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Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants' (2015)
Journal Article
Zhao, J., & Carter, K. (2015). Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants'. Energy Procedia, 83, 121-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.12.202

Passivhaus methodology leads to buildings with very high thermal efficiency and high levels of airtightness. The focus of research in Passivhaus is energy performance. The experience of occupying a Passivhaus is often overlooked. This research takes... Read More about Perceived comfort and adaptive process of passivhaus 'participants'.

The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Zhao, J. (2015, March). The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment. Paper presented at The Second Construction History Society Conference, University of Cambridge Department of Architecture at Queens' College, Cambridge

The project for the new Houses of Parliament in London was commissioned at the beginning of the 19th century, when the boom in science allowed new technologies and associated social groups to be involved in many established industries, forcing a para... Read More about The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment.