Earthen architecture historically has been widely used for wall construction around the
world, particularly in developing countries. Most of the earthen dwellings in Burkina Faso are …

The review explores coupled heat and moisture transfers in bio-based and geosourced
materials from experimental and numerical viewpoint. It summarizes the underlying physical …

Since ancient times, raw earth has been used worldwide as a construction material. Today, it
is well known for its good environmental properties of recyclability and low embodied energy …

In the Peruvian mountains, hundreds of thousands of rural households living in poverty live
in cold indoor environments, close to 0° C. Indoor cold causes thousands of respiratory …

This paper describes the influence of thermal parameters—conductivity, transmittance, and
thermal mass—in the estimation of comfort and energy demand of a building with rammed …

Natural ventilation is the most energy-efficient method by which to passively cool a building,
reducing the energy consumption, and improving the thermal comfort and indoor air quality …

Fault detection and diagnosis methods for air conditioning systems typically apply static
models after filtering out transient data using a steady state filter. However, air conditioning …

Equatorial high-altitude regions are typically characterized by low non-extreme
temperatures with a high diurnal oscillation. Therefore, typical constructive practices, in …

The intermittent heating mode of Kang plays an important role in the heat storage and
release in cave dwellings. However, research on the effect of Kang heating on the thermal …

Indoor environmental quality has been associated with the health and wellbeing of building
occupants; nevertheless, there is limited evidence in this regard for Latin American schools …