Thermal comfort

printers, drones and self-driving cars. Never has the ancient occupation of farming had more resources at its disposal to improve production and sustainability. Most “precision agriculture” conversations focus on crop applications; using GPS and thermal imaging to detect areas of high pest populations or disease and using aggregated data to determine the best crops to plant in which soil, at what densities and with which protection products to extend the growing season and maximize the yield.…

Death and its Significance in the Works of Shakespeare and A. E. Housman “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A. E. Housman, and “Fear no More the Heat o’ the Sun” by Shakespeare are elegies for youth who died prematurely. Through different versification, these two poems carry unique tones and attitudes. Both Shakespeare and Housman create elegies that soothe the pain of death, but they use different logic to justify their reasoning. Shakespeare juxtaposes extremes to argue that death is apathetic to…

John Milton’s Paradise Lost is one of the most monumental and celebrated works in English literature. Often described as an “epic to end all epics”, it is renowned for its grandiose scale, unique manipulation of epic conventions, and the complexity of its narrative, characters, and language (Stallworthy et al. 1830). Among these distinctive features, one of them is quickly recognisable to the reader: its unconventional portrayal of Satan and the Fallen Angels. Departing from traditional Medieval…

Energy can be potential or kinetic. Radiant energy is a form of Kinetic energy. Movement of atoms, molecules, objects, waves, substances referring to a Kinetic energy. There are many different forms of kinetic energies like sound, motion, thermal energy, electrical energy. Nevertheless, there would be no life on Earth without radiant energy. What is radiant energy? The energy of electromagnetic waves and gravitational radiation is radiant energy. Radiant energy is the result of a change in…

timbered homes has not diminished at all. Many people across the world love timber. Thus, they have a desire to build a timber house for themselves. Style, comfort and protection are what can be guaranteed to dwellers of timber houses. Style because of the various architectural designs which can be achieved from timber, comfort because they provide thermal insulation such that dwellers can feel comfortable both in summers and in winters, and protection because timber houses can be strengthened…

mortality, growth, reproduction, maintenance, and production are all affected, potentially. Hahn (1999) reported that giving the thermal comfort zone for temperate-region adult cattle as being in the range 5–15 °C. McDowell (1972) noted that significant changes in feed intake and numerous physiological processes do not occur in the range 5–25 °C. However, the thermal comfort zone is influenced by a range of factors, and is much higher in tropical breeds because of both better adaptation to heat…

Introduction Problem Description: One only has to do a quick Google search or look in the local news to see that there has been a large number of barn fires in the recent months. These fires have caused huge economic losses, not only in the buildings lost, but also the animals that perished. Because of these recent incidences in such a short amount of time, many questions have been raised regarding fire management and prevention on farms. Many highly competitive horses are kept stabled for…

life-cycle approach to embodied impact reduction. • Indoor air quality The Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) category rewards decisions made by project teams about indoor air quality and thermal, visual, and acoustic comfort. Green buildings with good indoor environmental quality protect the health and comfort of building occupants. High-quality indoor environments also enhance productivity, decrease absenteeism, improve the building’s value, and reduce liability for building…

entrances; direct entrance into the mardana courtyard and indirect entrance for the zenana courtyard. With the increase in scale of haveli the number of courtyards increased, without increasing the size of courtyard beyond a certain point. 2.2.2 Thermal…

1. Introduction As we advance in the field of building science and technology, we are increasingly becoming aware of the need for a more sustainable building development. Energy use being the number one contributor to global warming, about 50% of energy is used in buildings, indicating that buildings have a considerable potential for operational energy savings. Climate responsive design provides a comfortable indoor environment in response to the seasonal variations of climate, the direction of…