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Yang Yu, Yu Shao, Bolun Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Haibo Guo and Yang Chen
Due to global warming, the overheating risk in the severe cold region of China has attracted attention, but so far, no studies have examined summer overheating in this region. This paper aims to reveal the overheating risk in recent and future climates i...
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Zhijun Xu, Dongsheng An, Lei Xu, Xuejiao Zhang, Qibiao Li and Baoshan Zhao
The production and breeding of peanuts was restricted by the frequently extreme climatic conditions in Guangdong province, China. To understand the influence of drought and pluvial climates on peanut traits and yield, a phenotypic investigation of sevent...
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Yuyan Wang, Xi Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Bo Xiong and Xuepeng Shi
Population growth and urban expansion have led to increased demand for buildings. Optimizing the building façade design, using integrated photovoltaic (PV) shading and vertical farming (VF) can reduce building energy consumption while ensuring a partial ...
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Charles Voivret, Dimitri Bigot and Garry Rivière
Building solar protection regulations is essential to save energy in hot climates. The protection performance is assessed using a shading factor computation that models the sky irradiance and the geometry of shadow obstructing the surface of interest. Wh...
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Pau Chung Leng, Siew Bee Aw, Nor Eeda Haji Ali, Gabriel Hoh Teck Ling, Yoke Lai Lee and Mohd Hamdan Ahmad
This paper studies the effectiveness of a solar chimney for improving ventilation and air-exchange rates in multi-storey public housing in tropical climates for the potential mitigation of airborne disease transmission. Virtual models of a typical apartm...
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Mohamed H. Elnabawi, Aysha Alhumaidi, Bana Osman and Reem Alshehhi
Cool roofs are a long-term alternative for the creation of a building?s thermal comfort as they can reduce the energy required for cooling demands and mitigate the urban heat island effect, thus benefitting both buildings and cities. Interest in cool roo...
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Antonio Couce-Casanova, Juan de Dios Rodríguez-García, María Isabel Lamas and José A. Orosa
In order to obtain reliable energy simulation results, it is essential to have accurate climate files corresponding to specific geographical locations. The present work describes a selection process of the Typical Meteorological Months (TMM) that will ge...
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Inês F. G. Reis, António Figueiredo and António Samagaio
The evolution of the construction sector over the years has been marked by the replacement of high thermal inertia mass constructions by increasingly lighter solutions that are subject to greater thermal fluctuations and, consequently, thermal discomfort...
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Emily J. Collings, Joshua T. Bunce, Mui-Choo Jong and David W. Graham
Innovative and low-energy solutions for the removal of nitrogen from domestic wastewater are needed to achieve regulatory ambitions. However, there is a lack of appropriate technologies for use in non-centralised applications, where receiving waterbodies...
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Katelyn Skornia, Steven I. Safferman, Laura Rodriguez-Gonzalez and Sarina J. Ergas
Wastewater produced during the wine-making process often contains an order of magnitude greater chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration than is typical of domestic wastewater. This waste stream is also highly variable in flow and composition due to th...
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