This paper is an application of a Multi-Agent System technique, carried out for an analysis of the thermal environment of pedestrians in a residential area. A current urban situation was compared to two hypothetical scenarios ...

The present study sought to elaborate an empirical model of thermal comfort for medium-sized cities in subtropical climate, based on a cross-sectional survey in the city of Santa Maria, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. ...

International standards state the thermal comfort requirements that office spaces must comply with. These are based on a model developed by Prof. Paul Ole Fanger of the Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Denmark. ...

The objective of this paper was to verify the influence of tree shades on the thermal sensation of workers and users that perform different activities (work or leisure) in three street markets in Presidente Prudente (Brazil), ...

The thermal sensation of elderly people in their home environment has not been explored much in Brazil. The studies developed have as object the thermal comfort of young people in school buildings, companies or in ...

ArcTech is a software being developed, applied and improved with the aim of becoming an efficient sensitization tool to support the teaching-learning process of Architecture courses. The application deals initially with ...

ArcTech is a software being developed, applied and improved with the aim of becoming an efficient sensitization tool to support the teaching-learning process of Architecture courses. The application deals initially with ...

No panorama mundial o número de pessoas com 60 anos ou mais vem aumentando rapidamente. A grande maioria dos idosos que vive de forma independente deseja continuar seu estilo de vida atual, e para isso precisa de apoio ...