[HTML][HTML] Establishing intensifying chronic exposure to extreme heat as a slow onset event with implications for health, wellbeing, productivity, society and economy

E Oppermann, T Kjellstrom, B Lemke, M Otto… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Gradual, average increases in temperature are significant for the risk of heat
stress.•Increasing chronic exposure to extreme heat constitutes a slow onset event.•Heat …

What are the implications of climate change for retrofitted historic buildings? A literature review

L Hao, D Herrera-Avellanosa, C Del Pero, A Troi - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Historic buildings account for more than one-quarter of Europe's existing building stock and
are going to be crucial in the achievement of future energy targets. Although a drastic …

Climate change resilience of school premises in Cyprus: An examination of retrofit approaches and their implications on thermal and energy performance

C Heracleous, A Michael, A Savvides… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Educational buildings form a significant part of non-residential buildings that are of public
use, and, in the case of Cyprus, this building stock tends to be less energy-efficient …

Improving building resilience in the face of future climate uncertainty: A comprehensive framework for enhancing building life cycle performance

R Chen, H Samuelson, Y Zou, X Zheng, Y Cao - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
This research introduces an innovative resilient design framework, addressing gaps in
building performance optimization by considering a holistic life cycle perspective and …

Addressing the potential for improvement of urban building stock: A protocol applied to a Mediterranean Spanish case

T Blázquez, R Suárez, S Ferrari, JJ Sendra - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current plans to combat the environmental global impact of the building sector have
encouraged research on sustainable actions for increasing the renovation rate of many …

Risk of overheating in low-rise naturally ventilated residential buildings of northeast India–an effect of climate change

S Thapa - Architectural Science Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The urban population in India is growing at a fast rate along with the growth in the
construction of residential concrete houses. Though a majority of these residential buildings …

Influence of adaptive energy saving techniques on office buildings located in cities of the Iberian Peninsula

D Bienvenido-Huertas, D Sanchez-Garcia… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of setpoint temperatures based on adaptive comfort algorithms is a method more
and more used as an energy saving technique. Knowing the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] Is indoor overheating an upcoming risk in southern Spain social housing stocks? Predictive assessment under a climate change scenario

R Escandón, R Suárez, A Alonso, GM Mauro - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Beyond thermal comfort, the future outlook of climate change poses a challenge for the
health of the most vulnerable inhabitants of the existing residential stock. In southern Spain …

How climate trends impact on the thermal performance of a typical residential building in Madrid

S Soutullo, E Giancola, MJ Jiménez, JA Ferrer… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Based on the European energy directives, the building sector has to provide comfortable
levels for occupants with minimum energy consumption as well as to reduce greenhouse …

Building façade retrofit with solar passive technologies: A literature review

S Brito-Coimbra, D Aelenei, M Gloria Gomes… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, buildings have been presented as one of the main energy consumers and, for
that matter, there is an increased tendency to invest in policies and measures that promote …