Design strategies for sustainable buildings, that improve building performance and avoid
extensive resource utilization, should also promote healthy indoor environments. The …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is recognized as a key method of assessing the potential
environmental impacts of product systems in the building sector. Applied to rehabilitated …

Addressing two common challenges for building performance–reducing the carbon footprint
attached to the provision of comfortable indoor environments, and improving the health and …

Abstract Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) is grouped into four main categories: thermal
comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ), visual and acoustic comfort. Individual aspects of IEQ are …

In the recent past, great attention has been posed on the assessment of the energy
performance and of the operating and maintenance costs of the building stock. Currently …

Balconies are an ancient architectural archetype that are being increasingly considered in
multi-family buildings of high-density cities. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive …

China is facing the challenge of high building energy consumption, especially for rural
housing, because of the backward construction technology. This issue could be solved by …

Abstract Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) refers to a building's indoor environment
performance. This review highlighted Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in buildings and …

A building as shelter is designed to provide an indoor environmental quality (IEQ) that is
comfortable and appealing to its users. Having the understanding of the relationship …

This book deals with indoor environmental quality (IEQ), which encompasses diverse factors
that affect human life inside a building. These factors include indoor air quality (IAQ) …