23 articles for “Residential Environment”

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordMan Invades Nature: Tracing the Dynamics and Trends of Anthropogenic Stressors Within a Coastal Wetland EnvironmentEmmanuel Yeboah Okyere, Kofi Adu-Boahen, Bismark MensahCoastal areas contain some of the most valuable resources on earth that are constantly under threat due to human development. Notable among these resources are wetlands, a delicate but beneficial asset to coastal dwellers. This study studied the growth of Winneba City into the Muni Lagoon catchment as well as its associated effects on the Ramsar Site. The study used … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 1 · 16 Jun 2023 · 6,055 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordUSE OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC TO PREDICT AIRFLOW AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH AN UNDER FLOOR AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMAbd Alnasser Almate A. Ali, Ahmed Cherif Megri, Paul A. Dellenback, Yao YuOur objective is to demonstrate the use of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) in building applications. In particular, CFD has been used for temperature and airflow predictions of building spaces conditioned using Under Floor Air Distribution (UFAD) System. The space used is an instrumented laboratory room (old daycare center) located at the University of Wyoming. The use of the CFD simulation … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 11 Apr 2014 · 8,256 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordTrace Metal Mercury Levels in Residential Homes in KuwaitL. AL-Awadi, A. R. Khan, R. Al-KandariKuwait is an oil rich state on the northeastern corner of Arabian Peninsula and has faced the unprecedented man made environmental disaster in early 1991 of igniting over 600 oil wells those continually burnt for a period of over six months. The use of crude and heavy fuel oil in the power generating facilities has aggravated the pollution due to … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 29 Feb 2008 · 6,833 accessesView PDF Cite