Explores sustainable high-performance cooling through liquid-vapor phase change, novel materials, and innovative cooling systems, aiming to address the challenges of increasing cooling demand and carbon emissions.
Explores thermal comfort fundamentals, including human heat balance and factors influencing comfort, focusing on air temperature, humidity, and control mechanisms.
Covers the basics of HVAC systems, including thermal comfort assessment, psychrometric processes, and key components, with practical examples and exercises.
Explores the evaporation process of a water pond near the sea on a summer day, covering heat and mass transfer laws, convective heat transfer, and practical exercises.
Covers human thermal comfort assessment, models, surveys, and standards, emphasizing the importance of adaptive models for naturally ventilated buildings.