[HTML][HTML] The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future

KR van Daalen, M Romanello, J Rocklöv… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary In the past few decades, major public health advances have happened
in Europe, with drastic decreases in premature mortality and a life expectancy increase of …

Effective PCM, insulation, natural and/or night ventilation techniques to enhance the thermal performance of buildings located in various climates–A review

P Arumugam, V Ramalingam, P Vellaichamy - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Maintaining healthy and comfortable indoors through passive ways is challenging due to the
changing and extreme climatic conditions. The aim of this work is to review the thermal …

A critical review of combined natural ventilation techniques in sustainable buildings

H Zhang, D Yang, VWY Tam, Y Tao, G Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Combined natural ventilation systems in single building were
reviewed.•Advantages of combined natural ventilation systems were summarized.•Existing …

Radiative cooling: principles, progress, and potentials

MM Hossain, M Gu - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The recent progress on radiative cooling reveals its potential for applications in highly
efficient passive cooling. This approach utilizes the maximized emission of infrared thermal …

A review of clear sky radiative cooling developments and applications in renewable power systems and passive building cooling

M Zeyghami, DY Goswami, E Stefanakos - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although nocturnal radiative cooling has been known for centuries, providing sub-ambient
radiative cooling during daytime was a challenge until recent years. Recent advances in …

A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation

A Sharifi, M Pathak, C Joshi, BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent and projected upward trends in the frequency and intensity of climate-induced
events in cities have enhanced the focus on adaptation. In addition to enhancing the …

A 50 year review of basic and applied research in radiant heating and cooling systems for the built environment

KN Rhee, KW Kim - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
The radiant heating and cooling (RHC) system has been gaining much popularity due to
high thermal comfort, reduced energy consumption, quiet operation, space saving, and so …

Cooling potential and applications prospects of passive radiative cooling in buildings: The current state-of-the-art

X Lu, P Xu, H Wang, T Yang, J Hou - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The universe can be utilized as a sink for heat pumping by means of passive radiative
cooling (PRC). This approach is an age-old cooling practice that has had a renaissance with …

The contextual factors contributing to occupants' adaptive comfort behaviors in offices–A review and proposed modeling framework

W O'Brien, HB Gunay - Building and Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Occupants play an unprecedented role on energy use of office buildings and they are often
perceived as one of the main causes of underperforming buildings. It is therefore necessary …

Eco-efficient construction and building materials research under the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020

F Pacheco-Torgal - Construction and building materials, 2014 - Elsevier
With an overall budget of around 70,000 million€ for the next seven years (2014–2020) the
EU Framework Programme for research and Innovation-Horizon 2020 constitutes the most …