Browsing by Author "Tejedor Herrán, Blanca"
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An innovative approach to assess the limitations of characterizing solar gains in buildings: a Spanish case study
(2023-08-15)
Article
Open AccessA minimal energy demand should be required in buildings both to optimize the performance of the building façade and to control solar gains. According to the existing studies and national standards, the climate zone ... -
An innovative protocol for the development and evaluation of the teamwork competency in virtual environments
(Asociación Española de Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO), 2022)
Conference report
Open AccessUnder COVID scenario, it has been observed that the constraints derived from remote teaching makes harder an already challenging task: the achievement of teamwork skills and their assessment. This study, which is part of ... -
Analysis of the Applicability of Non-Destructive Techniques to Determine In Situ Thermal Transmittance in Passive House Façades
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-12-01)
Article
Open AccessWithin the European framework, the passive house has become an essential constructive solution in terms of building efficiency and CO2 reduction. However, the main approaches have been focused on post-occupancy surveys, ... -
Application of Qualitative and Quantitative Infrared Thermography at Urban Level: Potentials and Limitations
(Springer, 2022-05-16)
Part of book or chapter of book
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn recent years, the usefulness of infrared thermography (IRT) has been extended to multiple scenarios, due to several benefits: rapid inspection, multi-point detection, real-time monitoring, etc. However, the range of ... -
Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the energy consumption of university buildings
(2022-02-15)
Article
Open AccessExceptional pandemic lockdown measures enabled singular experiments such as analysing the energy consumption of vacant buildings. This paper assesses the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the energy use of academic ... -
Assessing the influence of operating conditions and thermophysical properties on the accuracy of in-situ measured U-values using quantitative internal infrared thermography
(2018-07-15)
Article
Open AccessWithin the European context, most of the current residential building stock does not fulfil minimum thermal requirements and needs to be refurbished urgently. Quantitative internal infrared thermography can provide valuable ... -
Automated data-processing technique: 2D Map for identifying the distribution of the U-value in building elements by quantitative internal thermography
(2021-02)
Article
Open AccessComputing a 2D colour map of average U-values pixel-by-pixel could become a challenging task in terms of complexity and time, especially for entire façades under the influence of anomalies. In a quantitative IRT test, a ... -
Combining Characterization Tests of Building Envelope Thermal Transmittance with the Acoustic Characterization Through Data Mining Approaches
(Springer, 2022-05-16)
Part of book or chapter of book
Restricted access - publisher's policyClimate change has forced many sectors to establish measures to achieve decarbonisation. Building is amongst these sectors with the greatest challenge. To achieve decarbonisation, energy improvement measures should be ... -
Comparative Analysis of the Influence of the Convective Term in the Quantitative Assessment by Infrared Thermography
(Springer, 2022-05-16)
Part of book or chapter of book
Restricted access - publisher's policyEnvelope thermal transmittance strongly influences building energy consumption, so there is a significant interest in using methods that assess it accurately. The quantitative infrared thermography method is among the most ... -
Contributions to the determination of thermal behaviour of façades using quantitative internal IRT (Infrared Thermography)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-01-24)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessWithin the European framework, most of residential buildings do not satisfy the minimum thermal specifications. In fact, the renovation rate across the EU is estimated at 1% per year. To fulfil with the goals stated by ... -
Energy benchmarking of existing office stock in Spain: trends and drivers
(2019-11-12)
Article
Open AccessBuildings play a central role in the clean energy transition, which is why it is vital to understand how energy is consumed in this sector. Energy performance certificate databases are considered a key source of information ... -
Evaluating the freeze–thaw phenomenon in sandwich-structured composites via numerical simulations and infrared thermography
(Springer, 2020-07-13)
Article
Open AccessThe water ingress phenomenon in sandwich-structured composites used in the aerospace/aeronautical sector is a current issue. This type of defect can cause in the course of time several other defects at the boundary, such ... -
Evaluation of thermal comfort in elderly care centres (ECC)
(2020)
Conference report
Open AccessThe demand for elderly care centres (ECCs) is increasing as the population ages. This paper presents a field investigation on the thermal comfort of elderly in ECC and compares the outputs of existing thermal comfort ... -
Field study on adaptive thermal comfort models for nursing homes in the Mediterranean climate
(2021-12-01)
Article
Open AccessNursing homes are designed and operated to meet general thermal specifications outlined by existing standards. This paper presents adaptive thermal comfort models for nursing homes based on the field survey administered ... -
Field study on thermal comfort in nursing homes in heated environments
(2021-08)
Article
Open AccessConsidering the progressive population aging, the fact that old people spend around 90% of their time indoors and the high energy expenditure of heating systems, thermal comfort in nursing homes should be analysed. The aim ... -
Human comfort modelling for elderly people by infrared thermography: Evaluating the thermoregulation system responses in an indoor environment during winter
(2020-12)
Article
Open AccessElderly people are vulnerable to cold environments, due to aging’s impact on the density of nerve fibers. Nevertheless, automatic controls of HVAC systems do not consider the user’s real-time thermal sensation and most of ... -
Impact of Stationary and Dynamic Conditions on the U-Value Measurements of Heavy-Multi Leaf Walls by Quantitative IRT
(2020-12)
Article
Open AccessInfrared thermography (IRT) has become a commonly applied non-destructive testing method for assessing building envelopes. Like any diagnosis tool, IRT requires an appropriate experience and principle understanding, mainly ... -
Indoor air quality, thermal comfort and energy consumption trade-off for educational buildings
(Asociación Española de Ingeniería de Proyectos (AEIPRO), 2022)
Conference report
Open AccessIn recent years, poor indoor air quality and thermal comfort have been widely reported in related studies on indoor environmental quality in classrooms. Improving indoor air quality through ventilation is common and ... -
Integrating Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis in H-BIM
(Springer, 2022-05-16)
Part of book or chapter of book
Restricted access - publisher's policyManaging historic buildings is a process in which workers responsible for this task require many time resources. Its optimization through several techniques, such as artificial intelligence, reduces the time related to ... -
Non-destructive techniques (NDT) for the diagnosis of heritage buildings: Traditional procedures and futures perspectives
(2022-05-15)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyIt is estimated that EU cultural heritage (CH) buildings represent 30% of the total existing stock. Nevertheless, all actions in terms of refurbishment need a deep knowledge based on the diagnosis of the built quality. For ...
