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Ade, R and Rehm, M (2020) Reaching for the stars: green construction cost premiums for Homestar certification. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 570–80.

Arashpour, M, Heidarpour, A, Akbar Nezhad, A, Hosseinifard, Z, Chileshe, N and Hosseini, R (2020) Performance-based control of variability and tolerance in off-site manufacture and assembly: optimization of penalty on poor production quality. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 502–14.

Hamilton, I G, Summerfield, A J, Steadman, J P, Stone, A and Davies, M (2010) Exploring energy integration between new and existing developments. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 609.

Hammad, A W, Grzybowska, H, Sutrisna, M, Akbarnezhad, A and Haddad, A (2020) A novel mathematical optimisation model for the scheduling of activities in modular construction factories. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 534–51.

Hassan, A and El-Rayes, K (2020) Quantifying the interruption impact of activity delays in non-serial repetitive construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 515–33.

Hernandez, P and Kenny, P (2010) Integrating occupant preference and life cycle energy evaluation: a simplified method. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 37.

Littlefair, P, Ortiz, J and Bhaumik, C D (2010) A simulation of solar shading control on UK office energy use. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 46.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: blinds; control; energy; overheating; shading; temperature
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2010.496556
  • Abstract:
    The energy and thermal comfort implications of installing solar shading are examined, including automatically controlled shading. An air-conditioned office was simulated using a sophisticated environmental modelling program (DOE-2) for a range of shading and control systems. These comprised manually controlled internal blinds, a fixed external overhang, and internal or external blinds under automatic control and manual override. Results suggest that in England shading can result in reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and energy cost, where office buildings are air-conditioned. Additional CO2 savings were obtained with automatic control of shading, of around 3% compared with simple manually controlled or fixed systems. The benefits of shading are latitude dependent; in Scotland, installation of external shading gave an energy penalty of between 1% and 9%. Moveable external shading gave the highest energy penalty because occupants would use the external blinds to control glare, reducing solar gains on cloudy days. Automatic control of internal shading was more successful here, reducing CO2 emissions by around 3% compared with manually controlled internal shading.

Loosemore, M, Alkilani, S and Mathenge, R (2020) The risks of and barriers to social procurement in construction: a supply chain perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 552–69.

Lucke, T and Beecham, S (2010) Aeration and gutter water levels in siphonic roof drainage systems. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 85.

Pink, S, Tutt, D, Dainty, A and Gibb, A (2010) Ethnographic methodologies for construction research: knowing, practice and interventions. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 647-659.

Steinhardt, D, Manley, K, Bildsten, L and Widen, K (2020) The structure of emergent prefabricated housing industries: a comparative case study of Australia and Sweden. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 483–501.

Tenpierik, M J and Cauberg, J J M (2010) Encapsulated vacuum insulation panels: theoretical thermal optimization. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 9.

Thomas, L E (2010) Evaluating design strategies, performance and occupant satisfaction: a low carbon office refurbishment. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 24.