• Air flow door barrier for airborne infection isolation rooms 

      Venås, Bård; Vikan, Anders Welde; Lind, Merethe; Harsem, Trond Th. (E3S Web of Conferences;Volume 111 E3S Web Conf., 111 (2019) 02063, Conference object, 2019)
      Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms (AIIRs) are used in hospitals to counter the spread of airborne infections. These rooms usually work well as long as the doors to the patient rooms are closed. However, passage through ...
    • ANALYSIS AND MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING IN COST ESTIMATES 

      Rolfsen, Christian Nordahl; Muhammed, Sariteke (Chapter; Conference object, 2023)
      Building Information Models (BIM) and information in these models have been responsible for an "industrial revolution" in the construction industry, but there has not been the same focus on BIM in the early stages of ...
    • ANN-based surrogate model for predicting the lateral load capacity of RC shear walls 

      Solorzano, German; Plevris, Vagelis (ECCOMAS Congress;8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Conference object, 2022)
      Reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls are often used as the main lateral-resisting component in the seismic design of buildings. They provide a large percentage of the lateral stiffness of the structure, and therefore, they ...
    • AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF POINT CLOUDS IN THE ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENT 

      Romero-Jaren, Rocio; Arranz, Jose Juan; Navas-Sanchez, L.; Erduran, Emrah; Martinez-Cuevas, Sandra; Benito, Belen (International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences;Volume XLIII-B2-2021, XXIV ISPRS Congress (2021 edition), Conference object, 2021)
      Correct and reliable identification and classification of different structures and infrastructures that make up a city (e.g. residential buildings, school buildings, hospitals, power stations, routes of communication, etc.) ...
    • Book of Abstracts – BuildSim Nordic 2020 – International Conference Organized by IBPSANordic, 13th-14th October 2020, Oslo 

      Schild, Peter G. (Conference object, 2020-10)
      The Book of Abstracts is from the BuildSim Nordic 2020 – International Conference Organized by IBPSA Nordic the 13th-14th October 2020 in Oslo. The conference was organized in cooperation between the Nordic chapter of ...
    • CFD modeling of the transport of human respiratory droplets in an indoor environment 

      Norbeck, Ole Martinius Harket; Sundsdal, Oda Martine; Nambully, Suresh Kumar; Chaudhuri, Arnab (Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings;, Conference object, 2022)
      For the last couple of years, the world has faced the global pandemic COVID-19. The viral transmission could occur via different modes like large respiratory droplets, direct contact with contaminated surfaces and airborne ...
    • Demand-controlled ventilation in schools: Influence of base ventilation rates on subjective symptoms, perceived indoor environment and young adults' learning performance 

      Holøs, Sverre Bjørn; Yang, Aileen; Thunshelle, Kari; Mysen, Mads (SINTEF Proceedings;9, Conference object, 2021)
      The ventilation airflow rates in a demand-controlled ventilation strategy typically vary between a base (Vmin) and a maximum ventilation rate (Vmax). Classrooms have relatively short but intense hours of occupancy and a ...
    • Design of Reinforced Concrete Isolated Footings Under Axial Loading with Artificial Neural Networks 

      Ramirez, German Solorzano; Plevris, Vagelis (EUROGEN;Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods For Design, Optimization and Control, Conference object, 2021)
      In engineering practice, the design of structural elements is a repetitive task that has proven to be difficult to fully automate. This is mainly because of the complex relations of the design variables and the multiple ...
    • Effect of filter type in ventilation systems on NO2 concentrations in classrooms 

      Yang, Aileen; Nikolaisen, Kristian Fredrik; Holøs, Sverre Bjørn; Thunshelle, Kari; Dauge, Franck Rene; Mysen, Mads (Springer Proceedings in Energy;Cold Climate HVAC 2018 - Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates, Conference object, 2018-12-12)
      This study was conducted to assess how different filter types in the ventilation system affect the indoor NO2 concentrations. Measurements were carried out in two classrooms and air intakes in a primary school located in ...
    • Evaluation of a novel 3-pipe solution for hydronic heat distribution in passive-house standard apartment buildings 

      Lundblad, Jonathan; Andreassen, Nora; Olsen, Johanna; Chaudhuri, Arnab (SINTEF Proceedings;9, Conference object, 2021)
      The energy efficiency of new buildings in Norway has been steadily improved over the last decades, but with less heating, hydronic heating systems have adversely increased in price. Lessening electric power consumption in ...
    • Evaluation of human induced vibrations in Kjærra Bridge 

      Erduran, Emrah; Tenev, Thomas; Kristiansen, Ole Andre (Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Dynamic, EURODYN;EURODYN 2020; Proceedings of the XI International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Volume 1, Conference object, 2020)
      The users of the 132-meter-long Kjærra Bridge in Larvik, Norway, noticed severe lateral vibrations due to pedestrian loading on the opening day in 2001. During the period that the bridge was designed, there were no clear ...
    • Evaluation of measurement techniques for modelling buildings in energy simulation and labelling tool 

      Gonzalez Caceres, Alex; Hempel, Ernst Erik (IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science;Volume 410, Conference object, 2020-01-01)
      The dwellings built between 1945 and 1980 have the largest energy demand in the EU, which by 2009 represented 70% of the final energy use in buildings. A great portion of these dwellings have not been retrofitted and most ...
    • Fully integrated numerical design tool to assess thethermal performance of phase change materials (PCM) inthe built environment 

      Rubinetti, Donato; Weiss, Daniel A.; Kraniotis, Dimitrios; Chaudhuri, Arnab (IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science;Volume 410, Conference object, 2020)
      Thermal energy storage with phase change materials (PCM) is a promising candidate to promote resource sustainability in buildings. The intelligent selection and usage of a PCM within the structure of a building poses a ...
    • How Does Low Relative Humidity Affect Perceived Air Quality, Thermal Comfort and Symptoms in Modern Office Buildings in Cold Climates? 

      Lind, Merethe; Holøs, Sverre Bjørn; Thunshelle, Kari; Yang, Aileen; Mysen, Mads (Springer Proceedings in Energy;Cold Climate HVAC 2018 - Sustainable Buildings in Cold Climates, Conference object, 2018-12-12)
      To assess how people are influenced by relative humidity (RH) in cold climates, a study was conducted in an open office landscape in Oslo, Norway. The study took place during three cold days in February 2017. Fourteen ...
    • Hygrothermal performance of nature-based insulation materials integrated in timber-based wall-systems 

      Kraniotis, Dimitrios; Ullah, Samee; Lønbro Bertelsen, Stine (Book; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2023)
      This study is part of the European research and innovation project Build in Wood and has investigated the hygrothermal performance of nature-based insulation materials in two timber-based wall systems: i) stud wall and ii) ...
    • Improving vehicle localization with two low-cost GPS receivers 

      Namazi, Elnaz; Mester, Rudolf; Lu, Chaoru; Log, Markus Metallinos; Li, Jingyue (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems;Volume 393, Conference object, 2021)
      A primary concern of intelligent traffic management systems (ITMS) is to collect necessary traffic data. Vehicle position is one of the most important data types to manage traffic effectively. Most current approaches to ...
    • Improving Vehicle Localization with Two Low-Cost GPS Receivers 

      Namazi, Elnaz; Mester, Rudolf; Lu, Chaoru; Log, Markus Metallinos; Li, Jingyue (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems;393, Conference object, 2021-01-01)
      A primary concern of Intelligent Traffic Management Systems (ITMSs) is to collect the required traffic data. Vehicle position is one of the most important data types to manage traffic effectively. In this regard, Global ...
    • The influence of wood coatings on the moisture buffering capacity of CLT and the indoor environment 

      Hundhausen, Ulrich; Heyvaerts, Robbe; Ullah, Samee; Kraniotis, Dimitrios (Chapter; Doctoral thesis; Conference object, 2023)
      The objective of the study was to determine the influence of wood coatings for CLT on the moisture buffering capacity and the indoor environment regarding relative humidity and heating demand. Based on the results of a ...
    • Intelligent Initiatives to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Construction 

      Farahzadi, Leila; Kioumarsi, Mahdi (Conference object, 2022-11-24)
      Global warming is one of the most important environmental issues that threatens the living on this globe so far. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from the construction industry is one of the major sources of emissions that ...
    • Investigation of inhomogeneous wave conditions in Sulafjorden 

      Stefanakos, Christos; Dai, Jian; Leira, Bernt Johan (Proceedings of Annual International Ocean (Offshore) and Polar Engineering Conference;The Proceedings of the 31st (2021) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Conference object, 2021)
      Complex fjord topography (bathymetry and coastline) may differentiate significantly wave conditions not only compared with the offshore ones but in the vicinity of few tens of meters. In the present work, possible ...