Thermal Comfort Performance in Buildings: Challenges and Innovative Solutions
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2023) | Viewed by 5362
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability of resources including energy is a main global concern today, as reflected in the development plans of different countries and organizations. This includes the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Goal 11. This goal aims to “make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. One key determinant here is to create buildings that are sustainable and healthy. Thermal comfort in this context is a main important issue to designers, researchers, and policy makers. It is an ultimate design goal that improves people’s physical and mental health and contributes to energy savings in green buildings. There are several architectural design strategies that could be innovatively explored in this regard, considering the recent technological developments and the post-pandemic design requirements. Thus, the goal of this Special Issue of Buildings titled “Thermal Comfort Performance in Buildings: Challenges and Innovative Solutions” is to address the urban and architectural strategies that could be implemented to improve thermal comfort conditions in our built environment. Papers that critically address these strategies are particularly welcome to this Special Issue.
Dr. Omar S. Asfour
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- green buildings
- sustainable architecture
- solar architecture
- thermal comfort
- energy efficient design
- passive urban design
- low energy buildings
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