• On the cooling potential of elastocaloric devices for building ventilation 

      Ulpiani, Giulia; Saliari, Maria; Bruederlin, Florian; Kohl, Manfred; Ranzi, Gianluca; Santamouris, Mat
      Published 2021
      Refrigerants in vapor-compression systems have a global warming potential thousands of times that of carbon dioxide, yet their spread on the market is unrivalled. Elastocaloric systems, based on solid state cooling, feature ...
      Open Access
      Article
    • Upscaling of SMA film-based elastocaloric cooling 

      Ulpiani, Giulia; Bruederlin, Florian; Weidemann, Raphael; Ranzi, Gianluca; Santamouris, Mat; Kohl, Manfred
      Published 2020
      A new concept of upscaling a shape memory alloy (SMA) film based elastocaloric cooling device is presented by arranging SMA films in parallel to increase the specific cooling capacity at low actuation force, while maintaining ...
      Open Access
      Article
    • Governing for Access 

      Levinson, David M.
      Published 2023-02-02
      The only reason to locate anywhere is to be near some people, places, and things (opportunities) and be far from others. Access quantifies the ability to reach, or be reached by, people, places, and things. It explains ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • Intentional Travel Groups and Social Networks during the COVID-19 Pandemic 

      Zhou, Mingzhi; Lei, Shuyu; Wu, Jiangyu; Ma, Hanxi; Levinson, David M.; Zhou, Jiangping
      Published 2022
      Although face-to-face social contacts decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, some people remain physically traveling and meeting as a group to gain benefits like sustaining intimacy and increasing productivity. Using ...
      Preprint
    • A Systematic Review on Technologies and Applications in Smart Campus: A Human-Centered Case Study 

      Zhang, Yuchen; Yip, Christine; Lu, Erwan; Dong, Zhao Yang
      Published 2022
      The smart revolution has penetrated in a wide range of applications. Smart campus, as the high-end form of education systems, deploys cutting-edge information and communication technologies to enhance the effectiveness and ...
      Article