The climate change leads to periods of extreme events (ie reduction of cold seasons, heat
waves, overheating, urban heat island among others) that affect the performance of …

As a simple and practical bioclimatic design methodology, solar chimneys are receiving
considerable attention for reducing heat gain and inducing natural cooling or heating in both …

Disadvantaged communities face a growing threat to staying safe during heat waves,
especially during coincident power outages. This study develops a methodology to evaluate …

The passive design approach can help to maintain comfortable thermal conditions in
buildings and reduce energy consumption by minimizing the use of auxiliary mechanical or …

The energy efficiency improvements in social housing have become a priority goal for the
European Union, also to promote a culture of energy efficiency among the local population …

This paper draws upon passive cooling and passive solar techniques to integrate them into
a common multi-purpose building in South China so as to optimize the indoor thermal …

The residential and commercial buildings demand increase with rapidly growing population.
It leads to the vertical growth of the buildings and needs proper ventilation and day-lighting …

The paper studies the energy performance of a solar chimney (SC) in a high performance
two-story detached house with 220 m 2 floor area using EnergyPlus and the climate data of …

Climate change requires our built environment to be adaptable in order to serve the
community well. Among the components of the built environment, housing and its occupants …

Buildings design at the time of climate change must enhance their energy performance and
in turn to minimize the undesired impacts on our environment. In this work, a comparative …