Increased urban air temperatures due to urbanization affect the buildings' energy
performance and the outdoor thermal comfort. Aiming on the establishment of adaption …

Dense urban areas are subject to dynamic and urgent challenges, exacerbated by
anthropogenic forcing. Urban Heat Island and heatwaves pose a threat to citizens' comfort …

Urban heat island can exacerbate the harmful influence on human health and urban
environment in historical and cultural block within Beijing Old City, China. To improve urban …

Understanding citizen environmental perception is a crucial issue to improve outdoor
environmental and landscape quality. This paper is aimed at investigating the perspective of …

Key research effort was dedicated toward zero-energy buildings. Recent interest is switching
from single-building to inter-building scale, to enhance the whole district economic …

This paper investigates the interactions between urban morphology indicators and extreme
weather variables. In this regard, variations of wind speed and air temperature at the urban …

Outdoor microclimate modelling is getting popular for estimating comfort conditions in urban
environments. Current calibration approaches usually rely on measurements of air …

A good school design consists of a thermally comfortable school and schoolyard as well as
a low energy consumption of the school building. The main contribution of this study is that it …

This paper proposes design strategies for renovating traditional communities in Beijing
based on measured microclimate and thermal comfort and preserving historical authenticity …

Microclimate change related events affect cities total environment and therefore citizens'
wellbeing. In a framework of urban resilience challenge, it is important to guarantee …