Evaluation of microclimate benefits due to cool pavements and green infrastructures on urban heat islands

G Del Serrone, P Peluso, L Moretti - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ongoing climate change is manifesting in the expansion of the urban heat island (UHI)
effect. This paper evaluates the microclimate benefits of cool pavements and green …

Photovoltaic road pavements as a strategy for low-carbon urban infrastructures

G Del Serrone, P Peluso, L Moretti - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are expanding in anthropized areas, causing serious
climatic consequences such as rising temperatures and citizens' discomfort. Several studies …

Thermal assessments at local and micro scales during hot summer days: a case study of Belgrade (Serbia)

S Savić, B Milanović, D Milošević, J Dunjić, M Pecelj… - Időjárás, 2024 - gery.gef.bg.ac.rs
Increasing thermal risk in cities is endangering the health and well-being of urban
population and is driven by climate change and intensive urbanization. Therefore, if we plan …

Effectiveness of road cool pavements, greenery, and canopies to reduce the urban heat island effects

P Peluso, G Persichetti, L Moretti - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ongoing climate change is manifesting itself through the increasing expansion of Urban
Heat Island (UHI) effects. This paper evaluates the microclimate benefits due to cool road …

The health benefits of greening strategies to cool urban environments–A heat health impact method

M Sadeghi, T Chaston, I Hanigan, R de Dear… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Green infrastructure has the potential to cool urban environments and reduce the health
burden due to heatwaves. This study develops a new method to quantify the benefits of …

Spatiotemporal changes in universal thermal climate index over South Asia

AK Kyaw, MM Hamed, S Shahid - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The rising global temperatures have posed challenges to human survival and well-being in
various regions worldwide. However, little is known about human thermal stress exposure …

Estimating the outdoor environment of workers' villages in East China using machine learning

X Zhang, L Yang, R Luo, HY Wu, J Xu, C Huang… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Workers' villages in East China represent a typical form of residential government-
built settlements constructed between the 1950s and the 1980s to address the housing …

Study on the influence of globe thermometer method on the accuracy of calculating outdoor mean radiant temperature and thermal comfort

K Liu, W You, X Chen, W Liu - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
With global warming and the rapid development of urbanization, the outdoor thermal
environment is deteriorating. More and more research focuses on the outdoor thermal …

A novel outdoor thermal comfort simulation model for heritage environments (OTC-SM-HE): Verify the effectiveness in Gulangyu, China

Y Li, M Yang, H Bai, R Li, J Liang, J Huang… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study of outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) for heritage environments can offer essential
guidance for the articulation of multiple values of cultural heritage and the sustainable …

Native Mesorhizobium strains improve yield and nutrient composition of the common bird's-foot trefoil grown in an acid soil

M Knežević, T Berić, A Buntić, M Jovković, M Avdović… - Rhizosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Acid soils occupy more than 3.95 billion ha of the world soils, and finding an adequate
solution for the limitation of crop production on these soils is indispensable. Using highly …