This thesis establishes the definition of apartment typologies through a multidimensional approach, a sensitivity analysis with the aim of assessing the possibilities to reduce the risk of overheating

This book contains the conference proceedings of ICABCS 2023, a non-profit conference with the objective to provide a platform that allows academicians, researchers, scholars and students from various institutions, universities and industries in India and abroad to exchange their research and innovative ideas in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Computing and Security. It explores the recent advancement in field of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Communication and Security in this digital era for novice to profound knowledge about cutting edges in artificial intelligence, financial, secure transaction, monitoring, real time assistance and security for advanced stage learners/ researchers/ academicians. The key features of this book are: Broad knowledge and research trends in artificial intelligence and blockchain with security and their role in smart living assistance Depiction of system model and architecture for clear picture of AI in real life Discussion on the role of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in various real-life problems across sectors including banking, healthcare, navigation, communication, security Explanation of the challenges and opportunities in AI and Blockchain based healthcare, education, banking, and related industries This book will be of great interest to researchers, academicians, undergraduate students, postgraduate students, research scholars, industry professionals, technologists, and entrepreneurs.

There is an urgent need to build human capacity to make the often vulnerable and exposed buildings and communities we live and work in more resilient to the changing social, economic and physical environments around us. Extensive research has been done over the last decades on both mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the built environment, but the outputs of much of this research have failed to result in the wider uptake of effective greenhouse gas emission reduction solutions. This volume introduces credible 'fresh thinking' on how this may be done. For the first time an emerging generation of research is brought together that is directly concerned with understanding, influencing and leading the transformation of markets and thinking in the built environment. Chapters cover: defining values setting targets consumer motivation selling existing ideas better developing new design principles, paradigms and programmes optimizing solutions to ensure that when change does happen, it does so in the right direction. Papers are contributed by leading experts in fields ranging from philosophy, the social, political and physical sciences, engineering, architecture, mathematics and complexity science. The resulting volume will be essential reading for all those involved with changing the mindsets of a generation on the need to, and ways to, build resilience to rapid change and transforming markets in the built environment.

Open data and policy implications coming from data-aware planning entail collection and pre- and postprocessing as operations of primary interest. Before these steps, making data available to people and their decision-makers is a crucial point. Referring to the relationship between data and energy, public administrations, governments, and research bodies are promoting the construction of reliable and robust datasets to pursue policies coherent with the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as to allow citizens to make informed choices. Energy engineers and planners must provide the simplest and most robust tools to collect, process, and analyze data in order to offer solid data-based evidence for future projections in building, district, and regional systems planning. This Special Issue aims at providing the state-of-the-art on open-energy data analytics; its availability in the different contexts, i.e., country peculiarities; and its availability at different scales, i.e., building, district, and regional for data-aware planning and policy-making. For all the aforementioned reasons, we encourage researchers to share their original works on the field of open data and energy analytics. Topics of primary interest include but are not limited to the following: 1. Open data and energy sustainability; 2. Open data science and energy planning; 3. Open science and open governance for sustainable development goals; 4. Key performance indicators of data-aware energy modelling, planning, and policy; 5. Energy, water, and sustainability database for building, district, and regional systems; 6. Best practices and case studies.

Das Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer von der Internationalen Energieagentur initiierten Studie von 30 Nullenergiegebäuden. Es zeigt Entwurfsgrundsätze für verschiedene Klimazonen und Bautypen auf, durch die eine hohe Gebäudeperformance erreicht werden kann.

Advanced Building Envelope Components: Comparative Experiments focuses on the latest research in innovative materials, systems and components, also providing a detailed technical explanation on what this breakthrough means for building exteriors and sustainability. Topics include a discussion of transparent envelope components, including intelligent kinetic skins, such as low-e coatings, high vs. low silver content in glass, solar control coatings, such as silver vs. niobium vs. tin, and more. In addition, opaque envelope components are also presented, including opaque dynamic facades, clay lining vs. plasterboard and nano clayed foams. - Includes real case studies that explore, in detail, the behavior of different envelopes - Presents laboratory tests on existing insulation (if any, through samples extracted on-site) to quantify actual performances - Provides the tools and methods for comparing, selecting and testing materials and components for designing effective building envelopes - Covers both transparent and opaque envelope components, as well as opaque dynamic facades