Research on the performance of tropical residential buildings requires careful consideration
of the effects of the changing weather conditions. Based on machine learning and multi …

At present, the energy used for air conditioning in buildings in urban areas accounts for over
36% of total global energy consumption. Energy efficiency has become a critical factor in the …

Urban form has been proved to be an important factor that significantly influences the
microclimate as well as the outdoor thermal comfort at the pedestrian level in urban spaces …

Lightweight shading devices like sails, canopies, and street-scale shelters are a key strategy
for urban cooling. Studies indicate that interactions between characteristics such as height …

Thermal inertia and natural ventilation are strategies widely used and studied in indoor
building performance. However, little analysis has been done on its effect on the outdoor …

Built environment configurations of vernacular architecture are the result of an evolutionary
adaptation to climatic conditions, while the historic districts of many cities worldwide are …

While in recent years significant improvements have been made in the thermal adaptation of
indoor building environments, less progress has been made in improving thermal comfort in …

Neighbourhoods in cities generate social inequality risks due to outdated climate passive
control infrastructures. Previous research has explored thermal comfort related to health …

The density distribution in an urban matrix is one of the significant issues which affects other
urban living factors such as building lighting, energy consumption and residents' …

This study develops an approach consisting of a stacking model integrated with a multi-
objective optimisation algorithm aimed at predicting and optimising the ecological …