Climate change and urbanization have exacerbated concerns about urban overheating,
affecting thermal comfort, heat-related mortality, and urban energy consumption, especially …

Hemp-based building envelopes have gained significant popularity in developed countries,
and now the trend of constructing houses with hemp-clay blocks is spreading to develo** …

Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems are constantly prone to failures during their lifespan,
causing breakdowns, high energy bills, and indoor discomfort. In addition to correctly …

This study assesses the impacts of sustainable urban development adapted to climate
change in the city of Stuttgart, Germany. We use the state-of-the-art meteorological …

Urban microclimate has a significant impact on building energy consumption. Building
energy modeling (BEM) requires accurate local weather conditions near a target building …

Improving urban resilience is crucial to counteract rising high-temperature disasters. This
study constructed a framework for a process-based heat stress resilience (HSR_phy) …

We present the process of and difficulties in acquiring the proper boundary conditions (BCs)
for the state-of-the-art large-eddy simulation (LES)-based PALM model system. We use the …

In this study we conduct realistic urban microclimate simulations using a multiscale
approach that couples the PALM-4U microscale model to the WRF mesoscale model. The …

Understanding and evaluating possible changes in thermal conditions of urban settlements
are crucial for risk assessment, adaptation to climate change and sustainable urban …

We present the process and difficulties of acquiring the proper initial and boundary
conditions (IBC) for the state-of-the-art LES based model PALM (Parallelized Large-Eddy …