Heightening population density and expanding urbanization has increased the need for
constructing high-rise buildings due to land shortage. Many efforts have been done to …

The increasing global importance of climate change has been clearly recognised in the last
few years. The building industry contributed to a large proportion of the global energy use …

Single-sided and cross-ventilation of a cube-shaped building at various incident wind
directions were stimulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The simulation used …

Hong Kong has planned to achieve zero-carbon emissions before 2050. Hong Kong's
building sector is responsible for approximately 60% of carbon emissions, while its …

Urban heat islands (UHI) and global climate change pose serious threats to human health,
making health risk appraisal of urban space as well as the planning and improvement of …

High-rise buildings consume more energy and have greater environmental impacts,
emphasising the need to adopt best practices during the design stage concerning BIM …

Abstract Zero Energy Building (ZEB) is gaining more attention as a solution to significantly
mitigate the environment concerns. However, a bibliometric analysis of the topic, a very …

The high building energy-saving potential of integrated passive technologies has drawn
significant public attention. This paper combined field measurements and multi-objective …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that the climate of cities and human settlements can
affect building performance and human comfort. Historically, ambient data were collected …

Rapid urbanization potentially increases the diversity of building morphological
characteristics (eg, heights), causing urban ecological environment problems, such as urban …