Sentences with phrase «building envelope temperatures»
Further, decreasing building envelope temperatures and reducing air conditioning exhaust can reduce urban heat island effect.
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We quantify sea - level commitment in the baseline case by building on Levermann et al. (10), who used physical simulations to model the SLR within a 2,000 - y envelope as the sum of the contributions of (i) ocean thermal expansion, based on six coupled climate models; (ii) mountain glacier and ice cap melting, based on surface mass balance and simplified ice dynamic models; (iii) Greenland ice sheet decay, based on a coupled regional climate model and ice sheet dynamic model; and (iv) Antarctic ice sheet decay, based on a continental - scale model parameterizing grounding line ice flux in relation to temperature.
The building envelope ensures stable interior temperatures and a heat recovery ventilation system provides a continuous supply of fresh air throughout.
Heat waves lead to warmer indoor temperatures in three primary ways: conduction of heat from outdoors through the building envelope; transmission of radiant solar heat through windows; and the convection of warm air through open windows and doors and air leakage.
We may otherwise be giving back some of the benefits via: leaky chimney dampers; low R value masonry and metal chimneys which penetrate the building envelope (both heating and cooling penalties depending on the season); convective air currents arising from temperature differentials inside large chimneys; metal pipe air intakes which can be quite difficult to insulate, channeling cold into the envelope 24/7 during heating season; backdrafting through leaky woodstove doors; and so forth.
This research evaluated the potential for integrated biofilters (IBFs) consisting of a subsurface flow constructed wetlands, a living wall, and living columns to attenuate wastewater pollutants while converting wastewater into a water resource to reduce the temperature of building envelopes and cultivate edible crops.