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Vidhya Maney Surendran, Chandramathy Irulappan, Vijayalaxmi Jeyasingh and Velraj Ramalingam
This study aims to propose building envelope retrofit packages for existing naturally ventilated school buildings in the hot?humid climatic region of Chennai, India. Indoor thermal parameters were collected through field studies from nine sample classroo...
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Youcef Boussaa, Ambrose Dodoo, Truong Nguyen and Katarina Rupar-Gadd
A major challenge in building energy renovation is to cost effectively achieve notable energy savings. This paper investigates cost-effective passive energy-efficiency measures for thermal envelope retrofit of a typical Swedish multi-apartment building f...
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Antonio Cánovas-Saura, Andrés Cabrera-Lozoya and Javier Padilla
The possibilities of obtaining efficient building thermal control by means of colored envelopes while maintaining broad aesthetic options have been evaluated. The use of colored bilayers, where the inner layer presents strong solar absorbent or reflectan...
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Chao Liu, Chunhai Sun, Guangyuan Li, Wenjia Yang and Fang Wang
The present study provides comprehensive analyses of a newly constructed passive energy-efficient building located in Harbin, China, which is a prime example of how to design a passive building that withstands the severe cold climate in northeast Asia. C...
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Bahador Ziaeemehr, Zahra Jandaghian, Hua Ge, Michael Lacasse and Travis Moore
The Urban Heat Island (UHI), a consequence of urban development, leads to elevated temperatures within cities compared to their rural counterparts. This phenomenon results from factors such as urban designs, anthropogenic heat emissions, and materials th...
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