Calculating energy consumption plays an important role in the built environment and affects interior design. In the U.S., residential and commercial buildings accounted for 40% of national energy use in 2017, and educational institutions consumed substantial portions of the commercial sector's electricity and natural gas (EIA, 2020). Biomimicry, an emerging field, seeks to mimic nature's …
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August 15, 2023
1 year ago
Natural ventilation (NV) systems are becoming increasingly popular as they improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and reduce building energy usage. However, predicting future NV rates is a challenging issue for NV and hybrid systems, which combine NV with mechanical ventilation. The variability of NV due to building features and indoor/outdoor environmental changes makes it difficult to define the …
March 8, 2023
2 years ago
As most of the occupants spend approximately 90% of their time indoors (Klepeis et al., 2001), especially because of the COVID-19 pandemic (Lee et al., 2020), they expect more satisfaction in the indoor environment. Due to the limited daylight available in indoor spaces, however, their satisfaction is not high enough. Especially, students are dissatisfied when …
November 1, 2022
2 years ago
This article describes the students’ outcomes of the service-learning project. Students in Interior Design program participated with the community partner to calculate and assess building energy and suggested solutions to help reduce building energy via this valuable project that students and the community were able to give and receive help from each other. By applying …
October 10, 2022
2 years ago
Most engineers predict future building energy consumption via simulation programs in the pre-design phase. In this process, many simulation steps have to be repeated to predict building energy consumption. The authors in this article proposed another way to select optimal building materials for saving commercial building energy in the U.S. using soft computing methods.To achieve …
March 29, 2022
3 years ago
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the energy savings in the indoor environment, using strategies that adopt the characteristics of nature, called biomimetic solutions. This research designed a biomimetic window system to bring daylight into interior spaces in educational buildings where daylight cannot be reached. Specifically, this study assessed how the daylight that …
March 1, 2022
3 years ago
The sustainable and energy-efficient interior design course engages about 50 undergraduate students in the Interior Design program in a coordinated program of research, hands-on immersive learning in home energy assessment tools and techniques, and curriculum development. It will supplement students’ understanding of energy efficiency assessment and analysis in residential buildings as well as students’ knowledge …
March 1, 2021
4 years ago
The time staying indoors for occupants is increasing day by day, but their satisfaction in the indoor environment is not improving; moreover, building energy consumption continues to increase. About 40 percent of all U.S. energy was consumed by residential and commercial sectors and educational buildings consumed 11 percent and 13 percent of total electricity and …
March 1, 2021
4 years ago
The use of nature has become increasingly important in the design of interiors given the current pandemic. This integration of nature has been confirmed to restore people within their environments, afford a more environmentally friendly atmosphere, and appeal to economic qualities. Allied research topics include environment-behavior studies that examine relationships between human behavior and the …
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