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Iftikhar A. Raja

Researcher at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Publications -  27
Citations -  1684

Iftikhar A. Raja is an academic researcher from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thermal comfort & Aqueous solution. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1525 citations. Previous affiliations of Iftikhar A. Raja include University of Balochistan & University of Strathclyde.

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Thermal comfort: use of controls in naturally ventilated buildings

TL;DR: In this article, a field study of the thermal comfort of workers in natural ventilated office buildings in Oxford and Aberdeen, UK, was carried out which included information about use of building controls.
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Climatic variations in comfortable temperatures: the Pakistan projects

TL;DR: In this paper, two thermal comfort surveys in Pakistan are described, one was longitudinal conducted in summer and winter, the other was transverse with monthly surveys over a whole year, and the surveys were conducted in five cities each representing a particular climatic region.
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Field Studies of Indoor Thermal Comfort and the Progress of the Adaptive Approach

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the more recent data with the early patterns revealed by Humphreys' 1975-1981 analyses of the worldwide data, making a comparison for indices of thermal comfort, mean warmth response, temperatures found to be comfortable, sensitivity to temperature change, interpersonal variation, distribution of comfort with temperature, and the...
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Co-digestion, pretreatment and digester design for enhanced methanogenesis

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discussed various types of the pretreatment to remove the obstacles before feeding for biogas digesters and discussed various biomasses being utilized for the anaerobic digestion of biogAS optimization were discussed.

Development of adaptive algorithms for the operation of windows, fans, and doors to predict thermal comfort and energy use in Pakistani buildings

TL;DR: In this article, a year-round field investigation of the use of building controls (windows, doors and fans) in 33 Pakistani offices and commercial buildings focuses on how occupants' behavior is related to thermal comfort, how people modify the indoor environment and how we can predict the occupants' behaviour.