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Domestic energy Consumption – What role do comfort, habit, and knowledge about the heating system play?
Domestic energy Consumption – What role do comfort, habit, and knowledge about the heating system play? 1 January 2013. Domestic energy Consumption – What role do comfort, habit, and knowledge about the heating system play? ENERGY AND BUILDINGS,…
UCL Energy Institute
Demand shifting using model-assisted control
Demand shifting using model-assisted control. 1 January 2013. Increasing energy demand and more strict environmental regulations have led to a turn to renewable energy generation sources, thus enabling the transition from traditional centralized…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of the UK's Housing Energy Model
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of the UK's Housing Energy Model. 1 January 2013. The Cambridge Housing Model is a bottom-up building physics model for estimating total annual domestic energy consumption for England and the UK. The model is SAP…
UCL Energy Institute
The reality of English living rooms - a comparison of internal temperatures against common model assumptions
The reality of English living rooms - a comparison of internal temperatures against common model assumptions. 1 January 2013. This study examines the extent that temperatures in English living rooms correspond to standard assumptions made in…
UCL Energy Institute
Historic Variations in Winter Indoor Domestic Temperatures and Potential Implications for Body Weight Gain
Historic Variations in Winter Indoor Domestic Temperatures and Potential Implications for Body Weight Gain. 1 January 2013. It has been argued that the amount of time spent by humans in thermoneutral environments has increased in recent decades.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Let the sunshine in: Perception of windows by Chinese office workers
Let the sunshine in: Perception of windows by Chinese office workers. 1 January 2013. The right amount of glazing in large office buildings is fiercely debated within the FM, property and construction industry. At stake is the balance between the…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
The importance of economies of scale, transport costs and demand patterns in optimising hydrogen fuelling infrastructure: An exploration with SHIPMod (Spatial hydrogen infrastructure planning model)
The importance of economies of scale, transport costs and demand patterns in optimising hydrogen fuelling infrastructure: An exploration with SHIPMod (Spatial hydrogen infrastructure planning model). 1 January 2013. Hydrogen is widely recognised as…
UCL Inst. for Sustainable Resources
Measuring significant variability characteristics: an assessment of three UK renewables
Measuring significant variability characteristics: an assessment of three UK renewables. 1 January 2013. The variability of renewable energy is widely recognised as a challenge for integrating high levels of renewable generation into electricity…
UCL Energy Institute
Active buildings: modelling physical activity and movement in office buildings. An observational study protocol
Active buildings: modelling physical activity and movement in office buildings. An observational study protocol. 1 January 2013. Introduction Health benefits of regular participation in physical activity are well documented but population levels are…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Predicting the microbial exposure risks in urban floods using GIS, building simulation, and microbial models.
Predicting the microbial exposure risks in urban floods using GIS, building simulation, and microbial models. 1 January 2013. London is expected to experience more frequent periods of intense rainfall and tidal surges, leading to an increase in the…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering