Browsing by Author "Beltran, Liliana"
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Azizkhani, Mehdi (2019-04-05)The purpose of this research is to examine the degree of adoption and education of the concepts of natural systems for heating, cooling, and lighting (i.e., passive systems) versus artificial/mechanical systems (i.e., ...
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Im, Piljae (2010-07-14)A methodology to develop an easy-to-use toolkit for the preliminary design of high performance schools in hot and humid climates was presented. The toolkit proposed in this research will allow decision makers without ...
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Cho, Sool Yeon (2010-10-12)A procedure has been developed for the preliminary selection of high-performance systems for office buildings in hot and humid climates. High-performance building systems and components were surveyed for buildings in the ...
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Labib, Rania; Beltran, Liliana (31th International PLEA Conference, 2015-09)Due to rapid urbanization in developing countries, achieving better outdoor thermal comfort has gained an elevated level of attention, especially within urban settings in hot climates. Although many research studies have ...
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Wang, Jialiang; Beltran, Liliana; Kim, Jonghoon (American Solar Energy Society, 2014-07)This simulation study reveals the nature of kinetic envelopes in tenns of heating and cooling loads, and compares kinetic models and other three referenced models. This research first selectt:d the small office prototype ...
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Kaja, HanishaAs I write the final paper, I realize how much of my design has changed. Initially, my intentions were to create an entire urban context for the city of Vijayawada, I was definitely thinking big, "Too big" my professor ...
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Abdagiri, Parag Vijay (2017-12-08)The annual energy consumed in building construction and operation is approximately 48% of the total energy in the United States. The total life cycle energy of buildings comprises of operational energy and embodied energy. ...
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Attia, Shady; Hensen, Jan; Beltran, Liliana; De Herde, Andre (Taylor and Francis Group, 2012)This paper summarizes a study undertaken to reveal potential challenges and opportunities for using building performance simulation (BPS) tools. The paper reviews current trends in building simulation and outlines major ...
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Cano, David A.This project investigates and tackles the problem of the visually impaired being thought of as an afterthought in design, and bringing them into the light and having their impairment be the primary focus of the design. ...
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Kim, Chul; Beltran, Liliana (2017-06-17)High-rise residential building in Korea is distinctive. Urbanization level and city dwelling ratio are the nearly same even though the national land in Korea is 140 times larger than Singapore. Above all, three-fourth of ...
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Islam, Saiful (2012-02-14)Unfavorable thermal comfort conditions are common in the non-conditioned apartment buildings typical of Dhaka (Ali, 2007; Hafiz, 2004). Causes behind such unfavorable thermal comfort conditions include (but are not limited ...
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Harntaweewongsa, Siritip (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)This study evaluated the potential of toplighting systems in the hot and humid tropics by using Bangkok, Thailand (latitude 13.7ðN) as a test location. The analysis tested both the thermal and lighting performance of ...
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Beltran, Liliana (2017-06-17)This paper presents the lighting performance of a passive horizontal solar light pipe designed for deep floor plan buildings with open-plan configuration. The light pipe system was designed to deliver natural light at the ...
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Tuzun Canadinc, Seda (2019-05-28)This thesis presents a new framework for Web-based parametric modeling for design collaboration, towards allowing multiple users to work on the shared Web-based model in the process of drafting, design, simulation, and ...