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Green Neighborhoods and Buildings: Promoting Sustainable Design and Thermal Comfort
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Green Neighborhoods and Buildings: Promoting Sustainable Design and Thermal Comfort

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 April 2024) | Viewed by 1710

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Wanlu Ouyang

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Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Interests: outdoor thermal comfort; urban greenery; urban waterbody; climate-sensitive design
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Dr. Sheng Liu

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School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Interests: bioclimatic architecture; indoor thermal comfort; data-driven design; climate change adaptation
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Dr. Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo

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School of Geography, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Interests: nature-based solutions; outdoor thermal comfort; urban greenery; climate-sensitive design; urban climate adaptation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid growth of urbanization and global climate change has led to numerous environmental challenges when it comes to building design. Among them, poor thermal comfort and high energy consumption are the two most pressing issues. Designing green buildings and neighborhoods has been as a promising solution to address these challenges and promote sustainability.

Despite the growing importance of sustainable design and thermal comfort, the implementation of green buildings and neighborhoods still faces many challenges. These challenges include the lack of comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the factors that contribute to sustainable design and thermal comfort, the complex interplay of design and environmental factors, and the need for effective evaluation methods and assessment tools.

To overcome these challenges, this Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share their latest findings, innovative ideas, and practical experiences in sustainable design and thermal comfort for green neighborhoods and green buildings. The objective is to highlight the latest research trends, challenges, and potential solutions in this field and to promote the development of sustainable and livable cities.

The topics of interest for this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

  • Innovative design strategies for sustainable green neighborhoods and buildings.
  • Passive design/technologies for indoor thermal comfort and energy saving.
  • Sustainable design strategies for improving outdoor thermal comfort and well-being.
  • Smart management and operation systems for sustainable buildings and neighborhoods.
  • Evaluation methods and assessment tools for thermal comfort and energy efficiency.
  • Case studies and best practices of sustainable design and thermal comfort in green neighborhoods and buildings.
  • Coupling method for urban microclimate and building energy interactions.
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable design and thermal comfort, including architecture, urban planning, engineering, and social sciences.
  • Nature-based solutions for urban climate adaptation and indoor heat management.

We hope that this Special Issue will contribute to the advancement of sustainable design and thermal comfort for green neighborhoods and green buildings, and we welcome submissions of original research articles, review papers, and case studies from diverse disciplines and perspectives.

We are looking forward to your contributions.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Sustainability.

Dr. Wanlu Ouyang
Dr. Sheng Liu
Dr. Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban heat island
  • extreme heat events
  • thermal comfort
  • urban microclimate
  • sustainable community
  • green buildings
  • building performance
  • passive design strategies
  • active design strategies
  • data-driven design
  • sustainable design
  • human well-being
  • nature-based solutions

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Exploring the Effect of Aspect Ratio (H/W) on Thermal Environment in Multiple Climate Zones with Open-Source Data
by Jifa Rao, Bohong Zheng and Jiayu Li
Buildings 2024, 14(2), 342; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14020342 - 26 Jan 2024
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For a country with multiple climate zones, analyzing the impacts of urban design in different climate zones is a prerequisite to climate adaptation policies. However, countries advanced in climate adaptation strategies are mostly located in a single climate zone, leading to a lack [...] Read more.
For a country with multiple climate zones, analyzing the impacts of urban design in different climate zones is a prerequisite to climate adaptation policies. However, countries advanced in climate adaptation strategies are mostly located in a single climate zone, leading to a lack of research on climate adaptation policies for multiple climate countries. As China is launching the urban zoning management policy, this research takes China as an example to explore a technique to quickly distinguish the impact of urban design in multiple climate zones by combing the open-source data with the Envi-met tool, where the open-source data indicate the data that can be obtained from public platforms such as the internet and Envi-met is a microclimate simulation tool. First, the open street map tool, one of the open-source data, was used to abstract the typical models of each climate city. Then, open-source meteorological data were employed as the boundary conditions for Envi-met simulation. Lastly, after the Envi-met simulation, the impacts of aspect ratio (H/W) on multiple climate indicators in seven climate cities were analyzed with the meteorological interpolation method. The analytical results show that H/W has a stronger ability to regulate the thermal comfort of high latitude cities. In Guangzhou and Changsha, the maximum differences of PET caused by H/W are only 0.61 °C (Changsha) and 0.63 °C (Guangzhou). H/W has the strongest regulating effect on the thermal comfort in Harbin, with the highest value of 8.62 °C. The regulating effects of H/W on outdoor PET in other 4 cities are 4.37 °C in Urumqi, 3.29 °C in Xining, 1.29 °C in Xi’an, and 0.76 °C in Kunming. In addition, H/W mainly affects PET by modifying the radiant temperature. Compared with mean radiant temperature, the effects of H/W on air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed are negligible. Longitude regulates the occurrence time of the coldest and hottest thermal environments. Among the seven climate zones in China, the difference in appearance time between the coldest and hottest reaches up to 2 h. For the implementation of urban zoning management policy, in China, high latitude cities are encouraged to high H/W to create a comfortable city. Cities whose latitude is less than 30° may not consider the impacts of H/W on thermal comfort. This method of combining open-source data with Envi-met can serve as a reference for other countries that span multiple climate zones. In addition, these results provide a decision-making basis for the management of H/W in different climate cities of China. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Neighborhoods and Buildings: Promoting Sustainable Design and Thermal Comfort)
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