Charlotte-thermalface: A fully annotated thermal infrared face dataset with various environmental conditions and distances

R Ashrafi, M Azarbayjani, H Tabkhi - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Facial thermography is one of the most popular research areas in infrared thermal imaging,
with diverse applications in medical, surveillance, and environmental monitoring. However …

Passive cooling and natural ventilation by the windcatcher (Badgir): An experimental and simulation study of indoor air quality, thermal comfort and passive cooling …

P Nejat, MS Ferwati, J Calautit, A Ghahramani… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The upper wing wall can be integrated into the windcatcher to prevent direct solar and rain
penetration. The impact of this combination was not considered in previous studies …

Energy performance optimization of traditional housing in Mediterranean climate

S Dervishi, F Pashako, X Dushaj, IO Dervishi - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy use in the building sector represents an important amount of the total energy
consumption. During the past decade there is an increasing attention in energy-efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning-based algorithms to estimate thermal dynamics of residential buildings with energy flexibility

N Cibin, A Tibo, H Golmohamadi, A Skou… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the residential sector, the building heating system is an energy-intensive consumer. Heat
pumps are energy-efficient devices to integrate renewable power into buildings and provide …

Evaluation of passive cooling and thermal comfort in historical residential buildings in Zanzibar

C Liu, H Xie, HM Ali, J Liu - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Indoor thermal comfort is essential for occupants' well-being, productivity, and efficiency.
Global climate change is leading to extremely high temperatures and more intense solar …

Machine learning-based automated thermal comfort prediction: integration of low-cost thermal and visual cameras for higher accuracy

R Ashrafi, M Azarbayjani, H Tabkhi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08463, 2022 - arxiv.org
Recent research is trying to leverage occupants' demand in the building's control loop to
consider individuals' well-being and the buildings' energy savings. To that end, a real-time …

The influence of covid related ventilation rate changes on the energy consumption and infection probability of the buildings: underfloor and overhead air distribution …

R Ashrafi, M Azarbayjani, H Tabkhi… - 2022 Annual …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has urged the need to reconsider how our built environments
influence our health conditions. The new guidelines have highlighted the importance of …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of Passive Cooling and Thermal Comfort in Historical Residential Buildings in Zanzibar. Buildings 2022, 12, 2149

C Liu, H Xie, HM Ali, J Liu - 2022 - academia.edu
Indoor thermal comfort is essential for occupants' well-being, productivity, and efficiency.
Global climate change is leading to extremely high temperatures and more intense solar …

Subspace identification of fault modes for a twin-rotor system

KS Haider, A Bintul Huda, A Rasool… - International Journal of …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the fault modes of a nonlinear twin-rotor
system (TRS) using the subspace technique to facilitate fault identification, diagnosis and …

[PDF][PDF] Optimale Gebäudesteuerung mittels Systemlinearisierung auf Basis eines verallgemeinerten physikalischen Modells Optimal building control using system …

BMSA Abida - 2021 - ths.rwth-aachen.de
Climate change is on everyone's lips. Year after year, more and more electrical energy is
consumed (cf.[54]). In 2020, the total energy consumption was dominated by the commercial …