Buildings account for a significant amount of global energy use and CO 2 emissions.
Thermally Activated Building Systems (TABS) are a technology with potential for significantly …

The Chinese kang is an ancient integrated home system for cooking, sleeping, domestic
heating and ventilation. It is still widely used today in nearly 85% of rural homes in northern …

Science of Heat and Thermophysical Studies provides a non-traditional bridging of
historical, philosophical, societal and scientific aspects of heat with a comprehensive …

Low-grade energy sources such as geothermal energy, favorable ambient air and industrial
waste heat etc. exist widely. Sufficient utilization of these low-grade energy sources may …

The main goal of this study is to assess the thermodynamic performance, environmental
benefits and economic feasibility of using a new hybrid solar-biomass system (HSBS) for the …

The goal set by the EU of quasi-zero energy buildings is not easy to reach for a country like
Italy, as it holds a wide number of UNESCO sites and most of them are entire historical old …

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the potentials of traditional fireplaces (ocaks)
to meet the thermal demands for the contemporary reuse of Anatolian historical houses as …

Bed warming is an effective and energy-saving method that is commonly applied in cold
weather sleep. However, both positive and negative effects on human thermal comfort arise …

This study explores the synergistic potential of integrating forced air heating with flat surface
heating, presenting a promising solution for structures with intermittent occupancy or where …

This paper uses thermodynamics equilibrium theory to develop a mathematical model for
dynamic thermal processes pertaining to rooms with a Chinese kang (a heatable brick bed) …