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Incorporating Occupant Behaviour and Comfort in Domestic Energy Retrofit
(2019-05-15)While a large energy saving potential exists in domestic retrofit to meet the UK Government’s goal of carbon emissions reduction through the Climate Change Act 2008, the complexity of occupant behaviour and comfort needs ... -
Electricity use in urban households in China: occupancy patterns, attitudes, and policy initiatives
(2019-04-27)Urban population in China is expected to increase by 42% over the next two decades, and roughly 70% of the total population in China is estimated to be living in urban areas by 2030 (Berkelmans and Wang, 2012). With a ... -
Urban Rapprochement Tactics: Stitching Divided Nicosia
(2017-04-29)This written thesis investigates the capacity of shared spaces to instigate rapprochement between adversarial communities in ethno-nationally induced urban conflicts through an in-depth analysis of the divided city of ... -
Adaptive thermal comfort and its application in mixed mode buildings: The case of a hot-summer and cold-winter climate in China
(2018-11-24)It is widely recognised that one’s ability of adaptation is remarkable and thermal comfort is significantly related to such adaptations. This study proposes an alternative method of predicting adaptive thermal comfort based ...
