With increasing mean and extreme temperatures due to climate change, it becomes
necessary to use—not only future typical conditions—but future heatwaves in building …

Based on the global need to reduce the primary and final energy consumption, as part of the
climate change mitigation strategy, the present study aims at determining the influence of …

Urban resilience is an increasingly important topic because of the need to protect and
optimize the value derived from the urban built environment with its constructed assets. But …

This research is focused on the much-debated issues regarding the low degree of efficiency
and sustainability in the construction industry. The objective of this work is to present an …

Currently, due to the recent unprecedented urbanization and industrialization, energy
consumption in China is increasing at an enormous speed. However, this process should go …

Energy consumption for cooling purposes has increased significantly in recent years, mainly
due to population growth, urbanization, and climate change consequences. The situation …

This work aims to investigate what kind of impact retrofit scenarios have on “building energy
communities” in view of the European Union climate targets on CO 2 emission reduction …

The idea of a smart city seeks to improve the quality of life, which environmental
sustainability is one of its main challenges, and low air quality is an important obstacle to …

Abstract Building Management Systems (BMS) are crucial in the drive towards smart
sustainable cities. This is due to the fact that they have been effective in significantly …

Circular Economy represents today a new economic paradigm based on the environment
and on the recovery of material. The pursuit of this change can be implemented through …