In the context of sustainable development and parametric design, it is interesting to analyze
the possible synergies between Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) …

Ensuring sustainability and reducing energy consumption in the built environment is
essential for achieving energy efficiency and comfort. To obtain a healthy and sustainable …

In modern cities, as a result of high urban density and the lack of expansion of cities in the
horizontal direction, high-rise buildings and sometimes deep-plan buildings have been …

One of the most effective ways of transmitting daylight into deep-plan buildings is to
generate light-well for spaces away from the facade and window-less spaces. Among the …

Urban congestion and the multiplicity of floors of buildings within densely populated cities
have significantly reduced natural light penetration into spaces, especially in deep-plan …

Daylight metrics act as a useful tool to quantify the potential of natural light in an architectural
space as well as the energy savings promoted by a suitable design of windows, atriums, and …

The light well is a well-known architectural resource used in dense cities to provide daylight
to the core of residential buildings. Due to its elongated shape, the propagation of light …

Due to cold winter and abundant solar energy, passive solar houses have significant energy-
saving potential and application prospect in Qinghai-Tibet plateau. For passive solar …

Regulation of solar transmission through windows offers the potential to reduce energy
consumption in buildings. Recently, the daylighting control characteristic of optical …

[EN] The building sectors are recognized as one of the essential contributors of global
warming and climate change because of their high energy use. The building sector is …