With a growing global concern about climate change, the building industry is facing the
question of how predicted changes in climate will impact on the performance of buildings …

Water-energy nexus plays a vital role to re-phase, plan and develop an urban region for the
present and future demands. This phenomenon is complex because of many inter …

Regarding the significant impact of thermal comfort on users' attendance in urban parks,
there is an intense interest in studies on the outdoor thermal comfort in parks especially in …

The results of researches on the urban heat island (UHI) effect and global warming have
attracted more attention to the outdoor thermal comfort. This research evaluates the different …

As the tropics and subtropics become increasingly urban, industrial and affluent, energy
demands for thermal comfort may evolve differently than they have historically across the …

Climate observations in recent years indicate that the effects of climate change events are
apparently having an increasing impact on society. These impacts will likely also affect the …

Global warming is already significantly impacting communities, their health and
infrastructure. Previous studies showed that climate change is making the earth warmer …

This paper investigates the climate change impact on cooling energy consumption of office
buildings in four major architectural climate zones in China. The results show that there are …

The excessive use of energy in buildings due to increased populations and economic
development leads to more greenhouse gas emissions, which affect climate change and …

The relationship between urban geometry and microclimate is crucial in urban planning and
climatology, significantly affecting outdoor comfort and energy consumption. Compact …