Highlights•Combined natural ventilation systems in single building were
reviewed.•Advantages of combined natural ventilation systems were summarized.•Existing …

This paper discusses the emerging need for vertical farms by examining issues related to
food security, urban population growth, farmland shortages,“food miles”, and associated …

Building energy consumption is a vital component of the global energy mandate. A major
part of the building energy is consumed in providing thermal comfort to occupants. Passive …

This paper analyzes the state of the art in R & D on integration of phase change materials
into building structures for their passive thermal control. Such perspective phase change …

Recently, the application of Vertical Farming into cities has increased. Vertical farming is a
cultivating vegetable vertically by new agricultural methods, which combines the design of …

Global warming, depletion of natural resources, acid rains, air and water pollutions, and
ozone depletions are some of the environmental consequences that are deemed …

Emerging problems of food security, urbanisation, farmland shortages, food miles increased
greenhouse gas emissions focuses on the need for vertical farming. An increasing global …

Rapidly growing cities and human activities change the environment and are accompanied
by some drawbacks. Sustainable remedies are needed to protect the environment and the …

A systematic review of the technological options and strategies to achieve zero energy
buildings was carried out to establish today state-of-the-art knowledge base and to present …

Due to the lack of research on the impact of photovoltaic (PV) power tracking methods on the
performance of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic-Thermal (BIPV/T) systems, this study …