Summer comfort in energy-efficient high-rise dwellings

Nowadays, the high rate of urban population growth due to immigration and scarcity of land has significantly increased the need for new high-rise dwellings. Meanwhile, the recent building regulations require buildings to be highly energy-efficient to reduce the building’s impact on the environment. However, the inherent characteristics of these...

Robustness of Building Envelope: Investigating robust design solutions for energy efficient educational buildings.

Adaptation of the built environment to changing urban microclimates: A residential high-rise case study

Temperatures are increasing all around the world due to climate change and are predicted to continue to rise in the future. This rise in temperature is worrying especially for urban areas around the world that already suffer from increased temperature due to the urban heat island effect. In order to adapt to these changes buildings often get...