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Research paper thumbnail of Modelling and Analysis of Daylight, Solar Heat Gains and Thermal Losses to Inform the Early Stage of the Architectural Process

The EU building sector is a main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which need to be cut as... more The EU building sector is a main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which need to be cut as part of the global response to anthropogenic climate change. This cut can be realised through impro ...

Research paper thumbnail of Carbon Dioxide Emissions From the Housing Sector: Possible Scenarios for the UK

As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondio... more As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondioxide emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. This paper aims to establish the possible means of achieving this by analysing the current energy use and predicting future trends. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Designing Access to Nature for Residential Buildings

Research paper thumbnail of Carbon dioxide emissions from the housing sector: possible scenarios for the UK

As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondio... more As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondioxide emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. This paper aims to establish the possible means of achieving this by analysing the current energy use and predicting future trends. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Energy simulation tool for architectural design

Research paper thumbnail of Innovative use of strategic design tools in building design in China

Research paper thumbnail of Lighting energy saving due to the use of direct sunlight

Research paper thumbnail of LT Europe - an Integrated Energy Design Tool for Building

Research paper thumbnail of A method of energy efficient building design and planning

Research paper thumbnail of Impacts of office design characteristics on human energy expenditure: developing a “KINESIS” model

Energy Systems, 2010

... Stamatina T. Rassia · Alexandros Alexiou · Nick V. Baker ... decreased from the standard (Tab... more ... Stamatina T. Rassia · Alexandros Alexiou · Nick V. Baker ... decreased from the standard (Table 1) by a factor of 2 • Long distance, where d (the trip distance in meters from one office space to an-other) increased from the standard (Table 1) by a factor of 2 • Multi-storey, where s ...

Research paper thumbnail of A simplified thermal resistance network model for high power LED street lamp

Research paper thumbnail of Glazed Courtyards: An Element of the Low-Energy City

Energy and Urban Built Form, 1987

Research paper thumbnail of Energy Use and Urban Development

1989 2nd European Conference on Architecture, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of Low Cost Instrument for Measuring Daylight Factors in Models

1989 2nd European Conference on Architecture, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of Department of Medicine, University of Ioannina

Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Design Tools for Non-Domestic Buildings

Architecture and Urban Space, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Permaculture Institute, Styerberg

Research paper thumbnail of Atrium Design Guidelines

Research paper thumbnail of Urban infoscapes: new tools to inform city design and planning

arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 2003

During the past decades, many computer tools have been developed to assist in the environmental d... more During the past decades, many computer tools have been developed to assist in the environmental design of individual buildings. Heat, light, sound and especially energy consumption can be analyzed in many different packages. This is not generally true for urban design, especially at the medium scale. Although it is widely assumed that urban texture – the pattern of streets, building heights, open spaces and so on – will determine environmental quality both in the buildings and outside, tools for investigating the connections are sparse. The need for medium-scale understanding is confirmed by Givoni (1989):‘The outdoor temperature, wind speed and solar radiation to which an individual building is exposed is not the regional “synoptic” climate, but the local microclimate as modified by the “structure” of the city, mainly of the neighbourhood where the building is located.’This paper describes how novel image-processing algorithms could be applied in urban areas to calculate a wide num...

Research paper thumbnail of The irritable occupant: recent developments in thermal comfort theory

arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 1996

This paper explores thermal comfort, following recent renewed interest in thermal comfort standar... more This paper explores thermal comfort, following recent renewed interest in thermal comfort standards. It also reports on findings from the Thermal Comfort Task in the EU funded PASCOOL project which had an overall objective of promoting passive cooling and avoiding air conditioning. Finally, some tentative conclusions are developed together with their implications for architectural design.

Research paper thumbnail of Modelling and Analysis of Daylight, Solar Heat Gains and Thermal Losses to Inform the Early Stage of the Architectural Process

The EU building sector is a main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which need to be cut as... more The EU building sector is a main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which need to be cut as part of the global response to anthropogenic climate change. This cut can be realised through impro ...

Research paper thumbnail of Carbon Dioxide Emissions From the Housing Sector: Possible Scenarios for the UK

As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondio... more As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondioxide emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. This paper aims to establish the possible means of achieving this by analysing the current energy use and predicting future trends. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Designing Access to Nature for Residential Buildings

Research paper thumbnail of Carbon dioxide emissions from the housing sector: possible scenarios for the UK

As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondio... more As a result of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, the UK Government has a commitment to reduce carbondioxide emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. This paper aims to establish the possible means of achieving this by analysing the current energy use and predicting future trends. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Energy simulation tool for architectural design

Research paper thumbnail of Innovative use of strategic design tools in building design in China

Research paper thumbnail of Lighting energy saving due to the use of direct sunlight

Research paper thumbnail of LT Europe - an Integrated Energy Design Tool for Building

Research paper thumbnail of A method of energy efficient building design and planning

Research paper thumbnail of Impacts of office design characteristics on human energy expenditure: developing a “KINESIS” model

Energy Systems, 2010

... Stamatina T. Rassia · Alexandros Alexiou · Nick V. Baker ... decreased from the standard (Tab... more ... Stamatina T. Rassia · Alexandros Alexiou · Nick V. Baker ... decreased from the standard (Table 1) by a factor of 2 • Long distance, where d (the trip distance in meters from one office space to an-other) increased from the standard (Table 1) by a factor of 2 • Multi-storey, where s ...

Research paper thumbnail of A simplified thermal resistance network model for high power LED street lamp

Research paper thumbnail of Glazed Courtyards: An Element of the Low-Energy City

Energy and Urban Built Form, 1987

Research paper thumbnail of Energy Use and Urban Development

1989 2nd European Conference on Architecture, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of Low Cost Instrument for Measuring Daylight Factors in Models

1989 2nd European Conference on Architecture, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of Department of Medicine, University of Ioannina

Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Design Tools for Non-Domestic Buildings

Architecture and Urban Space, 1991

Research paper thumbnail of Permaculture Institute, Styerberg

Research paper thumbnail of Atrium Design Guidelines

Research paper thumbnail of Urban infoscapes: new tools to inform city design and planning

arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 2003

During the past decades, many computer tools have been developed to assist in the environmental d... more During the past decades, many computer tools have been developed to assist in the environmental design of individual buildings. Heat, light, sound and especially energy consumption can be analyzed in many different packages. This is not generally true for urban design, especially at the medium scale. Although it is widely assumed that urban texture – the pattern of streets, building heights, open spaces and so on – will determine environmental quality both in the buildings and outside, tools for investigating the connections are sparse. The need for medium-scale understanding is confirmed by Givoni (1989):‘The outdoor temperature, wind speed and solar radiation to which an individual building is exposed is not the regional “synoptic” climate, but the local microclimate as modified by the “structure” of the city, mainly of the neighbourhood where the building is located.’This paper describes how novel image-processing algorithms could be applied in urban areas to calculate a wide num...

Research paper thumbnail of The irritable occupant: recent developments in thermal comfort theory

arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 1996

This paper explores thermal comfort, following recent renewed interest in thermal comfort standar... more This paper explores thermal comfort, following recent renewed interest in thermal comfort standards. It also reports on findings from the Thermal Comfort Task in the EU funded PASCOOL project which had an overall objective of promoting passive cooling and avoiding air conditioning. Finally, some tentative conclusions are developed together with their implications for architectural design.

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