The building design community is challenged by continuously increasing energy demands,
which are often combined with ambitious goals for indoor environment, for environmental …

The current climate change is calling for a drastic reduction of energy demand as well as of
greenhouse gases. Besides this, cities also need to adapt to face the challenges related to …

When modelling outdoor microclimates, researchers and designers need to be aware of the
modelling capabilities and limitations of tools. This comparative study attempts to …

In recent years advances in digital tools have been leading the way in the construction of
cleaner, more energy-efficient buildings. Furthermore, improvements in Building Information …

This paper presents integrated energy and lighting simulations as a part of wider research
focused on the form-finding process of adaptive shading concepts and on the actuation of …

Climate change and the deriving impacts on the built environment certainly represent one of
the most challenging issue for several key players involved in shaping the cities of tomorrow …

Despite the continuous development of the hardware, most construction machines are
exclusively teleoperated limiting the control to a single paradigm. The operators usually …

The topical issues of computational and experimental studies of wind effects of residential
complexes in Moscow are reviewed on the examples of project building objects for …

Facade design has an important effect on thermal comfort for building occupants. The
design of the second shell of the facade, in addition to visual beauty, modifies the …

Simulation tools play a major role in the design of high-performance buildings. Despite that,
use of building performance simulation (BPS) tools is mainly limited to later design stages …