Freezing the poor—Indoor environmental quality in low and very low income households during the winter period in Athens

Numerical simulation of conjugate convection combined with the thermal conduction using a polynomial interpolation method

“…Second, the most important part in this work is to vary the thickness of the building material of the outer wall four times and calculate the Nusselt number and exchange coefficient of heat transfer to find a cloud point, respectively, for the thicknesses e = 0, L/40, L/20, and L/10. Afterward, we developed a relationship that helps us to know the Nusselt number and exchange ratio for each thickness (e) belongs to the interval [0, L/10] by the Lagrange polynomial interpolation method and then we developed a FORTRAN program to control the nonlinear equation of order three (equation (22) or equation (23)). This method is for predicting exchange coefficient of convection to optimize the design of walls in buildings.…”

“…7 Several works have been published in this direction and in several newspapers and journals such as Building Engineering Building and Environment, 8 Building and Environment, [9][10][11] Energy Storage, [12][13][14][15][16] and Energy and Buildings. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] In most situations, the mechanical cooling devices offer solutions that are neither environment friendly nor energy sustainable. The mechanical devices are non-functional and cannot offer thermal comfort without energy input.…”

The residential context of health in Australia: No longer the lucky country?

“…For those who do have access to some form of housing, its quality can impact heavily on health and wellbeing. Although there are mixed findings, poor housing quality has been linked to higher levels of psychological distress (Jones-Rounds, Evans, & Braubach, 2014), increased morbidity, and even mortality during periods of extreme temperature (Gibson et al, 2011;Santamouris et al 2014). Hazards in the home are the leading cause of injuries in most countries, especially among the elderly, frail, or disabled, and yet there is a dearth of injury prevention strategies in this area (Keall et al, 2013).…”

New methodology for the walls design in buildings by numerical simulation of the thermal convection

“…It has become common in recent years to gather data on human attitudes and behaviour in building energy research through interviews with building occupants and other relevant actors. Examples of this kind of research are found in the main journals which deal with technical aspects of energy in buildings, including Building and Environment [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], Building and Environment [13][14][15], Energy Storage [16][17][18][19][20], Energy and Buildings [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. In most situations, the mechanical cooling devices offer solutions that are neither environment friendly nor energy sustainable.…”