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# Publication Highlights

Selection of publications utilizing UVAL Wireless (formerly gOMS II) and UVAL Wired (formerly gSKIN® U-value kit)

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#### Influence of 3D microstructure for improving the thermal performance of building facades

Authors: Lucas Lopes, M. Almeida, D. Reis

Date of Publication:  2023

[Read](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1196/1/012064)

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#### The Thermal and Optical Characterization of Semi-Transparent Photovoltaics Samples for Buildings Energy Evaluations

Authors: Musameh, Al-Naemi, Issa, Alrashidi

Date of Publication:  August 2023

[Read](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10294995)

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#### Assessment of the impact of construction materials on thebuilding’s thermal behaviour and indoor thermal comfort in ahot and semi-arid climate

Authors: El-Bichri, Sobhy, Bouchefra, Chehouani, Mghazli

Date of Publication:  14 July 2022

[Read](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17512549.2022.2096692)

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#### Methodology for measuring the thermal conductivity of insulating samples with small dimensions by heat flow meter technique

Authors: Ismael Sánchez-Calderón, Beatriz Merillas, Victoria Bernardo & Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Pérez

Date of Publication:  8 July 2022

[Read](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10973-022-11457-7)

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# Laboratory testbed and methods for flexible characterization of thermal and fluid dynamic behaviour of double skin facades

Authors: Aleksandar Jankovic, M. Salman Siddiqui, & Francesco Goia

Date of Publication:  15 February 2022

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132321010908)

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#### Window+: Electrostatic levitation enabled Polymer-Air multilayer (EPAM) structures for highly transparent energy efficient windows

Authors: Ying Zhong, Rui Kou, Renkun Chen, & Yu Qiao

Date of Publication:  15 November 2021

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890421009791)

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#### Diffusion of Shape Stabilized PEG-SiO2 as a Driver for Producing Thermoregulating Facing Bricks

Authors: Borreguero Simón, Ana María Serrano Casero, Ángel Iglesias, Isabel Acosta Echevarría, Anselmo Rodríguez Romero, Juan Francisco Carmona Franco, & Manuel Salvador

Date of Publication: 13 March 2021

[Read](https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/6/1395)

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# Evaluation of In-situ Thermal Performance of School Buildings in Cold Climate of Bhutan and Possible Intervention to Improve Thermal Performance

Authors: Tshewang Lhendup, Roshan Chhetri, Cheku Dorji, & Namgay Tenzin

Date of Publication: November 2020

[Read](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345766535_Evaluation_of_In-situ_Thermal_Performance_of_School_Buildings_in_Cold_Climate_of_Bhutan_and_Possible_Intervention_to_Improve_Thermal_Performance)

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#### Thermal bridge effect of vertical diagonal tie connectors in precast concrete sandwich panels: an experimental and computational study

Authors: Paul Klõšeiko, Reimo Piir, Marti Jeltsov, & Targo Kalamees

Date of Publication:  30 June 2020

[Read](https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/abs/2020/32/e3sconf_nsb2020_08001/e3sconf_nsb2020_08001.html)

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#### Wireless sensor network for estimating building performance

Authors: Mario Frei, Chirag Deb, Ruben Stadler, Zoltan Nagy, & Arno Schlueter

Date of Publication:  March 2020

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0926580519307472#:~:text=An%20open%2Dsource%20wireless%20sensor%20network%20for%20building%20assessment%20is%20proposed.&text=The%20proposed%20sensor%20network%20is%2Cexpandable%20and%20easy%20to%20depl)

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#### Experimental validation of a steady periodic analytical model for Breathing Walls

Authors: A. Alongi, A. Angelotti, & L. Mazzarella

Date of Publication: 15 January 2020

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132319307218?via%3Dihub)

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# Reduced-scale hot box method for thermal characterization of window insulation materials

Authors: Xinpeng Zhao, Sohrab A. Mofid, Majed R. Al Hulayel, Gabriel W. Saxe, Bjørn Petter Jelle, & Ronggui Yang

Date of Publication:  September 2019

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359431119311512#:~:text=A%20reduced%2Dscale%20hot%20box%2Cto%20measure%20window%20insulation%20materials.&text=The%20built%20system%20can%20measure%2Cm%20%C3%97%200.2%20m%20accurately.&text=The%20thermal)

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#### Thermal transmittance measurements to analyse deviations between actual and modelled house thermal performance

Authors: Fahimeh Rezvani and Ignacio Zabalza

Date of Publication:  July 2019

[Read](https://revistadelaconstruccion.uc.cl/index.php/RDLC/article/view/2928)

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#### Elevating low-emissivity film for lower thermal transmittance

Authors: Rui Kou, Ying Zhong, Jeongmin Kim, Qingyang Wang, Meng Wang, Renkun Chen, & Yu Qiao

Date of Publication: 15 June 2019

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378778818336004)

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# Thermal and structural performance of geopolymer concrete containing phase change material encapsulated in expanded clay

Authors: Ahmed Hassan, Abdel-Hamid I. Mourad, Yasir Rashid, Najif Ismail, & Mohammad Shakeel Laghari

Date of Publication:  15 May 2019

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378778818311848)

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#### Lowering Emissivity of Concrete Roof Tile’s Underside Cuts Down Heat Entry to the Building

Authors: Xuejun Chen, Lei Wang, Zhikui Liu, Yinghong Qin, & Ting Bao

Date of Publication:  4 April 2019

[Read](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2019/5438321)

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# Measuring a Breathing Wall's effectiveness and dynamic behaviour

Authors: Andrea Alongi, Adriana Angelotti, & Livio Mazzarella

Date of Publication:  18 March 2019

[Read](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1420326X19836457)

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#### Heat flux and temperature measurements on glass envelope and bellows of parabolic trough receivers

Authors: Simon Caron, Marc Röger, & Johannes Pernpeintner

Date of Publication: 8 November 2018

[Read](https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article/2033/1/030004/1023232/Heat-flux-and-temperature-measurements-on-glass)

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# Estimation of thermal impulse response of a multi-layer building wall through in-situ experimental measurements in a dynamic regime with applications

Authors: Zorana Petojević, Radovan Gospavić, & Goran Todorović

Date of Publication: 15 October 2018

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261918309541?via%3Dihub)

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#### Thermal behavior and energy saving analysis of a flat with different energy efficiency measures in six climates

Authors: El-Hadi Drissi Lamrhari & Brahim Benhamou

Date of Publication:  20 September 2018

[Read](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12273-018-0467-3?noAccess=true)

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#### Implementation and validation of a 3D image-based prediction model for the thermal conductivity of cellular and granular porous building blocks

Authors: Wouter Van De Walle, Steven Claes, & Hans Janssen

Date of Publication: 18 September 2018

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0950061818314958)

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#### Towards Automated Model Generation and Calibration to Facilitate Multi Building Scale Energy Modeling

Authors: Eesha Khanna, Allison Bernett, & Timur Dogan

Date of Publication:  May 2018

[Read](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325023247_Towards_Automated_Model_Generation_and_Calibration_to_Facilitate_Multi_Building_Scale_Energy_Modeling)

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#### Thermal and structural characterization of macro-encapsulated phase change material integrated into concrete cubes

Authors: Yasir Rashid

Date of Publication:  April 2018

[Read](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327777528_Thermal_and_structural_characterization_of_macro-encapsulated_phase_change_material_integrated_into_concrete_cubes?channel=doi&linkId=5bea5fda4585150b2bb24ee1&showFulltext=true)

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#### Inverse models for transient wall heat flux estimation based on single and multi-point temperature measurements

Authors: Mahesh Kumar Yadav, Sachin K. Singh, Ahsen Parwez, & Sameer Khandekar

Date of Publication:  February 2018

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1290072917305732?via%3Dihub)

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#### In Situ Experimental Determination of the Heat Transmittance of a Building Wall

Authors: Milica Mirković Marjanović, Zorana Petojević, Radovan Gospavić, & Goran Todorović

Date of Publication:  2018

[Read](https://www.gf.uns.ac.rs/~zbornik/doc/NS2018.27.pdf)

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#### Implementation of integrated wireless sensors technology in renovation of social housing buildings. A Danish case study.

Authors: Hagar Elarga, Danai Alifragki, & Carsten Rode

Date of Publication:  2018

[Read](https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/implementation-of-integrated-wireless-sensors-technology-in-renov)

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#### The prebound-effect in detail: real indoor temperatures in basements and measured versus calculated U-values

Authors:  Caroline Hoffmann and Achim Geissler

Date of Publication:  September 2017

[Read](https://irf.fhnw.ch/server/api/core/bitstreams/9bf27939-902d-45a1-8b3b-10f52c028d14/content)

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# An easily-deployable wireless sensor network for building energy performance assessment

Authors: Mario Frei, Johannes Hofer, Arno Schlüter, & Zoltán Nagy

Date of Publication: September 2017

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610217329077?via%3Dihub)

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#### Breathing walls: The design of porous materials for heat exchange and decentralized ventilation

Authors: Salmaan Craig and Jonathan Grinham

Date of Publication: 17 August 2017

[Read](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778817300476?via%3Dihub)

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#### Campus Energy Model: Using a Semi-Automated Workflow to Build Spatially Resolved Campus Building Energy Models for Climate Change and Net-Zero Scenario Evaluation

Authors: Thomas Suesser and Timur Dogan

Date of Publication: August 2017

[Read](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319097097_Campus_Energy_Model_Using_a_Semi-Automated_Workflow_to_Build_Spatially_Resolved_Campus_Building_Energy_Models_for_Climate_Change_and_Net-Zero_Scenario_Evaluation)

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#### Thermal and Structural Characterization of Geopolymer-Coated Polyurethane Foam Phase Change Material Capsules Geopolymer Concrete Composites

Authors:  Ahmed Hassan, Yasir Rashid, Abdel-Hamid I. Mourad, & Mohammad Shakeel Laghari

Date of Publication:  9 March 2017

[Read](https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/5/796)

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