Thermally comfortable mircoclimate is essential for creating high-quality outdoor spaces that
attract citizens and boost city vitality. Previous design efforts to improve outdoor thermal …

A performance-driven sustainable urban design is an important step in adapting to local
climates and improving outdoor comfort level. This study proposed investigating an urban …

In areas with a dry and hot climate, factors such as strong solar radiation, high temperature,
low humidity, dazzling light, and dust storms can tremendously reduce people's thermal …

As a main place for student activities on campus, outdoor spaces have positive impacts on
students' physical and mental health. Namely, outdoor heat and comfort are of great …

The energy consumption for heating and cooling of buildings in the cities located within the
boundaries of the Hot Summer and Cold Winter (HSCW) zone in China is rapidly increasing …

This paper first analyzes the climate characteristics of five typical cities in China, including
Harbin, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Kunming. Then, based on Grasshopper, Ladybug …

Traditional settlements may suffer from extreme thermal stress owing to the types of
buildings and the activities of local people. In this study, thermal environmental …

Lately, unexpectedly developing urban regions have been observed worldwide. This boom
has an instantaneous impact on the microclimate and for this reason on human comfort, as a …

A good school design consists of a thermally comfortable school and schoolyard as well as
a low energy consumption of the school building. The main contribution of this study is that it …

The growing interest in thermal comfort of outdoor environments yields in different analysis
on courtyards as a common space between urban and architectural scales. However, there …