Buildings,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(11), P. 2865 - 2865
Published: Nov. 16, 2023
Vertical
greenery
not
only
helps
to
cool
the
surfaces
of
buildings
but,
more
importantly,
it
can
also
mitigate
Urban
Heat
Island
effect.
The
growth
vertical
is
highly
dependent
on
ongoing
maintenance,
such
as
irrigation.
Wind-driven
rain
serves
a
natural
source
irrigation
for
greenery.
simulation
was
conducted
typical
high-density
and
high-rise
case
in
Hong
Kong
first
classify
wind-driven
harvesting
potential
façade
with
very
high,
moderate,
low,
low
levels.
Then,
Scenario
1
(very
high
potential),
2
+
3
moderate
potential)
regarding
locations
three
levels
were
simulated
ENVI-met
assess
its
mitigation
maximum
temperature
reduction
street
occurs
between
12
p.m.
p.m.,
indicating
greatest
1,
2,
achieve
0.76
°C,
0.88
1.06
respectively,
during
this
time
period.
Building and Environment,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
237, P. 110295 - 110295
Published: April 18, 2023
Geospatial
data
of
the
building
stock
is
essential
in
many
domains
pertaining
to
built
environment.
These
datasets
are
often
provided
by
governments,
but
crowdsourcing
them
has
surged
last
decade.
Nowadays,
OpenStreetMap
(OSM)
–
most
popular
Volunteered
Geographic
Information
(VGI)
platform
contains
geospatial
and
descriptive
on
more
than
500
million
buildings
worldwide
collected
millions
contributors,
it
increasingly
used
studies
ranging
from
energy
microclimate
urban
planning
life
cycle
assessment.
However,
large-scale
understanding
their
quality
remains
limited,
which
may
hinder
use
management.
In
this
paper,
we
seek
understand
state
information
OSM
whether
a
reliable
source
such
data.
We
provide
comprehensive
study
assess
attribute
(descriptive)
mapped
globally,
e.g.
function,
key
ingredients
analyses
simulations
examine
three
aspects:
completeness,
consistency,
accuracy.
assessment,
first
at
scale
available
hitherto,
find
that
continues
be
highly
heterogeneous
—
poor
some,
very
high
completeness
other
areas,
potentially
benefiting
range
application
domains,
estimate
3D
models
443
administrative
units
(mostly
cities
municipalities)
around
world
can
generated
OSM,
underpinning
generation
digital
twins.
The
number
floors
type
frequent
properties
contributors
record,
cases
accurate,
while
mapping
interior
did
not
gain
momentum.
Energies,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(16), P. 4039 - 4039
Published: Aug. 14, 2024
A
primary
driving
force
of
today’s
urban
environment
is
the
development
or
enhancement
building
stock
with
a
focus
on
minimizing
its
environmental
footprint,
eliminating
dependence
fossil
fuels,
enforcing
energy
efficiency
and
self-sufficiency,
helping
alleviate
climate
change.
Therefore,
in
present
study,
an
up-to-date
review
regarding
passive
retrofitting
techniques
for
sustainable
design
conducted.
Numerous
solutions
concepts
are
thoroughly
examined
terms
innovation
energy-saving
potential.
The
include
novel
thermal
insulation
materials,
innovative
windows
systems,
high
mass
technologies,
optically
advanced
coatings
appropriate
cooling
abatement,
various
energy-efficient
bioclimatic
designs,
instance,
shading
techniques,
mechanical
ventilation
combination
heat
recovery,
green
roofs
façades.
scope
to
comparatively
investigate
retrofit
as
presented
recent
scientific
literature
mainly
within
last
five
up
ten
years.
passive,
energy-mitigating
savings
primarily
residential
buildings,
but
also
tertiary
well
specific
investment
costs.
Lastly,
extensive
discussion
evaluating
comparative
advantages
disadvantages
envelope
technologies
conducted,
allowing
comprehensive
multilevel
comparison.
Data in Brief,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
42, P. 108200 - 108200
Published: April 22, 2022
This
dataset
consists
mainly
of
two
subsets.
The
first
subset
includes
measurements
and
simulation
data
conducted
to
validate
the
tool
ENVI-met.
were
at
campus
Bauhaus-University
Weimar
in
Weimar,
Germany
consisted
recording
exterior
air
temperature,
globe
relative
humidity,
wind
velocity
1.5
m
four
points
on
different
days.
After
measurements,
geometry
was
modelled
meshed;
simulations
using
weather
days
with
aim
investigating
accuracy
model.
second
ENVI-met
potential
facade
greening
improving
outdoor
environment
indoor
temperature
during
heatwaves
Central
European
cities.
consist
boundary
conditions
output
models:
without
greening.
models
corresponded
a
residential
buildings
district
Stuttgart,
Germany.
mean
radiant
12
probe
model
addition
an
exemplary
building.
presents
both
vertical
profiles
probed
parameters
as
well
time
series
five-day
duration.
Both
subsets
correspond
investigations
presented
co-submitted
article
[1].
Building and Environment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
263, P. 111855 - 111855
Published: July 17, 2024
With
climate
change
affecting
buildings
differently
across
various
local
climates,
there's
a
heightened
focus
on
microclimates
and
their
impact
building
energy
consumption.
Urban
the
buildings'
dynamics
by
influencing
weather
patterns
while
operations
affect
these
through
feedback.
This
paper
provides
comprehensive
review
of
tools
applications
used
for
examining
feedback
interaction
between
operation
energy,
urban
microclimate.
study
collects,
analyses,
classifies
related
to
Building
Energy
Modeling
(UBEM)
Climate
(UCM)
particularly
focuses
combination
Multi-Domain
Scale
(MD-USEM),
enabling
efficient
information
exchange
microclimate
models.
The
building-microclimate
may
occur
as
either
one-way
or
two-way
interaction,
distinction
that
is
thoroughly
examined
in
final
section
with
an
in-depth
analysis
relevant
literature.
Developments in the Built Environment,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15, P. 100211 - 100211
Published: Aug. 12, 2023
Energy
flux
of
Vertical
Greening
System
(VGS)
is
crucial
for
understanding
heat
exchange
processes
by
optimizing
the
cooling
performance
in
outdoor
thermal
comfort,
thereby
mitigating
stress
through
transpiration.
To
understand
potential
effect
VGS,
we
quantify
Mean
Radiant
Temperature
(MRT)
VGS
analyzing
radiation
and
evaluating
efficiency,
defined
as
ratio
provided
to
energy
input
necessary
achieve
that
effectiveness
VGS.
The
showed
a
decrease
net
120
W/
m2,
resulting
decline
MRT
3.02
°C
compared
wall.
Furthermore,
found
efficiency
transpiration
was
7.38
times
more
effective
than
evaporation
from
soil
without
plants.
These
findings
suggest
has
significantly
reduce
serve
an
efficient
strategy
urban
areas.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(13), P. 9981 - 9981
Published: June 23, 2023
Buildings
consume
a
significant
part
of
the
world’s
resources
and
energy.
The
growing
environmental
awareness
urgent
need
to
reduce
energy
consumption
have
highlighted
importance
introducing
innovative
solutions
as
nature-based
systems
in
new
buildings’
construction
retrofitting.
In
this
regard,
green
façades
that
integrate
vegetation
into
building
envelopes
are
attractive.
This
paper
presents
bibliographic
analysis,
based
on
science
mapping,
available
literature
from
1999–2022
with
focus
thermal
effect
surroundings.
objective
study
is
reveal
structure
evolution
research
activity
field,
outlining
main
topics
future
directions.
analysis
was
performed
dataset
270
documents.
results
indicate
interest
topic
over
last
six
years
multidisciplinary
dimension
studies.
keyword
cluster
indicates
emergence
three
search
topics:
behavior
modeling;
urban
design
large-scale
effects;
sustainable
buildings
management.
A
greater
dissemination
could
be
enabled
by
further
application
approach
standardized
methods.
Natural hazards and earth system sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
23(7), P. 2593 - 2606
Published: July 21, 2023
Abstract.
Heat
waves
(HWs)
and
cold
(CWs)
can
have
considerable
impact
on
people.
Mapping
risks
of
extreme
temperature
at
local
scale,
accounting
for
the
interactions
between
hazard,
exposure,
vulnerability,
remains
a
challenging
task.
In
this
study,
we
quantify
from
HWs
CWs
Trentino-Alto
Adige
region
Italy
1980
to
2018
high
spatial
resolution.
We
use
Wave
Magnitude
Index
daily
(HWMId)
Cold
(CWMId)
as
hazard
indicators.
To
obtain
CW
risk
maps
combined
following:
(i)
occurrence
probability
obtained
using
zero-inflated
Tweedie
distribution
(accounting
directly
absence
events
certain
years),
(ii)
normalized
population
density
maps,
(iii)
vulnerability
based
eight
socioeconomic
The
methodology
allowed
us
disentangle
contributions
each
component
relative
total
change
in
risk.
find
statistically
significant
increase
HW
while
remained
stagnant
analyzed
area
over
study
period.
A
decrease
spells
is
observed
through
except
larger
cities
where
increased.
increased
40
%
region,
with
being
greatest
highly
populated
areas.
Stagnant
declining
result
reduced
levels
overall,
four
main
exposure
levels.
These
findings
help
steer
investments
mitigation,
method
potentially
be
applied
other
regions
there
are
sufficient
detailed
data.