Climate Resilient Buildings

Preface

Introduction

About the Authors

Part I. Thermal Risks and Climatic Pressures in the Built Environment

Chapter 1. Global Warming and the Rising Risk of Heat Waves: Implications for Human Health and the Built Environment and Assessment Methods

Chapter 2. Thermal Comfort in Buildings: Standards, Certification Systems and Performance Indicators

Chapter 3. Thermal Resilience: Frameworks, Indicators and Assessment Methods

Chapter 4. Life-Cycle Assessment of Passive Strategies: Environmental, Energy and Economic Perspectives

Part III. Thermal Comfort and Thermal Resilience in Buildings under Changing Outdoor Conditions

Chapter 5. Overheating and Thermal Comfort in Buildings under Changing Outdoor Conditions

Chapter 6. Thermal Resilience in Buildings under Changing Outdoor Conditions

Part IV. Adaptive Passive Strategies

Chapter 7. Passive Strategies for Cold-Season Protection in Buildings

Chapter 8. Passive Cooling Strategies in Buildings

Part V. Energy Autonomy and Resilience in Decentralised Systems

Chapter 9. Low-Power Support and Micro-Autonomy

Chapter 10. From Micro-Autonomy to Thermal Performance of Buildings

Chapter 11. Energy Communities as Infrastructural and Organizational Frameworks for Climate-Resilient Buildings

Chapter 12. System-Level Case Studies: Integrating Buildings, Energy Communities and Multi-Energy Networks

Part VI. Digital Integration, Adaptive Modelling and the Architectural Design Process

Chapter 13. From Model to Decision

Chapter 14. Modelling, Calibration, and Knowledge Production in Adaptive Architecture

Chapter 15. Digital Twins for Buildings: Data Architecture and Adaptive Control Models

Chapter 16. Outcome-Based Architecture: From Operational Responsibility to Ethical Digital Practice

Part VII. Modelling and Optimisation (Case Studies)

Chapter 17. Multi-objective Modelling and Optimization of Building Thermal Resilience within Integrated Architectural Design

Chapter 18. Case Studies: Multi-Objective Optimization of Building Thermal and Energy Performance

Chapter 19. Case Studies of Thermal Resilience Modelling in Buildings and Urban Environments

Chapter 20. Conclusion: What This Book Has Achieved