What is NExT? A new conceptual model for comfort, satisfaction, health, and well-being in buildings

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The characterization of biophilic environments, recognized for their potential to enhance well-being, requires researchers to have access to relevant metrics and methodologies when it comes to assessing this potential. Given the large diversity of well-bei ...

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Zoning reform is a crucial tool for cities to adapt to contemporary challenges. However, its implementation remains challenging. Property owners, with a vested interest in the value of their neighborhoods, are sensitive to local developments and the potent ...

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As humans spend most of their time indoors, indoor air quality (IAQ) significantly impacts their health. In parallel, building ventilation consumes significant energy, contributing to climate change. However, the relationships between the building ventilat ...

Given people's significant time spent indoors, ensuring good indoor air quality (IAQ) is essential because it significantly influences occupants' health and productivity. Office buildings consume about 50% of commercial building energy and 18% of total bui ...

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What is NExT? A new conceptual model for comfort, satisfaction, health, and well-being in buildings

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A review of the effectiveness of metrics for assessing human responses to biophilic environments involving views, shading, and interior design elements

The role of spatial epidemiology to support public health policies : case studies applied to health promotion, noncommunicable and infectious diseases in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Soft Robotics: A Route to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity in Robotics

Spatial Modeling for Building Design Evaluation: from Visual Landscape Quality Assessment to Devaluation Risk Estimation

Correlating long-term performance and aging behaviour of building integrated PV modules

Estimating Air Change Rate in Mechanically Ventilated Classrooms Using a Single CO2 Sensor and Automated Data Segmentation

Monopoly Pricing with Unknown Demand

Fusing Pre-existing Knowledge and Machine Learning for Enhanced Building Thermal Modeling and Control

An explorative method to support design decisions based on carbon constraints and daylight sufficiency needs

Designing self-tracking experiences: A qualitative study of the perceptions of barriers and facilitators to adopting digital health technology for automatic urine analysis at home

Housing, street and health: a new systemic research framework

Real world multimodal assessment of physical behavior change in health and disease

Novel quantitative bioengineered tools to track human bone marrow niche cellular constituents in health and disease

Dynamic indoor thermal environment using Reinforcement Learning-based controls: Opportunities and challenges

Taking a step back from glass towers facades to make them compatible with the 2050 targets

Building ventilation and outdoor air pollution: Implications for health, comfort and energy

Assessment of Monitoring Strategies for Inhalation Exposure and Occupancy in Office Environments

Influence of outdoor air pollution on European residential ventilative cooling potential

Autodigit-RAD: Towards an automation of the radon’s concentration dataflow in a new and innovative building

Efficacy of temporal and spatial abstraction for training accurate machine learning models: A case study in smart thermostats