Importance of building orientation in determining daylighting quality in student dorm rooms: Physical and simulated daylighting parameters’ values compared to subjective survey results

How many interviews are enough? Do qualitative interviews in building energy consumption research produce reliable knowledge?

“…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 [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8], Energy and Buildings [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], Energy Efficiency [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33], Energy Policy [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45], Sustainable Cities and Society [46][47][48][49] and Building Research and Information [50]…”

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

“…It should be noted that the numerical result is given by equation (21). Remarkably, similar to the estimate of the average Nusselt number by the Lagrange interpolation method for each wall thickness between [0, L/10] but only for Ra = 10…”

“…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 Dynamics of Daylighting at a Residential College Building with the Internal Courtyard Arrangement

“…ONSET HOBO U12-012 data loggers for indoor measurements were fixed on both sides of the walls to find out the distribution level of daylight (lumens/ft 2 or lux) in the room (Hua et al, 2011). These data loggers were fixed on the room's core area for main activity; which is on the study desk at 1.10m above the floor (Kim and Kim, 2007;Jovanić at al., 2014). As adapted from a study done by Li and Lam (2003) on an investigation of daylighting performance and energy saving in a daylit corridor, ONSET HOBO U12-012 data logger was also fixed outside the selected rooms for the examination of the level of daylight outside the room, specifically in the corridor area.…”