Role of building material in thermal comfort in tropical climates–A review

PK Latha, Y Darshana, V Venugopal - Journal of Building Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Changing climatic scenario and raising temperature is likely to subject nearly 60% of the
working populations in India to thermal discomfort in their workplaces. Half of the total …

Window performance for human thermal comfort

C Huizenga, H Zhang, P Mattelaer, T Yu, EA Arens… - 2006 - escholarship.org
Anyone who has ever sat near a cold window on a winter day or in direct sunlight on a hot
day recognizes that windows can cause thermal discomfort. In spite of this broad recognition …

Thermal analysis for a double pane window with a solar control film for using in cold and warm climates

J Xamán, C Pérez-Nucamendi, J Arce, J Hinojosa… - Energy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A numerical study in a double pane window (DPW) with solar control film (SCF) for warm
and cold climates is presented. The DPW consists of two vertical semitransparent walls …

Transient numerical simulation of multiple pane windows filling with radiating gas

MF Nia, SAG Nassab, AB Ansari - International Communications in Heat …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work deals with parametric study of transient fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics
in double and triple pane windows, while the filling gas in considered as a participating …

Appraisal of thermal performance of a glazed office with a solar control coating: Cases in Mexico and Canada

M Gijón-Rivera, G Álvarez, I Beausoleil-Morrison… - Building and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of solar passive strategies such as new solar control coatings on windows for
buildings with large glazed areas, have recently become important and helpful tools, mainly …

Thermal performance of solar control coatings: a mathematical model and its experimental verification

G Alvarez, DN Jimenez… - Journal of Physics D …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
The experimental validation of a mathematical model that predicts the shading coefficient
(SC) and the solar rejection factor (SRF) of various types of solar control coatings is …

The thermal response of laminated glass with solar control coating

G Alvarez, JJ Flores, CA Estrada - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
A transient one-dimensional mathematical model allowing the prediction of the thermal
performance of laminated glazing with and without chemically deposited solar control …

Heat transfer—a review of 1993 literature

ERG Eckert, RJ Goldstein, WE Ibele… - International Journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier
This review surveys and characterizes papers comprising various fields of heat transfer that
were published in the literature during 1993. It is intended to encompass the English …

Transient heat conduction in a glass with chemically deposited SnS CuxS solar control coating

G Alvarez, CA Estrada - Renewable energy, 1995 - Elsevier
The transient thermal performance of a chemically deposited thin film on a glass substrate is
presented. Differential energy balances for the glass are set up assuming a one …

Influence of thermal emittance on the performance of laminated solar control glazing

G Alvarez, JJ Flores, PK Nair - Applied thermal engineering, 2001 - Elsevier
Influence of thermal emittance on the performance of laminated solar control glazing is
presented. A transient one-dimensional mathematical model allowing the prediction of …