Challenges and Current Research Trends for Vernacular Architecture in a Global World: A
Literature Review Next Article in Journal Digital Technologies in Offsite and Prefabricated …

Energy retrofits have the potential to reduce building energy consumption and carbon
emissions, but face particular challenges when implemented in historic and traditionally …

The objective of this paper is to optimize the passive design of newly-built residential
buildings in hot summer and cold winter region of China for improving indoor thermal …

Abstract The Yangtze River Basin (YRB) is the birthplace of Chinese civilization and is rich
in traditional village resources. Studying their spatial distribution characteristics and …

Due to the increasing pressure brought by recent global environmental problems, building
designers are embracing regionalism and the knowledge of traditional structures, arguing …

The aim of this paper is to evaluate and compare the techno-economic performance of grid-
connected photovoltaic (PV) power systems for a rooftop solar PV building containing 14 …

After nearly twenty years of rapid modernization and urbanization in China, huge
achievements have transformed the daily lives of the Chinese people. However …

Recently, the construction of energy efficiency buildings has been one of the main objectives
of sustainable development, especially for areas with extreme climate. In present study, the …

Adaptive thermal comfort is the predominant model used for studying thermal comfort in
naturally ventilated buildings. However, current international thermal comfort standards do …

Global climate change has led to increased differences in the indoor thermal environment of
traditional dwellings and residents' thermal adaptability, but quantitative research in this …