In this dissertation, a test facility for measuring capture efficiency (CE) of residential range hoods was built and used to conduct experiments investigating the effects of multiple test factors (e.g. cook-top temperature, ...

The building sector constitutes the largest portion of energy consumption worldwide, surpassing the industrial and transportation sectors. In the United States, buildings alone account for approximately 40% of total energy ...

This study aims to provide valid comparisons of the peak cooling load methods that were published in the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals, including the Heat Balance Method (HBM), the Radiant Time Series Method (RTSM), the ...

Housing represents a substantial financial challenge for many home-seekers in Saudi Arabia (KSA), especially among young adults. Most private, single-family homes available in the real estate market have significant square ...

There are many inverse modeling methods to model the whole building energy use. Multiple linear regression (MLR) and change-point liner regression (CPLR) have been some of the most common methods due to their intelligibility ...

The purpose of this research was to compare the energy consumption of WinAM and EnergyPlus when thermal mass and a temperature setback are applied. Since WinAM does not account for thermal mass, a correction method was ...

A test facility was designed and constructed with the capability of isolating critical variables for controlling the novel membrane dehumidification-enabled cooling system’s operation parameters as well as for acquiring ...

Commercial buildings account for 35 percent of electricity consumption in the U.S., of which 30 percent is used by the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Despite the significant role of the HVAC ...

The heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system consumes a significant fraction of building energy to maintain satisfactory indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort conditions for its occupants. Occupancy-based ...