Highlights•Retrofitting impact on mosque energy and thermal performance have been
summarised.•Retrofitting improves mosques' thermal and energy performance.•Significant …

The definition of sustainable characteristics of traditional villages can assist in determining
the direction of development and evaluating the development results. Nevertheless, a …

Global climate change has led to increased differences in the indoor thermal environment of
traditional dwellings and residents' thermal adaptability, but quantitative research in this …

Reducing operating temperatures is a crucial goal for transforming district heating networks
into sustainable systems as it allows the integration of low exergy heat (eg renewable, waste …

Multiple researchers have proven the different thermal perceptions of occupants living in
naturally ventilated dwellings. As one of the representatives of Chinese traditional dwellings …

Heritage model calibration and validation are crucial for decreasing uncertainty and
enhancing the robustness of simulation results and conservation interventions. Yet …

Energy renovation of existing buildings represents an outstanding potential field for
providing efficient, viable and easy-to-produce retrofitting techniques that allow addressing …

Occupants' health is closely related to indoor environmental quality. The vast stock of
vernacular houses, which were designed according to historical weather features, may be …

Achieving future energy objectives and promoting social, economic, and environmental
sustainability can be inspired by heritage and historic structures, which make up a sizeable …

Current urban challenges on promoting an integrated urban regeneration demand new
decision support systems to adjust and optimise renovation strategies in the housing stock …