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Thermal Comfort and Building Design Strategies for Low Energy Houses in Libya: Lessons from the vernacular architecture [PDF]

, 2014
Since the last century a growing movement of individuals and organizations that seek the redefinition of how buildings are designed, built and operated to be more responsible to the environment.
Gabril, N., Gabril, N.
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Performance of a building integrated solar combisystem [PDF]

, 2010
Solar combisystems providing both water and space heating to buildings are becoming commonplace in European and North American locations. However, the use of these systems in Australia and New Zealand is still in its infancy.
Anderson, Timothy Nicholas, Carson, James K., Duke, Mike +2 more
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Passive Design of Buildings for Extreme Weather Environment

, 2013
Buildings account for nearly 40% of the end-use energy consumption and carbon emissions globally. Buildings, once built, are used at least for several decades.
R., Tokpatayeva, S., Tokbolat, S.N., Al-Zubaidy +2 more
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Adaptation to climate change and thermal comfort

, 2015
International negotiations on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions turn out to be ineffective more and more, which means that global warming is not very likely to be stopped in a manageable period of time. Therefore adaptation to climate change increasingly becomes an important topic in planning and decision-making.
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A "Local Climate Zone" based approach to urban planning in Colombo, Sri Lanka [PDF]