Green building practices to integrate renewable energy in the construction sector: a review

L Chen, Y Hu, R Wang, X Li, Z Chen, J Hua… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
The building sector is significantly contributing to climate change, pollution, and energy
crises, thus requiring a rapid shift to more sustainable construction practices. Here, we …

Advances in urban wind resource development and wind energy harvesters

S Liu, L Zhang, J Lu, X Zhang, K Wang, Z Gan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
While large wind farms can currently reduce global energy consumption to a certain extent,
meeting electricity demand and addressing global climate change remain formidable issues …

Wind energy system for buildings in an urban environment

KCS Kwok, G Hu - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban built environments have grown dramatically worldwide in the past few decades due to
rapid economic and population growths. The potential utilization of renewable resources is …

Numerical study of heterogeneous condensation in the de Laval nozzle to guide the compressor performance optimization in a compressed air energy storage system

G Zhang, Y Yang, J Chen, Z Jin, S Dykas - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Compressed air energy storage technology (CAES) has an enormous possibilities in terms
of energy conversation, environmental protection, and economic benefits. Air compressor …

Wind loading characteristics and roof zoning of solar arrays mounted on flat-roofed tall buildings

HY Peng, SF Dai, HJ Liu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of building height (24, 48, 72, and 96 m) and panel tilt angle on wind loads
of solar arrays on sharp roofs were investigated through wind tunnel testing. The largest …

Assessment of urban wind energy resource in Hong Kong based on multi-instrument observations

JY He, PW Chan, QS Li, T Huang, SHL Yim - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban wind power is an appealing alternative for electricity supply. Comprehensive urban
wind resource assessment is a prerequisite for cost-efficient deployment of wind turbines …

First and second law analysis and operational mode optimization of the compression process for an advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage based on the …

W Chen, J Bai, G Wang, N Xie, L Ma, Y Wang, T Zhang… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Compressed air energy storage (CAES) possesses great application potential. The dynamic
characteristic of the compression process is meaningful for the parameter optimization and …

LES study on the urban wind energy resources above the roof of buildings in generic cluster arrangements: Impact of building position

KK Vranešević, S Ćorić, AŠ Glumac - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanisation brought an increasing prevalence of groups of high-rise buildings and raised
new questions about their impact on local wind flow conditions and the wind energy …

An interdisciplinary review of the wind-powered building skin

X Chen, X Wang, Y Qiu, H Hu, Z Xu, X Wang - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is great potential in utilizing wind energy in urban environments. Densely distributed
buildings leave little room for traditional wind turbines to perform. While building facades …

Computational study of the effect of building height on the performance of roof-mounted VAWT

F Rezaei, M Paraschivoiu - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The power of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) placed at the frontal corner of a roof-top
of a building is significantly higher compared to the same turbine in a uniform wind without a …