Due to negative environmental impacts caused by the building industry, sustainable
buildings have recently become one of the most investigated fields in research. As the …

The urban heat island (UHI) effect has detrimental impacts on building cooling demand,
public and ecological health, and climate change. Because UHIs are caused by the …

To achieve sustainable development in all stages of society the participation of rural
communities is essential. Rural communities are known to employ energy inefficient devices …

Increasing population causes Energy consumption and environmental pollution. It is
essential to consider renewable forms of energy, especially solar power, to reduce energy …

The building industry is responsible for a significant degree of energy consumption in the
world, causing negative climate changes and energy supply uncertainties due to low energy …

This paper presents a thermodynamic and exergoeconomic analysis of a recently-retrofitted
Passivhaus non-domestic building. The selected case study, a Community Centre located in …

Biomimetic approach with energy and exergy analyses presents a great potential for
developments throughout the ergonomics field. Actually mentioned concepts are linked to …

Abstract The integration of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Geographic Information
System (GIS) and the suggested notion of digital twins enabled buildings to be energy …

Az energiaellátás bizonytalansága, az alacsony energiahatékonyság és a
komfortteljesítmény, valamint az építőipar által okozott negatív környezeti és éghajlati …

This chapter begins with tracking the intellectual history of urban metabolism in industrial
ecology, urban ecology, and Marxist ecologies and focuses on the industrial ecology …