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Mr PAOLO BECCARELLI's Outputs (3)

A Review of Research on Thermal Comfort in Rural Houses in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhang, J., Lu, J., Deng, W., & Beccarelli, P. (2024). A Review of Research on Thermal Comfort in Rural Houses in China. In R. Pernice, & B. Chen (Eds.), Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003414186

Considerable research has been undertaken on indoor thermal comfort. However, due to the uneven economic development between rural and urban areas, the rural residential environment has always lagged behind urban areas. Research on thermal comfort in... Read More about A Review of Research on Thermal Comfort in Rural Houses in China.

An evaluation of thermal and lighting performance within an ETFE structure (2016)
Book Chapter
Martin, B. A., Masih, D., Lau, B., Beccarelli, P., & Chilton, J. (2016). An evaluation of thermal and lighting performance within an ETFE structure. In M. Dastbaz, & C. Gorse (Eds.), Sustainable ecological engineering design. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32646-7_5

This paper reports on a study into the thermal and lighting environment of an enclosed Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foil-covered structure. This is based on the on-site monitoring over set periods of time in summer 2014 and winter 2015. ETFE-f... Read More about An evaluation of thermal and lighting performance within an ETFE structure.

Designing with membranes (2015)
Book Chapter
Beccarelli, P. (2015). Designing with membranes. In A. Zanelli, L. Spinelli, C. Monticelli, & P. Pedrali (Eds.), Lightweight landscape: enhancing design through minimal mass structures (19-27). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21665-2_2

This contribution offers an introduction to membrane structures and the experimental approach which has characterised this building system since its origins. In particular, the chapter offers an overview of the design approach currently adopted for t... Read More about Designing with membranes.