina, Turner, William J.N., Neu, Olivier, Finn, Donal P.

“…Building stock modelling usually deploys representative building archetypes to obtain reliable results of annual energy heating demand and to minimise the…”
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An ontology to represent energy-related occupant behavior in buildings. Part II: Implementation of the DNAS framework using an XML schema by Hong, Tianzhen, D'Oca, Simona, Taylor-Lange, Sarah C., Turner, William J.N., Chen, Yixing, Corgnati, Stefano P.

“…Energy-related occupant behavior in buildings is difficult to define and quantify, yet critical to our understanding of total building energy consumption. Part…”
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Using a ventilation controller to optimise residential passive ventilation for energy and indoor air quality by Turner, William J.N., Walker, Iain S.

“…One way to reduce the energy impact of providing residential ventilation is to use passive and hybrid systems. However, these passive and hybrid (sometimes…”
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A statistically-based fault detection approach for environmental and energy management in buildings by Horrigan, Matthew, Turner, William J.N., O’Donnell, James

“…•Simulation and breakout detection are used to improve building performance.•A breakout detection methodology was the most effective method in detecting…”
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Ensemble Calibration of lumped parameter retrofit building models using Particle Swarm Optimization by Andrade-Cabrera, Carlos, Burke, Daniel, Turner, William J.N., Finn, Donal P.

“…•A methodology to calibrate a number of building energy models is proposed.•Each model represents a combination of internal, external and ceiling…”
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A combined energy and IAQ assessment of the potential value of commissioning residential mechanical ventilation systems by Turner, William J.N., Logue, Jennifer M., Wray, Craig P.

“…Limited data suggest that whole-house ventilation systems in California don't always perform as code and forecasts predict. Deficiencies occur because systems…”
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Augmented Ensemble Calibration of lumped-parameter building models by Andrade-Cabrera, Carlos, Turner, William J. N., Finn, Donal P.

“…The dynamic integration of building retrofit investment tools and linear power systems optimisation tools requires the development of simplified linear…”
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Experimental investigation into the thermal performance of a residential hybrid ventilation system by Turner, William J.N., Awbi, Hazim B.

“…The thermal performance of a new type of residential hybrid ventilation system was investigated experimentally. The novelty of the system is that it is able to…”
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A simplified model for estimating population-scale energy impacts of building envelope air tightening and mechanical ventilation retrofits by Logue, Jennifer M., Turner, William J.N., Walker, Iain S., Singer, Brett C.

“…Changing the air exchange rate of a home affects the annual thermal conditioning energy. Large-scale changes to air exchange rates of the housing stock can…”
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A Multi‐Year Study of Four Herbicides in Surface Water of a Small Prairie Watershed by Rawn, Dorothea F. K., Halldorson, Thor H. J., Turner, William N., Woychuk, Robert N., Zakrevsky, Jean‐Guy, Muir, Derek C. G.

“…Temporal trends of three phenoxy‐herbicides (2,4‐D, dichlorprop and MCPA) and bromoxynil were determined in the South Tobacco Creek, which drains a 70 km2…”
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Evaluation of passive ventilation provision in domestic housing retrofit by Kinnane, Oliver, Sinnott, Derek, Turner, William J.N.

“…Increasing energy efficiency in the residential sector, while maintaining adequate home ventilation for health and well-being, is proving to be a challenge…”
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Infiltration as ventilation: Weather-induced dilution by Turner, William J. N., Sherman, Max H., Walker, Iain S.

“…The purpose of outdoor air ventilation is to dilute or remove indoor contaminants to which occupants are exposed. It can be provided by mechanical or natural…”
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Residential hybrid ventilation: Airflow and heat transfer optimisation of a convector using computational fluid dynamics by Turner, William J. N., Awbi, Hazim B.

“…Hybrid ventilation systems suitable for residential applications are being developed to reduce the energy demand of the housing sector. This paper describes…”
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Conformational and Configurational Studies on Some Acetylated Aldopyranosyl Halides1,2 by Horton, Derek, Turner, William N.

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Gentamicin antibiotics. 7. Structures of the gentamicin antibiotics A1, A3, and A4 by Nagabhushan, Tattanahalli L, Turner, William N, Daniels, Peter J. L, Morton, James B

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Modelling residential heat demand supplied by a local smart electric thermal storage system by Broka, Zane, Kozadajevs, Jevgenijs, Sauhats, Antans, Finn, Donal P., Turner, William J. N.

“…This paper presents an inverse modelling approach for deriving equivalent thermal parameters of buildings. A simplified thermal network based on electrical…”
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Conformational and Configurational Studies on Some Acetylated Aldopyranosyl Halides 1,2 by Horton, Derek, Turner, William N.

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Anomeric equilibria in derivatives of amino sugars. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on acetylated amino sugars and specifically deuterated analogs by Horton, Derek, Hughes, Jack B, Jewell, Jon S, Philips, Kerstin D, Turner, William Nelson

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