Decision-making framework for enhanced thermal resilience of façade-retrofits

Climate extremes are becoming increasingly frequent and intense worldwide, with greater pressure on ecosystems, the built environment, and humankind. Heat waves, in particular, are overheating indoor spaces and thermal comfort as one of the major comfort requirements of buildings is disrupted or, in the most extreme situations, lost. In extreme...

Increasing the resilience of urban areas to extreme precipitation: Are the residents ready?: The receptivity for effective rainproof measures on private terrain in the neighbourhood De Baarsjes, Amsterdam

Water challenges the livelihood of all living beings through its scarcity and its abundance. Due to climate change these extremes will intensify in the future. As mankind continues to cluster in economic centre points, housing areas as well as infrastructure increases. This situation forces the water to run off rather than infiltrate. Inundated...