One way to achieve high energy efficiency in buildings and a reliable architectural system is use the experiences of local architecture. In this connection, central courtyard an element that was used past create comfort hot dry climates Kashan, Iran. A large part literature has focused on space investigated factors such as height, length, presence water courtyard, which are directly related stu...

Tropical cyclones can cause tremendous harm to coastal areas. This research aims explore the influence of tropical on outdoor wind environments in high-rise residential areas southeast provinces China, using Zhejiang Province as an example. It investigated four cities located Province, including Taizhou and Wenzhou representing cities, Huzhou Jiaxing inland collected data from 209 Of these samp...

Daylighting has attracted increasing attention from researchers as an energy-efficient and sustainable building design technique. This research investigates the daylighting of atrium courtyard by comparing performance various Window to Wall Ratios (WWR) appropriate Malaysia's tropical climate. The most acceptable option for daylight was specify a moderate WWR value 30% with shading devices. res...

• Specific urban microclimates are not considered by building energy simulation tools. Numerical modelling with multi-nodal outdoor conditions is developed. The aim to quantify the benefits of specific in performance. A reference case a courtyard microclimate was measured, simulated and validated. Courtyard mitigates impact extreme heat buildings. Extreme events expected occur more often as con...