The greening of urban environments plays a crucial role in mitigating the adverse effects of
urbanization, such as air pollution and the urban heat island effect, and can provide …

Classroom lighting conditions affect students' academic performance due to the influence of
light on learning. Illuminance is a lighting parameter recognised as an important factor in …

Glass windows are the most energy-inefficient part of buildings, which triggers the ongoing
chasing of energy-efficient transparent radiative cooling (TRC) metamaterials on glasses …

Building appearances profoundly shape the urban visual landscape, influencing city images
and the quality of urban life. Traditional methods for evaluating the perceptual and aesthetic …

Beyond vision, light influences human circadian rhythms and buildings' energy
consumption. Design solutions are needed to satisfy visual and circadian requirements …

In the early building design stage, machine learning-based surrogate models demonstrate
significant advantages in rapidly evaluating design performance compared to conventional …

Abstract UN Sustainable Development Goals (eg, Goal 16) have highlighted the importance
of using policy tools (eg, through urban planning) to prevent crimes. Existing evidence of the …

A universal set of mathematical qualities combine complexity with geometry to define “living
geometry”. Those properties apply equally to organisms as to inanimate matter. A special …

In the classroom, visual fatigue resulting from unfavorable non-visual impacts will diminish
learning efficiency and affect eye health. To maintain the quality of the classroom lighting …

Visual comfort is affected by the light environment of interior spaces. However, relatively few
studies have combined subjective and objective indicators of visual comfort in the …