occupant comfort
1Thermal comfort — Human thermal comfort is defined by ASHRAE as the state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding environment (ASHRAE Standard 55). Maintaining thermal comfort for occupants of buildings or other enclosures is one of the important… …
2Daewoo Mirae — The Daewoo Mirae car was unveiled on April 20, 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II at Daewoo s Seoul design studio Design Forum then again at the 1999 Seoul Motor Show. Mirae is Korean for Future . Designed at Daewoo s UK Worthing Technical Centre… …
3Central Plaza, Hong Kong — Infobox Skyscraper building name = Central Plaza 中環廣場 caption = Central Plaza by day in April 2003 year highest = year end = plural = location = Flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong coordinates = coord|22|16|48|N|114|10|25|E|region:HK… …
4Vehicle bus — A vehicle bus is an electronic communications network that interconnects components inside an automobile, bus, industrial or agricultural vehicle, ship, or aircraft. Due to the specialised requirements of each type of deployment (including… …
5Damper (architecture) — A damper is a valve or plate that stops or regulates the flow of air inside a duct, chimney, VAV box, air handler, or other air handling equipment. A damper may be used to cut off central air conditioning (heating or cooling) to an unused room,… …
6Zone valve — A zone valve is a specific type of valve used to control the flow of water or steam in a hydronic heating or cooling system.In the interest of improving efficiency and occupant comfort, such systems are commonly divided up into multiple zones.… …
7Earth Rangers — is a registered non profit organization located in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1999 by Robert Schad, Earth Rangers focuses on providing environmental education to youth through school assemblies and hands on action programs.Earth… …
8Architectural light shelf — A light shelf is an architectural element that allows daylight to penetrate deep into a building. This horizontal light reflecting overhang is placed above eye level and has a high reflectance upper surface. This surface is then used to reflect… …
9Green Exchange — The Green Exchange is a sustainable and green retail and office development project in Chicago, Illinois, designed to house more than one hundred eco friendly businesses and organizations within a single building. Developers of the building are… …
10Damper (flow) — This article is about the architectural element. For other uers, see Damper (disambiguation). Opposed blade dampers in a mixing duct. A damper is a valve or plate that stops or regulates the flow of air inside a duct, chimney, VAV box, air… …
