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  title info:
    title: Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments
  name:
    name part: Orosa, José A.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Oliveira, Armando C.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxk
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 148 p. online resource.
  abstract: There are many aspects to consider when evaluating or improving an indoor environment; thermal comfort, energy saving, preservation of materials, hygiene and health are all key aspects which can be improved by passive methods of environmental control. Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments endeavours to fill the lack of analysis in this area by using over ten years of research to illustrate the effects of methods such as thermal inertia and permeable coverings; for example, the use of permeable coverings is a well known passive method, but its effects and ways to improve indoor environments have been rarely analyzed. Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments includes both software simulations and laboratory and field studies. Through these, the main parameters that characterize the behavior of internal coverings are defined. Furthermore, a new procedure is explained in depth which can be used to identify the real expected effects of permeable coverings such as energy conservation and local thermal comfort as well as their working periods in controlling indoor environments. This theoretical base is built on by considering future research work including patents and construction indications which will improve indoor environmental conditions with evidence from real data. This makes Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments an ideal resource for specialists and researchers focusing on indoor air quality, thermal comfort, and energy saving or with a general interest in controlling indoor environments with passive methods.
  table of contents: 1. Introduction to Indoor Environments, Energy Saving, Thermal Comfort and Health Effects -- 2. Present Field Conditions -- 3. Passive Methods as a Possible Solution -- 4. Permeable Coverings -- 5. Future Research Work (Software Resources, Laboratory and Field Tests).
  note: by José A. Orosa, Armando C. Oliveira.
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy resources
  subject:
    topic: Energy efficiency
  subject:
    topic: Facility management
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Alternate energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Green energy industries
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Facility Management
  subject:
    topic: Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings)
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  subject:
    topic: Interior Architecture
  classification: TH1-9745
  classification: 658.2
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Green Energy and Technology
  identifier: 9781447123361
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2336-1
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    record creation date: 111104
    record change date: 20151125221041.0
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