Sustainable urbanism is seen today as one of the keys towards unlocking the quest for a
sustainable society. As a central paradigm of sustainable urbanism, the eco-city is promoted …

The building industry needs a fundamental paradigm shift in its notion of comfort, to find low-
energy ways of creating more thermally dynamic and non-uniform environments that bring …

Climate change has become a matter of security in recent policy discussions. The scale of
the transformations we are living through is slowly dawning on policy makers. But the …

Ecological urbanism is seen today as one of the keys towards unlocking the quest for a low-
carbon or fossil fuel–free society. Global and local policies promote and advocate the eco …

An urban energy transition is needed to address the two global environmental challenges of
urbanisation and increasing carbon emissions. Urban energy landscapes represent the …

Building envelope governs heat transfer between the external environment and building
interiors and thus greatly influences the energy demand for heating and cooling. In this …

The use of sustainable assessment methods in the UK is on the rise, anticipating the future
regulatory trajectory towards zero carbon by 2016. The indisputable influence of sustainable …

In the context of today's global climate change and dramatic urban transformation, urban
researchers, planners, architects, and policy-makers have recognized the value of following …

This paper proposes and evaluates an integrated workflow that simultaneously uses
ventilation, thermal, and luminous autonomy for the assessment of passive design …

Scholarly literature has recently developed the notions of Anthropocene geopolitics and
planetary security. How these relate to and whether they inform states' foreign policy …