Energy retrofitting for buildings has gained great attention in recent years due to the
significant benefits of reducing environmental impacts and costs. Generally, retrofit planning …

Abstract Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) plays a critical role in creating Thermal Resilient
Communities (TRCs) by mitigating the adverse climate change impacts and enhancing …

With the ongoing significance of overheating calculations in the residential building sector,
building codes such as the European Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) are …

The upcoming summers are expected to see an increase in the intensity and duration of
heat waves due to the effects of climate change. As a consequence, the thermal resilience of …

The heatwave event to which the Ontario-Quebec area was subjected in 2018 resulted in
significant morbidity and mortality. In this study, an investigation was conducted on how this …

Rising heatwaves necessitate thermally resilient buildings to mitigate occupant heat-stress
and mortality, ensuring habitable conditions during thermal shocks. This study's aim and …

Comprehensive resilience management schemes are vital to urban risk governance and
sustainable development. In this study, we decompose the urban physical system into the …

With the forecast of a warmer world, with longer, more frequent and more intense heat
waves, it becomes essential to have buildings that are resilient to a rapidly warming climate …

This paper aims to quantify and analyse the impact of urban heat island and climate change
on summer indoor thermal comfort in buildings at district level. By leveraging the models of …

Increasing occurrences of extreme weather events such as winter storms and heat waves
due to climate change pose enormous safety and health-related risks to people, particularly …