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Overview

Bjarne W. Olesen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and engineering, with a particular focus on the optimization of building energy and comfort, as well as associated environmental and health impacts.

Their recent publications demonstrate a sustained contribution to the field, including the following papers:

  • Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves and power outages: Key concepts and definition (2021, Energy and Buildings)
  • Critical review of standards for indoor thermal environment and air quality (2020, Energy and Buildings)
  • Evolution and performance analysis of adaptive thermal comfort models - A comprehensive literature review (2022, Building and Environment)
  • Resilient cooling strategies - A critical review and qualitative assessment (2021, Energy and Buildings)
  • An experimental study of the active cooling performance of a novel radiant ceiling panel containing phase change material (PCM) (2021, Energy and Buildings)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Olesen include:

  • Ongun Berk Kazanci
  • Dragos-Ioan Bogatu
  • Jun Shinoda
  • Pawel Wargocki
  • Shin-ichi Tanabe

Olesen's primary publication venues, reflecting their research dissemination activities, are:

  • Building and Environment (11 publications)
  • Energy and Buildings (10 publications)
  • Building Simulation Conference proceedings (4 publications)
  • E3S Web of Conferences (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (2 publications)

Their main fields of study are Engineering with 50 related publications and Environmental Science with 43 publications. Subfields cover Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Mechanical Engineering, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Olesen's work focuses on several main topical areas, including:

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

In addition to articles, Olesen has published books such as Renewable and Storage-integrated Systems to Supply Comfort in Buildings: pre-design and control for hybridGEOTABS projects (2021) with Ghent University.

Best Publications

  • Occupants' window opening behaviour: A literature review of factors influencing occupant behaviour and models

    Valentina Fabi;Rune Korsholm Andersen;Stefano Corgnati;Bjarne W. Olesen

  • Introduction to thermal comfort standards and to the proposed new version of EN ISO 7730

    B.W. Olesen;K.C. Parsons

  • Survey of occupant behaviour and control of indoor environment in Danish dwellings

    Rune Vinther Andersen;Jørn Toftum;Klaus Kaae Andersen;Bjarne W. Olesen

  • Radiant Floor Heating In Theory and Practice

    Bjarne W. Olesen

  • Window opening behaviour modelled from measurements in Danish dwellings

    Rune Korsholm Andersen;Valentina Fabi;Jorn Toftum;Stefano P. Corgnati

  • Ten questions about radiant heating and cooling systems

    Kyu-Nam Rhee;Bjarne W. Olesen;Kwang Woo Kim

  • The influence of local effects on thermal sensation under non-uniform environmental conditions--gender differences in thermophysiology, thermal comfort and productivity during convective and radiant cooling.

    L Lisje Schellen;Mglc Marcel Loomans;de Mh Martin Wit;BW Olesen

  • Evolution and performance analysis of adaptive thermal comfort models – A comprehensive literature review

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  • International standards for the indoor environment.

    Bjarne W. Olesen

  • Experimental evaluation of heat transfer coefficients between radiant ceiling and room

    Francesco Causone;Stefano P. Corgnati;Marco Filippi;Bjarne W. Olesen

  • A Better Way to Predict Comfort: The New ASHRAE Standard 55-2004

    B. W. Olesen;G. S. Brager

  • Thermal comfort: Design and assessment for energy saving

    Francesca Romana d’Ambrosio Alfano;Bjarne W. Olesen;Boris Igor Palella;Giuseppe Riccio

  • Low temperature heating and high temperature cooling : embedded water based surface heating and cooling systems

    Jan Babiak;Bjarne W Olesen;Dusan Petras

  • People's clothing behaviour according to external weather and indoor environment

    Michele De Carli;Bjarne W. Olesen;Angelo Zarrella;Roberto Zecchin

  • Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves and power outages: Key concepts and definition

    Shady Attia;Ronnen Levinson;Eileen Ndongo;Peter Holzer

  • The philosophy behind EN15251: Indoor environmental criteria for design and calculation of energy performance of buildings

    Bjarne W. Olesen

  • A methodology for modelling energy-related human behaviour: Application to window opening behaviour in residential buildings

    Valentina Fabi;Rune Korsholm Andersen;Stefano P. Corgnati;Bjarne W. Olesen

  • Radiant Floor Cooling Systems

    Bjarne Olesen;경대호

  • Effect of body posture and activity on the thermal insulation of clothing: measurements by a movable thermal manikin

    B. W Olesen;E Sliwinska;T. L Madsen;P. O Fanger

  • Critical review of standards for indoor thermal environment and air quality

    Dolaana Khovalyg;Ongun Berk Kazanci;Hanne Halvorsen;Ida Gundlach

  • Effect of physical activity and air velocity on the thermal insulation of clothing

    Nielsen R;Olesen Bw;Fanger Po

  • Low temperature heating and high temperature cooling

    Jan Babiak;Bjarne W Olesen;Dusan Petras

  • Occupant behaviour and control of indoor environment in Danish dwellings

    Rune Vinther Andersen;Jørn Toftum;Bjarne W. Olesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jørn Toftum
Jørn Toftum Technical University of Denmark
Pawel Wargocki
Pawel Wargocki Technical University of Denmark
Per Heiselberg
Per Heiselberg Aalborg University
Arsen Krikor Melikov
Arsen Krikor Melikov Technical University of Denmark
Ryozo Ooka
Ryozo Ooka University of Tokyo
Svend Svendsen
Svend Svendsen Technical University of Denmark
Jan Sundell
Jan Sundell Tianjin University
Jarek Kurnitski
Jarek Kurnitski Tallinn University of Technology
Yuguo Li
Yuguo Li University of Hong Kong
Charles J. Weschler
Charles J. Weschler Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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