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The role of simulation in improving the thermal comfort and energy performance of existing aged care facilities
Context - Minimum thermal performance standards for residential building envelopes have been increasing in many countries for several decades, addressing concerns about occupant comfort, operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Simulation tools play a role in assessing the space heating/cooling load of new buildings and for evaluating options for systematic retrofitting of exisiting dwellings. The...
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Sanitation infrastructure and their potential impacts on human health: A case study of Tembalang sub-district in Semarang City, Indonesia
Purpose / Context - The provision of reticulated sanitation infrastructure has not kept pace with the rapid urbanization, which can be witnessed in Indonesia. In addition, lack of proper sanitation infrastructure treaty led to pollution of groundwater. The most common system used for human ex-creta disposal system in Indonesia is septic tank, which is an...
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Tools developed in CSIRO for building design and thermal performance evaluation
In Australia, residential buildings accounted for about 20-30% of the total electricity consumption and 30-50% of the total peak demand. The residential sector is considered as one of the fastest growing GHG emission sources and considered as the ‘lowest hanging fruit’ for carbon mitigation. It also plays a key role for the management of peak...
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Effects of UV on radiation properties of cool coating
Purpose / Context - Cool coating is a passive technique for reducing the solar heat gain and cooling energy consumption of buildings. However the radiation properties (i.e., solar reflectance and thermal emittance) of cool coating would be changed, usually adversely, during its ageing process, and its thermal performance would be degraded accordingly. UV could cause...
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Field studies to investigate impact of increasing R-value of building envelope on winter indoor relative humidity of Auckland houses
The study investigates relationships of winter indoor relative humidity and R-value of building envelope of the Auckland houses.