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DECISION SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSFORMING URBAN BUILDINGS AT MULTIPLE SCALES
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-25)Due to the increasing population, cities are requiring more energy. Among urban elements, buildings account for about 40% of energy demands and 30% of carbon dioxide emissions globally. To address the increase of energy ... -
An Information Exchange Framework For BIM, BAS, And IoT Data Using Semantic Web Technologies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-25)With digital technologies like Building Information Modeling (BIM), Internet of Things (IoT), and Building Automation System (BAS), an increasing amount of data is being created. Data silos in Architecture Engineering and ... -
Clash Resolution Optimization based on Component and Clash Dependent Networks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-25)Effective coordination across multi-disciplines is crucial to make sure that the locations of building components meet physical and functional constraints. Building information modeling (BIM) has been increasingly applied ... -
AGENT-BASED SIMULATION FOR EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF DESIGN ON NURSES’ SPATIOTEMPORAL EXPERIENCE
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-14)Studying dynamics of care providers’ spatial experience based on their space occupancy and activity patterns allows us to better understand the impacts of design on care providers’ outcomes. During the early stages of ... -
Building thermoregulation based on the adaptive building envelope
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-09)In contrast to the traditional building envelope, which tries to block the thermal and mass exchange between the indoor and outdoor environments as much as possible, the adaptive building envelope (ABE) can admit the ... -
IMPACT OF ELA CALIBRATION METHODS ON BUILDING ENERGY MODEL FIDELITY AND FITNESS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-05)As building performance is increasingly improved and building energy consumption decreases, a greater percentage of the total energy loss of a building occurs through envelope leakage. This leakage is characterized by the ... -
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: EFFECT OF DECERTIFICATION AND COMPETING IN THE GEORGIA TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION MARKETPLACE
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-04-29)The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) allocates billions of dollars annually for transportation projects. State Departments of Transportation (SDOT) that receive federal assistance for transportation contracting ... -
The Shape of Discourse in Urban Movements through the Lens of Social Media: A case study of the anti-redevelopment movement in South Korea
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-04)This study explored the shape of discourse around the anti-redevelopment movement in Seoul, South Korea, and investigated the effects of social media in the urban movement. The site was an old manufacturing district in ... -
Cluster-based Delineation of Megaregions in the United States: Identifying administrative boundaries that reflect meta-communities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-04)Coordination and collaboration through governance at meta-urban scales have the potential to significantly improve quality of life while reducing the bureaucratic burden on society. Megaregional research and delineation ... -
Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed People’s Attitude about Where to Live? Some Preliminary Answers from a Study of the Atlanta Housing Market
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-04)In March 2020, the national lockdowns and social distancing mandates to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the US abruptly disrupted all aspects of urban life, requiring people to conduct daily activities including work, ... -
User experience design for electric mopeds
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05-05)Electric moped sharing, a recent variation of vehicle sharing concepts, are emerging in urban areas to enable commuters short-term access to mopeds on an as-needed basis. User experience problems arise along with the ... -
DESIGNING AN ERGONOMIC INFANT-TO-TODDLER ROCKER BASED ON ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-27)Currently ergonomics is not a term frequently associated with infant and toddler products. Many of these products on the market like highchairs, rockers and bouncers aren’t designed using anthropometric data on infants and ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF URBAN MORPHOLOGY AND ITS EFFECT ON WEATHER UNCERTAINTY IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-08)The application of building simulation serves to assess the performance of a building throughout its lifetime. But the proper use of these applications relies heavily on the boundary conditions under which the behavior of ... -
The Role of Positive Distraction in the Patient’s Experience in Healthcare Setting: A Literature Review of the Impacts of Representation of Nature, Sound, Visual Art, and Light
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-08)Background One of the key strategies to help patients reduce stress and anxiety in healthcare settings is positive distraction defined as “an environmental feature that elicits positive feelings and holds attention without ... -
Building a City in the Wilderness:COnstruction Camps of the Alabama Power Company
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-07)Building a City in the Wilderness: Construction Camps of the Alabama Power Company Marietta Coleman Monaghan 494 pages Directed by Dr. Laura H. Hollengreen This dissertation explores how architecture can actively be ... -
A critical review and simulation-based evaluation of green roof’s energy savings
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-07)Green roofs are often identified as energy-efficient techniques which, through their various mechanisms, contribute to a comfortable indoor environment. A significant number of published literature has investigated the ... -
Building thermal load control: Potential, Strategy, and Implementation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-08)The HVAC system consumes 30-50% of the energy delivered to a building, providing heating and cooling to maintain suitable thermal conditions for occupants. In recent years, advanced control methods, such as model predictive ... -
The Portman Variations: A Critical Approach to Entelechy I Mediated by Shape Machine
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-10-20)John Portman’s work is perplexing and polarizing. Characterized by his atria that captivate the popular imagination and his hybrid practice as architect-developer that redefined skylines throughout the world, but also ... -
The Cost of Haptics: Measuring Encumbrance in Gloves for Mixed Reality
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-06)Smart gloves are a category of peripherals that promise to transform how people use their hands in computing systems. These gloves are intended to support the use of hand interactions that closely mimic the way hands are ... -
Uncertainty quantification of building energy model that assume ideal temperature control
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-08-17)An increasing number of studies conduct uncertainty analyses to investigate discrepancies between predicted energy performance of buildings and their actual measured energy use. Based on prior uncertainty quantification ...
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