The sustainable development and climate response have been paid attention to by many
cities, especially under the high-temperature weather conditions in summer, which have …

The aim of this paper is to review the literature on human thermal comfort in the built
environment. First an overview about the subject area is presented. This is followed by a …

Evaporative cooling by water spray is increasingly used as an efficient and environmentally-
friendly approach to enhance thermal comfort in built environments. The complex two-phase …

For the first time, a systematic review was conducted on mist spraying systems used for
outdoor cooling by perusing twenty years of publications from 12 countries and 7 climatic …

Urban greenery is a natural solution to cool cities and provide comfort, clean air and
significant social, health and economic benefits. This paper aims to present the latest …

The development of green building has been made rapid progress in Southeast Asia due to
the contradiction between limited land and increasing population. Owing to the influence of …

Widespread adoption of air-conditioning significantly enhances indoor thermal comfort in
summer, but the heat dissipation from these outdoor units contributes to an increase in …

Pedestrians will experience different heat stress stages from sunlight to semi-open spray
space as they shuttle through stations with spray systems. There are few studies on the …

The evaporation of droplets in a turbulent two-phase flow is of importance in many
engineering applications. Water droplet evaporation in spray systems, for example, is …

Urbanisation has replaced vegetation and natural spaces with hard and impervious surfaces
and this transition in cities has led to a sequence of adverse events in urban ecosystems …