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 …

The emergence of renewable-energy-source (RES) envelope solutions, building retrofit
requirements and advanced energy technologies brought about challenges to the existing …

Elevation datasets (eg point clouds) are an essential but often unavailable ingredient for the
construction of 3D city models. We investigate in this paper to what extent can 3D city …

In 2014, the Singapore government announced plans to increase the adoption of solar
power, including by integrating solar PV systems into the urban environment. Careful …

In the last decades, a tendency towards urban tissue densification has been observed to
counteract the urban sprawl. Densification may be achieved through more compact built …

This study identifies and proposes A GIS-based exploration of the relationships between
aspect ratio of inner courtyards, porosity of the urban fabric and the climatic factors where it …

Mesoscale numerical weather prediction models usually provide information regarding
environmental parameters near urban areas at a spatial resolution of the order of thousands …

Morphological characteristics of cities significantly influence urban heat island intensities
and thermal responses to heat waves. Form attributes such as density, compactness, and …

The air infiltration rate of buildings strongly influences indoor environment and energy
consumption. In this study, several traditional methods for determining the air infiltration rate …

Turbulent flow and its interaction with a sea breeze front (SBF) over an urban‐like coast with
a regular block array were investigated using a building‐resolving computational fluid …