For a sustainable urban environment, the adoption of building-integrated photovoltaics
(BIPV) is a promising solution. Despite multiple studies on BIPV in individual buildings, scant …

To support urban energy transition, energy retrofit of building stock plays a key role since the
majority of existing buildings have inadequate performances in comparison to current …

3D City modelling is increasingly popular and becoming valuable tools in managing big
cities. Urban and energy planning, landscape, noise-sewage modelling, underground …

To unlock the solar energy integration in the built environment, the assessment of the BIPV
potential for existing urban areas represents a preliminary fundamental step. In fact, by …

Understanding the energy demand of a city's housing stock is an important focus for local
and national administrations to identify strategies for reducing carbon emissions. Building …

The visualization of cross-domain spatial data sets has become an important task within the
analysis of energy models. The representation of these models is especially important in …

Urban sprawl is a process that shapes contemporary urban spaces. Generally, this process
is associated with negative effects due to the generation of high costs. However, not all the …

The increasing interest in solar energy production in urban areas requires an accurate
simulation of solar irradiation on building surfaces, including vertical surfaces. However …

The use of solar energy has shown the fastest global growth of all renewable energy
sources. Efforts towards careful evaluation are required to select optimal locations for the …

Photovoltaic (PV) installations on rooftops in urban environments have a significant potential
to reduce human environmental impact. However, the quality of remote sensing data …