My window measured 56″ tall x 33″ wide. This meant that each of my shutters needed to be 56″ tall. Since the width measured 33″ half of that is 16-1/2″. I subtracted a half inch to allow for clearance on each side of the shutter: on the hinge side and also where it meets...
concentration and health. While comprehensive building retrofit would be ideal, this would require substantial investment, which may not be immediately feasible. In the short term, thermal comfort can be improved by installing efficient ventilation systems and adding window shutters to mitigate heat loss...
This arrangement allows the blinds to be used as shutters. Three scenarios can therefore be achieved: Sunrise and sunset: During this period, east- or west-facing windows and the surrounding glazed surfaces are subject to direct solar radiation. Therefore, shade canopies are used in the closed ...
They noticed the largest disparities between air and radiant temperatures in the rooms with window walls facing southeast and southwest, but in the building considered here this effect is reduced by the external roller shutters showed in Figure 3a. Additional nine sensors measured floor temperature. ...
A total of nine temperature sensors are arranged indoors and outdoors, of which two temperature sensors are arranged outdoors, located in the middle of the rainproof shutters, and the other seven temperature sensors are arranged indoors, located 1.7 m from the ground in the center of the ...