Buildings of Tomorrow Goals and Challenges for Design and Operation of High-Performance Buildings

• Other Authors: Košir, Mitja (Editor), Singh, Manoj Kumar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; climate change; bioclimatic design; passive design; energy efficiency; overheating; building resilience; robustness; shape factor; building; thermal envelope; energy demand; CO2 emissions; white roofs; cool roofs; reflective material; cost-benefit; energy savings; urban heat island; thermal comfort; indoor environmental quality; educational buildings; energy consumptions; local discomfort; building energy retrofitting; phase change materials; aerogel render; heat stress risk; emission; lifecycle cost; peak cooling load; residential building; building envelope; multi-objective genetic algorithm; TRNSYS; climate zone; multi-criteria decision making; CRITIC; TOPSIS; capture devices; variables; field surveys; thermal perceptions; adaptive actions; hostel dormitories; composite climate of India; reflective materials; mitigation; outdoor comfort; visual comfort; heat stress; optimization; skyscrapers
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This reprint aims to address the challenges modern-day buildings face in the context of high energy and resource consumption and climate change. One of the ways to address the issues is holistic design and operation of high-performance buildings in the area of energy efficiency, occupant health, and comfort. All this should be achieved through synergic interconnectedness between parameters such as the indoor-outdoor environment, sustainability, and resilience. Through different chapters, this reprint highlights the key areas, namely, the optimization of building design parameters, the impact of the use of modern-day phase-change materials, the adaptation of occupants and buildings to climate change, the mitigation of urban overheating by cool roofs, and reducing energy demand and CO2 emissions.