Comparative analysis of building insulation material properties and performance

D Kumar, M Alam, PXW Zou, JG Sanjayan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Building envelope insulation is crucial for an energy-efficient and comfortable indoor
environment because the envelope accounts for 50–60% of total heat gain/loss in a …

Impact of natural and social environmental factors on building energy consumption: Based on bibliometrics

L Li, W Sun, W Hu, Y Sun - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Currently, building energy consumption is increasing, thereby exacerbating various issues,
including climate change and environmental pollution. However, current building energy …

Explainable heat-related mortality with random forest and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) models

Y Kim, Y Kim - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The heat increase caused by climate change has worsened the urban heat environment and
damaged human health, which has led to heat-related mortality. One of the most important …

Temporally compound heat wave events and global warming: An emerging hazard

JW Baldwin, JB Dessy, GA Vecchi… - Earth's Future, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The temporal structure of heat waves having substantial human impact varies widely, with
many featuring a compound structure of hot days interspersed with cooler breaks. In …

Green and cool roofs' urban heat island mitigation potential in tropical climate

J Yang, A Pyrgou, A Chong, M Santamouris… - Solar Energy, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Urban heat island (UHI) can significantly affect building's thermal-energy performance.
Urban materials absorb solar and infrared radiation and the accumulated heat is dissipated …

State of the art on the development of cool coatings for buildings and cities

AL Pisello - Solar Energy, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Urban systems, from their early origins, were acknowledged to be responsible for both
benefits and penalties due to anthropogenic actions affecting human wellbeing. In this view …

From urban climate to energy consumption. Enhancing building performance simulation by including the urban heat island effect

M Palme, L Inostroza, G Villacreses… - Energy and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Cities are dissipative structures. As such, cities generate heat, a phenomenon known as
urban heat island (UHI). Even though the UHI is one of the most relevant effects of …

Heat mitigation technologies can improve sustainability in cities. An holistic experimental and numerical impact assessment of urban overheating and related heat …

M Santamouris, R Paolini, S Haddad, A Synnefa… - Energy and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Urban overheating affects the energy, health, power, survivability and environmental quality
of cities. We calculated the magnitude of overheating in Sydney, Australia, at close to 9° C …

A methodology for assembling future weather files including heatwaves for building thermal simulations from the European coordinated regional downscaling …

A Machard, C Inard, JM Alessandrini, C Pelé, J Ribéron - Energies, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
With increasing mean and extreme temperatures due to climate change, it becomes
necessary to use—not only future typical conditions—but future heatwaves in building …

High albedo materials to counteract heat waves in cities: An assessment of meteorology, buildings energy needs and pedestrian thermal comfort

S Falasca, V Ciancio, F Salata, I Golasi, F Rosso… - Building and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Climatological data show that the frequency of Heat Waves (HWs) has increased since the
1950s and that it will continue to increase. These phenomena exasperate the urban heat …