Urban systems, from their early origins, were acknowledged to be responsible for both
benefits and penalties due to anthropogenic actions affecting human wellbeing. In this view …

Naturally ventilated buildings have been worldwide increasingly welcomed, given the
current global awareness toward environmental sustainability, indoor health-quality and …

Abstract Phase Change Materials have been acknowledged for their potential to be used as
passive strategy for improving energy efficiency and occupants' thermal comfort in buildings …

The world is rapidly urbanizing, and the energy intensive built environment is becoming
increasingly responsible for the world's energy consumption and associated environmental …

Abstract Distributed Multi-Energy Systems (D-MES) can sustainably transform the energy
supply of buildings, districts, and communities by integrating multiple energy efficient …

Despite numerous studies on the relationship between urban form and building energy
demand, understanding the impact mechanisms of urban form is still insufficient. Here, we …

Reliable energy forecasting helps managers to prepare future budgets for their buildings.
Therefore, a simple, easier, less time consuming and reliable forecasting model which could …

In southern European countries, summer temperatures could contribute to a high cooling
energy consumption. Family units with fewer economic resources living in social dwellings …

Understanding citizen environmental perception is a crucial issue to improve outdoor
environmental and landscape quality. This paper is aimed at investigating the perspective of …

Due to the wide range of parameters effect in energy consumption within a building, it is not
possible to make a proper decision about the impact of different energy efficiency strategies …