The greenery-covered tall building, an innovative building typology that substantially
integrates vegetation into the design, promises to transform urban landscapes into more …

Vertical greenery systems (VGS) integrate vegetation into the building facades to reduce
wall surface temperature, thereby reducing building energy consumption. The mechanisms …

Large populations worldwide have been deprived from nature experiences due to mass
quarantines and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, and face a looming mental …

The leaf area index (LAI) is a key dynamic parameter in Vertical Greening Systems (VGS). It
quantifies the total amount of leaf area in the canopy and largely determines the extent of co …

Given accumulating evidence that highlights the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic
on public mental health, we examine green space accessibility as a potential mitigator …

Background Researchers have demonstrated that the built environment is associated with
mental health outcomes. However, evidence concerning the effects of street environments …

Accumulative evidence and knowledge have revealed a close relationship between
environments and human emotions. Residential open space (ROS) plays a significant role …

With the increase of indoor isolation in modern society and the growing development of
manned deep-space and deep-sea exploration, the mental health issues of people in small …

Outdoor vertical greenery systems'(VGS) thermal aspects have been intensively studied in
recent years; nevertheless, real-scale long-term experiments are scarce in the literature, and …

This study aims to review the key findings of past studies that assessed the impact of virtual
environments, such as nature and forests for stress therapy. Previous research has found …