Foreword

Willi Weber

I-11

Conference Committees

I-12

A Time Journey through Solar Architecture – 1900 into the Future (Abstract)

Robert Hastings

I-15

Extension to the head office of SOKA-BAU, the pensions and benefits fund of the German building Industry, in Wiesbaden. A new multi-use building with offices, restaurant, conference, computer center 1994-2004

Thomas Herzog

I-17

Clever design and affordable comfort something (in)different? Introductory remarks for Round Table Discussion "Case Studies – from Theory to Practice"

Alexandros N. Tombazis

I-21

Retrofitting of Social Housing: Opportunities from the Intelligent Energy Europe – Programme (Abstract)

Paula Cadima

I-23

Learning Environment

Simos Yannas

I-25

Empowerment of local communities: a sustainable path towards revitalization of vulnerable environments (Abstract)

Edgard Gouveia Júnior

I-31

Metron and Sustainability – Merging Social, Economical and Ecological Aspects (Abstract)

Andrea Grolimund and Dorothée Dettbarn

I-33

Bioclimatic Lessons from Luis Barragan’s Architecture

Anibal Figueroa and Gloria Castorena

I-37

Traditional architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt: space, form and building systems

Francesca De Filippi

I-43

Architecture Integrated to Nature: the Use of Timber by Severiano Porto in Brazilian Amazon

Leticia Neves

I-49

Traditional Mayan Architecture According to Latitude and Altitude

Manuel Rodríguez Viqueira and Víctor Fuentes Freixanet

I-55

The role of landscape design in improving the microclimate in traditional courtyard-buildings in hot arid climates

Shady Attia

I-61

Applying the Lessons of Indian Vernacular Architecture: The Bungalow as Example of Adaptive Climatic Response

Kimberly Kramer

I-69

Windows as Environmental Modifiers in Lebanese Vernacular Architecture

Habib Melki

I-75

The Historic Hammāms of Damascus and Fez: Lessons of Sustainability and Future Developments

Magda Sibley

I-81

Bioclimatic interpretation over vernacular houses from Historical city Basrah

Amjad Almusaed and Asaad Almssad

I-87

Vernacular passive houses from Aarhus city

Amjad Almusaed and Asaad Almssad

I-91

The relationship between climate and energy in vernacular architecture in central Italy

Kristian Fabbri and Lamberto Tronchin

I-95

The traditional architecture in Sicily: the rural area around the volcano Etna

Irene Caltabiano

I-101

Local Tradition and Bioclimatic Architecture in the Italian Alpine Region

Rossano Albatici

I-107

Lighting Features in Japanese Traditional Architecture

J.M. Cabeza-Lainez, T. Saiki, J. M. Almodovar-Melendo and J.R. Jiménez-Verdejo

I-113

The Environmental Performance of Traditional Courtyard Housing in China - Case Study: Zhang’s House, Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu Province

Brian Ford , Benson Lau and Zhang Hongru

I-119

A systematic approach to scientific study of traditional architecture

Ardeshir Mahdavi, Lyudmila Lambeva, Dina K. Shehayeb and Alaa El-Habashi

I-125

Autonomous Lightweight Houses: Learning from Yurts

Katarina Mrkonjic

II-15

Learning from the past: The Traditional Compact City in Hot-humid Climates

Gisela Díaz, Ana Ma. de la Peña and Alfonso Alfonso

II-19

Past and present of sustainability: the case of Castellana, an historical centre in South Italy

Dora Francese and Luca Buoninconti

II-25

Conservation of Badgirs and Qanats in Yazd, Central Iran

Reza Abouei

II-31

Quality Concept in Persian Precedent Architecture: A Lesson in Eco-Building Design

Ali Vakili-Ardebili and Abdel Halim Boussabaine

II-37

Lessons from traditional architecture: Design for a climatic responsive contemporary house in Thailand

Paruj Antarikananda, Elena Douvlou and Kevin McCartney

II-43

Shape, culture and environment: a lesson of urban design from Dakhleh oasis, Egypt

Riccardo Balbo

II-49

Passive Design of Traditional Buildings in the Hot and Arid Regions in Northwest China

Yu Liu, Jing Li, Jinghua Liu and Ying Fu

II-57

Summer Thermal and Daylighting Conditions in 19^th Century Traditional Buildings of Florina in North-Western Greece

Aineias Oikonomou

II-61

Cooking practices as an indication of heat use in traditional Greek life. The case of Cyclades islands

Elias Zacharopoulos

II-67

The Four Elements of Santorini Architecture Lessons in Vernacular Sustainability

Thanos N. Stasinopoulos

II-73

Tradition and innovation in contemporary Romanian architecture

Ana-Maria Dabija

II-79

Bioclimatic Elements for Traditional Romanian Houses

Nicolae Petrasincu and Laurentiu Fara

II-85

Climate Control Strategies Used in Rural Housing: Ardebil Province

Shahrbanoo Djalilian and Mansoureh Tahbaz

II-89

Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of Gaziantep Traditional Houses

Mustafa Korumaz, Fatih Canan and Saadet Armağan Güleç

II-95

Analysis of the Units Contributing Climate Comfort Conditions in Outdoor Spaces in Turkish Traditional Architecture

Saadet Armağan Güleç, Fatih Canan and Mustafa Korumaz

II-103

The Vernacular as a Model for Sustainable Design

Amanda Heal, Caroline Paradise and Wayne Forster

II-111

Traditional climate-adapted typologies as a base for a new contemporary architectural approach

C. Ganem, A. Esteves and H. Coch

II-117

Shifting Comfort Zone for Hot-Humid Environments

Kitchai Jitkhajornwanich

II-125

The Impermanent House: A Psycho-analytical Approach to Improving Glasgow’s Social Housing Scheme

Janice Fung, Colin D. A. Porteous and Tim Sharpe

II-131

Wee Energy House; Environmentally responsive Architecture for Rural Northern Ireland

Joy-Anne F. J. Fleming

II-137

A web tool for the choice of daylight scale model materials

Magali Bodart, Rodrigue de Peñaranda, Arnaud Deneyer and Gilles Flamant

I-133

A guide for the building of daylight scale models

Magali Bodart and Arnaud Deneyer

I-139

Comparing the accuracy of daylighting physical and virtual models for complex fenestration systems

A. Thanachareonkit, J.-L. Scartezzini and D. Robinson

I-145

A design method for fixed outside solar shading device

Barbara Matusiak

I-151

Shading as an active component for solar control:  an integrated approach at the early design stage

Athanassios Tzempelikos and Andreas K. Athienitis

I-157

Optimization of the solar control devices in windows for hot climates

Silvia Arias

I-163

Assessing a rapid technique for estimating the daylight transmittance of atrium roofs

Dan Lash and Steve Sharples

I-169

Simplified on-site method for evaluating solar shading performance of advanced windows

Takashi Inoue and Masashi Momota

I-175

A Planning Tool for Glass-Covered Halls and Courtyards

Peter Schwehr and Yvonne Kaiser

I-179

Effect of Reflection of Sunlight on Illuminance and Energy Gain of Greenhouses

Mila Pucar

I-183

Passive Design of an Indoor Railway Station

Matthew Payne and Matthew Jessup

I-189

Natural ventilation simulation with coupling program between building simulation (BS) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation program for accurate prediction of indoor thermal environment

Wang Liping and Wong Nyuk Hien

I-195

Passive Downdraught Evaporative Cooling Applied on Existing Fabric: Using Traditional Chimney as Case Study in Portugal

Ana Cláudia Martins de Melo and Manuel Correia Guedes

I-203

Potentials of Window Design in Inducing Airchange in Still Air Condition

Khandaker Shabbir Ahmed, Atiqul Haq and Muhammad Moniruzzaman

I-209

The Use of Genetic Algorithms for a net-Zero Energy Solar Home Design Optimisation Tool

Rémi Charron and Andreas Athienitis

I-215

CEN Standards for Implementing the European Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings

Claude-Alain Roulet and Brian Anderson

I-221

House/Home Energy Rating Schemes/Systems (HERS)

Terry Williamson, Veronica Soebarto, Helen Bennetts and Antony Radford

I-227

Problems of house energy rating (HERS) in warm-humid climates

Steven V. Szokolay

I-233

New building principles in consequence of legislative demands for reduced energy consumption in Danish housing

Rasmus Zederkof Jessen, Poul Henning Kirkegaard and Henrik Brohus

I-239

Integration of sustainability in the design process of contemporary architectural practice

Maureen Trebilcock, Brian Ford and Robin Wilson

I-245

alter-CLIM : a decision tool for passive and hybrid thermal control strategies

Geoffrey van Moeseke

I-251

Crucial Building Parameters as a Novel Approach for the Design of Passive Solar Houses in a Mediterranean Climate

Ernst Müller

I-257

Daylighting museums – a case study in Lisbon

Fernanda Sá de Oliveira and Manuel Correia Guedes

I-263

Façades Design and Environmental Performance in Buildings in Chiado

Natasha Redin and Manuel Correia Guedes

I-269

Sustainable Façade Design for Zero Energy Buildings in the Tropics

Matthias Haase and Alex Amato

I-275

Ventilated façade design in hot and humid climate

Matthias Haase and Alex Amato

I-281

Bioclimatic architecture in East-Timor – a path to sustainability

Gonçalo Silva and Manuel Correia Guedes

I-287

The impact of façade designs: orientations, window to wall ratios and shading devices on indoor environment for naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore

Wang Liping and Wong Nyuk Hien

I-293

Exploring the thermal benefits of plants in industrial areas with respect to the tropical climate

Wong Nyuk Hien, Chen Yu, Wong Siu Tee and Calvin Chung

I-299

Architectural design and environmental performance: the ADDENDA method through case study

Letícia Zambrano, Leopoldo Eurico Gonçalves Bastos, Pierre Fernandez, Frédéric Bonneaud and Alain Castells

I-305

Robust design: a way to control energy use from the human behaviour in architectural spaces

M. Palme, A. Isalgue, H. Coch and R. Serra

I-311

The use of analyses for a better environment in early design for a Stanford University Building

Isabelle Lavedrine, Cole Roberts and Tom Bauer

I-317

Air Ventilation Assessment System for High Density Planning and Design

Edward Ng

I-323

Permeability, Porosity and Better Ventilated Design for High Density Cities

Edward Ng, Hyuk-Hien Wong and Meiqi Han

I-329

Assessment of the Effects of Environmental Factors on Air Flow In and Around Buildings

Khee Poh Lam, Sean Hay Kim, Prasasto Satwiko, John Jennings and Jeff Cole

I-337

Sarah Kubitschek Hospital-Salvador, Brazil: principles for a healing architecture at latitude 13°

Rosangela Tenorio

I-343

Thermal Generative Model for Energy Efficient Form Generation

Chen Shuo

I-349

An Approach to Low-Energy Architecture for Commercial Buildings in Vietnam

Viet Tuan Do and Alan N. Young

I-355

Mapping tools for a sustainable building cycle

Geert-Jan van den Brand

I-363

Environmental impact assessment of building construction systems

Reto Camponovo, Catherine Merz and Laurent Vorlet

I-369

Ecologically Sustainable Development and Architecture: the impact of rating tools

Chris Lamborn, Sergio Altomonte, Mark B. Luther and Robert Fuller

II-147

Why are Rating Schemes always wrong? Regulatory frameworks for passive design and energy efficiency

Maria Kordjamshidi, Steve King and Deo Prasad

II-153

Does the EPBD promote the solar architecture?

András Zöld and Zsuzsa Szalay

II-159

Whose Sustainability Is It Anyway?

Ruchita Sutaria and Aalok Deshmukh

II-165

An Approach to the Effects of Environmental Change on Building Design and Construction

N. Papamanolis

II-171

Eco-Building Design (EBD): Design Strategies to Increase Building Compatibility

Ali Vakili-Ardebili and Abdel Halim Boussabaine

II-177

Design Strategies in steady-state systems

Matteo Clementi

II-183

Balance Assessment of Energy Systems : Integrating Energy Use & Supply

Karin Regina de Castro Marins

II-189

Integral Design Methodology for Collaborative Design of Sustainable Roofs

Emile Quanjel, Wim Zeiler, Wouter Borsboom and Huib Spoorenberg

II-195

A dynamic skylight for daylighting and assisting climatisation in a medium size room

Antonio Carbonari, Fabio Peron and Nicola Cereser

II-201

Daylight in Urban Canyons: Planning in Europe

Luisa Brotas and Mike Wilson

II-207

Parametric Lighting Studies

Sílvia Garcia Tavares, Luciane Stürmer Kinsel and Heitor da Costa Silva

II-213

Numerical and experimental analysis of light pipes’ performances: comparison of the obtained results

Paolo Zazzini, Fabrizio Chella and Angelo Scarduzio

II-219

The Use of the Artificial Sky as a Means for Studying the Daylight Performance of Classrooms

Konstantinos Antoniou and  Aikaterini Meresi

II-225

Using Daylighting in Highly Luminous Climates: Visual Comfort and Performance

I. Guedi Capeluto and Carlos E. Ochoa

II-231

Performance Based Window Selection Model for Residential Buildings

Aslihan Tavil, Hakan Yaman and Ikbal Cetiner

II-237

Modelling the solar factor of glazing combined with indoor Venetian blinds

Alessandro Dama, Tilmann Kuhn and Lorenzo Pagliano

II-243

A green experiment conducted in the tropical climate

Chen Yu and Wong Nyuk Hien

II-251

Eco-efficiency of passivhaus in Mediterranean climate

Monica Lavagna

II-257

Cost effective thermal insulation in housing

Igor Sanjee and Michiel Ham

II-263

Office Buildings Façades: The Relationship between Costs and Performance

Lúcia Fernanda de Souza Pirró and Marcelo de Andrade Roméro

II-269

Interrelation between glazed Surfaces, Building Structure and Thermal Comfort

Ferenc Kalmár and András Csiha

II-273

Design guidelines for thermal comfort in row houses in Bangkok

Pattaranan Takkanon

II-279

Criterion for the Design of the Building Envelope Related to Ecological Sensitivity in Tourism Buildings in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey

Ersin Acar and Deniz Erinsel Önder

II-285

Environmental compatibility of the coastal tourist installations: definition of a sustainable planning design tool

Antonella Serafino

II-291

Thorough Study of a Proposal to Improve the Thermal Behaviour of a Bioclimatic Building

Palero S., San Juan C., Enríquez R., Ferrer J. A., Soutullo S., Martí J., Bosqued A., Heras J., Guzmán J.D.,  Jiménez M.J., Bosqued R., Porcar B. and  Heras M.R.

II-297

Methodological Model for Evaluate the Thermal Behavior of External Walls Exposed to Moisture Phenomena

Leonardo Veas

II-303

Linking bioclimatic theory and environmental performance in its climatic and cultural context – an analysis into the tropical highrises of Ken Yeang

Puteri Shireen Jahnkassim and Kenneth Ip

II-309

Air Flow Exchange Velocity of Urban Canyon Cavities due to Thermal Spatial Differences

Marta Oliveira Panão, Helder Gonçalves and Paulo Ferrão

II-317

Application of multicriteria optimization in wind flow analysis

Katarzyna Klemm, Hanna Jedrzejuk and Wojciech Marks

II-323

Intra-urban Ventilation Conditions and Interactions between Urban Morphology and Climate Variables

Homero Jorge M. de Carvalho and Oscar Daniel Corbella

II-329

Cooling natural ventilation for office buildings in a Mediterranean climate

Waldo Bustamante Gómez

II-335

Potential for passive cooling of buildings by night-time ventilation in present and future climates in Europe

Nikolai Artmann, Heinrich Manz and Per Heiselberg

II-339

Natural Ventilation through Buried Pipes in a Small School in Viamão (Brazil)

Diego Musskopf and Miguel Aloysio Sattler

II-345

Investigation on a natural ventilation system using the structure design of a building

Fretin Dominique, Bedendo Ivana, Szabo Ladislao Pedro, Amodeo Wagner, Benites Henrique and Joerg Spanengerg

II-351

Influence of Ventilation Mode on Passive Cooling Effect - a proposal of Flex Vent System

Yuichiro Kodama, Koji Takemasa, Futoshi Miyaoka and Chikako Hasui

II-357

Design guidelines for direct ground cooling systems in different climates

Adriana Angelotti and Giulio Solaini

II-363

Improvement of precooling supply air by way of coupled earth to air heat exchanger and solar chimney

José Correia-da-Silva

II-369

A Systematic Parametric Study on a Passive Room-Dehumidifying System Using the Sorption Property of a Wooden Attic Space

Areemit Narongwit and Sakamoto Yuzo

II-375

Impact on water consumption by cooling equipment in arid region of Mexico

Luis Carlos Herrera and Gabriel Gómez-Azpeitia

II-381

A Method to Identify the Solar Absorptance of Opaque Surfaces with a Low-cost Spectrometer

Kelen Dornelles and Maurício Roriz

II-385

Summer climatic data for Geneva: average and extreme conditions

Pierre Ineichen

II-391

Five Locations to Represent World Climates

Khaled Mansy

II-397

Load-Representative Temperature-Difference Method, a Third Generation Design-Assisting Tool

Khaled Mansy

II-401

A Simple Thermal Model for the Development Project “KIUMA” in Tropic Climate, Matemanga, Tanzania

Umit Esiyok

II-405

A Simultaneous Modelling Methodology to Analyze Passive Solar Performance of Trombe Walls

Vikram Sami and Joshua Gassman

II-411

An energy efficient office building in a tropical climate: The INPE-CRN’s Project in Natal, Brazil

Alexandre Gomes de Oliveira, Haroldo Maranhão B. C. Britto, Sileno Cirne Trindade, Renata Gabriela de Matos, Pollyana de Faria Rangel, Leonardo J. B. de F. Cunha and Aldomar Pedrini

II-419

Improving comfort and energy efficiency in a nursery school design process

S. Ferrari, G. Masera and D. Dell’Oro

II-425

Design Fire in Performance-based Fire Safety Design for Green and Sustainable Buildings

W.K. Chow

II-431

Sustainable building life cycle: approach model and construction techniques

Luca Beraghi

II-437

Using Ecosystems Services Impacts for Green Building Assessment

Victor Olgyay

II-441

Thermal comfort evaluation in outdoor space of tropical humid climate

Letícia Zambrano, Cristina Malafaia and Leopoldo E.G. Bastos

I-377

Biophilic architecture, the concept of healthy sustainable architecture

Amjad Almusaed, Asaad Almssad, Zaki Khalil Abdushaik and Salih Khalil

I-383

Comfort and well-being in solar buildings. Results from a European Audit

Claude-Alain Roulet, Chrit Cox and Philo Bluyssen

I-387

The importance of users’ actions for the sensation of comfort in buildings

A. Isalgue, M. Palme, H. Coch and R. Serra

I-393

User Interactions with Environmental Control Systems in Buildings

Ardeshir Mahdavi, Elham Kabir, Abdolazim Mohammadi, Lyudmila Lambeva and Claus Pröglhöf

I-399

Users' perception of comfort and well-being in university buildings

Euphrosyne Triantis, Flora Bougiatioti and Aineias Oikonomou

I-405

Low-Cost Climate Control System for Museum Storage Facility on Tenerife Island

Shin Maekawa and Maria Garcia Morales

I-411

Thermal Comfort and Environmental Modelling in Atrium Buildings

Rong Li and Adrian Pitts

I-417

Transition Spaces and Thermal Comfort – Opportunities for Optimising Energy Use

Adrian Pitts and Jasmi bin Saleh

I-423

Daylight measurement in Milan

Tiziana Poli, Luca Pietro Gattoni, Daniele Zappalà and Roberto Gottardi

I-429

Daylight at home: differences between developers and architectural competition houses

Gabriel Rodriguez and Daniel Siret

I-435

Natural Light and Environmental Stress

Ingrid Fonseca, Maria Maia Porto, Aldo Fanchiotti and Aldo Gonçalves

I-441

The Influence of Daylight Design in Office Buildings on the Users Comfort

Heide G. Schuster

I-447

A computational application to assess thermal and luminous comfort under tensioned membrane structures

Marcia Peinado Alucci, Leonardo Marques Monteiro, Rafael Brandão, Anna Miana, Mônica Marcondes, Daniel Costola and Norberto Moura

I-453

Urban Environmental Glare: the Secondary Consequence of Highly Reflective Materials

Marc Schiler and Elizabeth Valmont

I-459

Conceptualizing urban places as a “Fourth Skin”

Sanda Lenzholzer

I-465

Effect of urban geometry on surface temperatures of "skin" materials in Greek cities

Flora Bougiatioti

I-471

Tempering the Elements: Botanic Gardens and the Search for Paradise 

Kate Baker

I-477

Study on Effect of Greenery in Campus Area

Steve Kardinal Jusuf, Wong Nyuk Hien, Aung Aung La Win, Htun Kyaw Thu, To Syatia Negara and Wu Xuchao

I-483

Influence of building design on thermal comfort of hawker centers in Singapore

Song Jiafang and Wong Nyuk Hien

I-489

Effect of External Ground Surface Materials on Indoor Thermal Comfort

Tzu-Ping Lin, Ruey-Lung Hwang and Ming-Jen Cheng

I-495

Thermal comfort and passive design strategy of bus shelters

Tzu-Ping Lin, Andreas Matzarakis and Jia-Jian Huang

I-499

Behaviour of People in Open Spaces in Dependence of Thermal Comfort Conditions

Lutz Katzschner

I-505

Ventilation Investigations in a densely built up Area of Hong Kong to describe Thermal Comfort

Lutz Katzschner and Edward Ng

I-511

Calibration of outdoor thermal comfort models

Leonardo Marques Monteiro and Marcia Peinado Alucci

I-515

Warm-Humid Climate: Methodology to Study the Distribution of Air Temperature

Angelina D. L. Costa, Lucila C. Labaki and Virgínia Maria D. de Araújo

I-523

Modelling the thermal bioclimate in urban areas with the RayMan Model

Andreas Matzarakis, Frank Rutz and Helmut Mayer

II-449

A sense of comfort in open space around owner-built houses: the case of Campinas, Brazil

Evandro Z. Monteiro, Mayra de Mattos Moreno, Silvia A. Mikami G. Pina, Lucila C. Labaki, Doris C.C.K. Kowaltowski, Vanessa Gomes da Silva and Mariela C. Aires de Oliveira

II-455

Outdoor Comfort in Low-Income Housing Design

Thalita Giglio and Ercília Hirota

II-461

Environmental Comfort Perception in the Alvorada Sustainable Low Cost House: Second Post Occupancy Evaluation

Adriana de Oliveira Santos, Cristiano Richter, Eugenia Aumond Kuhn, Marcos Berwanger Profes, Maurício Lago Magro, Patrícia de Freitas Nerbas and Miguel Aloysio Sattler

II-467

Caring Buildings; a concept to implement individual comfort and well-being

Wim Zeiler, Rinus van Houten, Rene Kamphuis and Maarten Hommelberg

II-473

A Study on Thermal Comfort Range Considering Adjustment Actions by Residents

Tamaki Fukazawa, Nobuyuki Sunaga, Katsumi Matsuda, Yosuke Chiba and Mitsuo Ozaki

II-479

Ground surface materials and microclimates in urban open spaces

Angeliki Chatzidimitriou, Niobe Chrissomallidou and Simos Yannas

II-485

Thermal comfort in urban space renewal

Gianni Scudo and Valentina Dessì

II-491

Environment and Urbanization: Microclimatic Variations in a Brownfield Site in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Denise Duarte and Joana Gonçalves

II-497

Impact of Urban Parks on the Climatic Pattern of Mendoza’s Metropolitan Area, in Argentina

Erica Correa, Claudia Martínez, Graciela Lesino, Carlos de Rosa and Alicia Cantón

II-505

Effect of Urban Forest on Daylight Availability in Built Environments. The case of Metropolitan area in Mendoza

Claudia F. Martinez, Lorena Córica, Martín Endrizzi, Andrea Pattini and M. Alicia Cantón

II-511

Ponds, Green Roofs, Pergolas and High Albedo Materials; Which Cooling Technique for Urban Spaces?

Eleftheria Alexandri and Phil Jones

II-517

Comfort in the Science Garden

M. Susan Ubbelohde, George A. Loisos and Santosh V. Philip

II-523

Comfort Levels for Office Environment Users

Luciano C. de Faria, Marcelo de A. Romero and Carlos A. R. Esteves

II-529

Thermal Comfort in a Sustainable House by Frank Lloyd Wright

Marc Schiler and Sumit Brahmbhatt

II-535

Thermal comfort in Bangkok residential buildings, Thailand

Preechaya Rangsiraksa

II-541

Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Consumption in the Philippine Context

Mary Myla Andamon

II-547

Evaluation of indoor environment quality of Urban Residential Buildings in Chongqing

Xie Hui, Baizhan Li and Jie Zheng

II-553

A Multi-Stage Down-Draft Evaporative Cool Tower for Semi-Enclosed Spaces. Part I: Aerodynamic Design

Evyatar Erell, David Pearlmutter and Yair Etzion

II-559

A Multi-Stage Down-Draft Evaporative Cool Tower for Semi-Enclosed Spaces. Part II: Water Spraying System

David Pearlmutter, Yair Etzion and Evyatar Erell

II-565

Roof Cooling Techniques

Evyatar Erell, Simos Yannas and Jose L. Molina

II-571

Thermal comfort and reduced flood risk through green roofs in the Tropics

Michael Laar and Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme

II-577

Towards a Safe Sun-bathing Canopy

Christina Mackay

II-581

Shading Devices Designed to Achieve the Desired Quality of Internal Daylight Environment

Dariusz Heim and Kamil Kieszkowski

II-587

The Guidelines for Internal Daylighting Design Based on Global Daylight Index (GDI)

Dariusz Heim, Piotr Klemm and Eliza Szczepanska

II-591

Considerations on glazed office buildings retrofit focusing luminic and visual comfort

Sigried Neutzling Buchweitz, Leopoldo Eurico Gonçalves Bastos, Teresa C. F. Queiroz and Eduardo Breviglieri Pereira de Castro

II-597

The Impact of Daylighting- Guiding Systems on Indoor Natural Light Penetration: Simulation Analysis for Light-Shelves

Hanan Mustafa Kamal Sabry

II-603

Assessment of visual comfort of spectators in stadia

Ágota Szűcs, Michel Perraudeau and Francis Allard

II-609

Daylighting the retail environment

Caroline Paradise, Amanda Heal and Wayne Forster

II-613

The "soundwalk" as an operational component for urban design

Flora Venot and Catherine Semidor

II-619

Comparison between the UK and Taiwan on the sound environment in urban residential areas

C. Yu and J. Kang

II-625

Design Evaluation and Strategies: the case of University Auditoriums

Doris C.C.K. Kowaltowski, Silvia A. Mikami G. Pina, Stelamaris R. Bertoli and Carolina Soler

II-631

The noise influence in the school environment

Maria Julia Oliveira Santos, Cristina Malafaia and Maria Lygia Niemeyer

II-637

Elements for the design of acoustic barriers: some cases in Rio de Janeiro city

Cristina Malafaia, Maria Julia Oliveira Santos and Maria Lygia Niemeyer

II-641

Noise - Violence relation in a sample of houses in Colima, Mexico

Gabriel Gómez-Azpeitia, Ana G. Magaña and Armando Alcántara

II-645

Investigation of Roof Pitch and Wind Induced Ventilation by Computational Fluid Dynamics

Jian Qiang Li and Ian C. Ward

I-529

Vacuum Insulation Panel: friend or foe?

Martin Tenpierik and Hans Cauberg

I-535

A new ventilation and thermal storage technique for passive cooling of buildings: thermal phase-shifting

Pierre Hollmuller, Bernard Lachal and Jean-Marc Zgraggen

I-541

Improving energy efficiency through artificial inertia: the use of Phase Change Materials in light, internal components

Marco Imperadori, Gabriele Masera, Giuliana Iannaccone and Davide Dell’Oro

I-547

Sorption behaviour of Lime-Hemp Concrete and its relation to indoor comfort and energy demand

Arnaud Evrard

I-553

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Photovoltaic Cells for Air Conditioning in Athens, Greece

Eirini Tsianaka

I-559

An energy-efficient simulation-assisted lighting control system for buildings

Ardeshir Mahdavi and Bojana Spasojevic

I-565

Passive House Projects in Belgium

Erwin Mlecnik and Karen Verhaeghe

II-653

Analysis of the Potential of Controlled Air Movement for Improving Comfort Conditions in an Ambient Chamber

José Roberto García Chávez, Juan José Ambriz García and Hernando Romero Paredes

II-659

Development of a Probe for Measuring In-situ the Thermal Properties of Building Materials

Brian Pilkington, Pieter de Wilde, Steve Goodhew and Richard Griffiths

II-665

A numerical Study of Trombe Wall for Enhancing Stack Ventilation in Buildings

Wang Liping and Li Angui

II-671

Numerical simulations of ground–coupled heat pumps combined with thermal solar collectors

Valentin Trillat-Berdal, Bernard Souyri and Gilbert Achard

II-679

Energy Consumption of Underfloor Air Distribution Systems: A Literature Overview

Thais Aya H. Inatomi, Viviane Abe and Brenda C. C. Leite

II-685

Developing Predictive Venetian Blinds Control Models using Visual Comfort Predictors

Vorapat Inkarojrit

II-691

Design & Monitoring of Hybrid Living System for Onsite Wastewater Treatment & Recycling

Hemant Thakare

II-697

Zero energy housing retrofit

Brenda Vale and Robert Vale

I-573

Energy Efficient and Culturally Relevant Housing Concepts for Modern Native American Settlements

David N. Benjamin

I-579

Passive cooling of existing office buildings – proposal for a building typology

C. Hoffmann and K. Voss

I-585

Shower Tower, Miele Showroom, Johannesburg South Africa

Paul Carew and Gerry Joubert

I-591

Monitoring of Miele corporate headquarters Johannesburg, South Africa

Gerry Joubert

I-597

Conversion Design of Solar Houses from Active to Passive

Ken-ichi Kimura

I-603

Daylight for Sustainable Intervention in Historic Towns: The case of Edinburgh and Cairo

Sura Al-Maiyah and Hisham Elkadi

I-609

The Comprehensive Housing Renovation Approach

Michiel Ham and Rob Wouters

II-705

Domestic Retrofitting Strategies in the UK: Effectiveness versus Affordability

Padma Mahadevan

II-711

Renovation of apartments adding portal structures and façade-elements for extra space and high energy performance

Michiel Ham and Arend Schamhart

II-717

Sustainable Recommendations for the Faculty of technology of the University of Brasilia – Brazil

Marta Romero, Liza Andrade, Juliana Garrocho, Darja Kos Braga and Valéria Morais

II-723

Some Possibilities of Extensions in Building Renovation

Natasa Cukovic-Ignjatovic and Dusan Ignjatovic

II-729

Exploiting Natural Ventilation for Renovation of Historic Buildings in an Urban Context

Vincent Buhagiar and Phil Jones

II-735

Applying GIS tools for analysing urban thermal environment

Léa Cristina Lucas de Souza and Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva

II-741

Up-Skilling Architects and Building Services Engineers in the Use of Higher Level Evaluation Tools for Energy Efficient Design of Buildings

Ian C. Ward and Martin Brocklesby

I-617

Architecture Unplugged: The Teaching of the Principles, Needs and Calculation Procedures for Sustainable Housing Design

Phillip Tabb and Hazem Rashed-Ali

I-623

Architects’ Propensity for Sustainability : Knowledge Transformation through Education

Bing Chen and Adrian Pitts

I-629

Sustainability issues in architectural education – the integrated approach

Euphrosyne Triantis

I-635

Australian approach to sustainable design professional development education

Stephen Berry, Tony Marker and Caitlin McGee

I-641

Applications and developments of blended learning course Ecology in Architectural Design

P. Caputo, W. Weber, P. Haefeli and I. Rega

I-647

Architectural education for sustainable design. A proposal for improving indoor environment quality

Claude-Alain Roulet

I-653

Centers for Regenerative Studies: Graduate Studio Experiences in Education for Sustainable Design

Robert J. Koester

I-659

Theory meets ‘reality’: an Energy-effective House Design course

Deborah White

I-665

Integration of daylight quality in the design studio: from research to practice

Marie-Claude Dubois

I-671

What went wrong?! Teaching about failures in building design and construction

Ana-Maria Dabija

II-749

Implementing building energy simulation into the design process: a teaching experience in Brazil

Simone Delbin, Vanessa Gomes da Silva, Doris C.C. K.Kowaltowski and Lucila C. Labaki

II-755

Experimental Laboratory for Teaching Architecture Lighting in a Virtual Learning Environment

Veridiana Atanasio, Fernando O. R. Pereira and Alice T. C. Pereira

II-761

An easy-learning and easy-teaching tool for indoor thermal analysis – ArcTech

Léa Cristina Lucas de Souza, João Roberto Gomes de Faria and Kátia Lívia Zambon

II-767

Education in Environmental Construction at the University of Plymouth: the Eco-House Project

Pieter de Wilde and Brian Pilkington

II-773

Designed Green Toolbox as Built Environment Educating Method. Analytical comparison between two groups of students with different cultural background

Usama El Fiky, Inass Hamdy and Mohamed Fikry

II-779

Vision Evaluation of the Students in Architecture about Sustainable Architecture in a Local Context in Konya / Turkey

Fatih Canan, Musatfa Korumaz  and Saadet Armağan Güleç

II-785

Sustainability education: addressing practice and attitude

Paola Sassi

II-793

Sustainability criteria as a helping tool for developing architectural projects

María Andrea Triana, Alice T. Cybis Pereira and Fernando O. Ruttkay Pereira

II-799

A Roadmap to Renewable Adaptive Recyclable Environmental (R.A.R.E.) Architecture

Sergio Altomonte and Mark B. Luther

II-803

Towards Key Performance Indicators for ‘Environmental Building’

Pieter de Wilde and Steve Goodhew

II-809

Architectural Research into Environmental Performance

Werner Gaiser and Steve Hardy

II-815

Using axiomatic design to support sustainable projects at São Paulo/Brazil

Valéria A.C.Graça, Devanir C. Lima, José F. Buda and João R.D. Petreche

II-819

Integration of energy issues into the design process of sustainable neighborhoods

Emmanuel Rey

I-679

Energy design strategies for city-centres: an evaluation

Rajat Aggarwal

I-683

Solar Rights in the Design of Urban Spaces

I. Guedi Capeluto, Abraham Yezioro, Tamar Bleiberg and Edna Shaviv

I-689

Impact of urban design on daylight availability

Solange M. Leder, Fernando O. R. Pereira, Anderson Claro and Marcela G. Ramos

I-695

Urban Form, Density and Solar Potential

Vicky Cheng, Koen Steemers, Marylène Montavon and Raphaël Compagnon

I-701

A GIS-based Method for Determining Natural Ventilation Potentials and Urban Morphology

Tung-Shen Hsie and Ian C. Ward

I-707

Energy Efficient Building Design : The "Borgo Solare" Case Study

Niccolò Aste, Umberto Beneventano, Michela Buzzetti and Lavinia Tagliabue

I-713

Redevelopment and Requalification of a Residential and Industrial Settlement: High Energy Performance Strategies

Giancarlo Chiesa, Niccolò Aste, Michela Buzzetti and Marcella Capobianco

I-721

Lessons for the Application of Renewable Energy Technologies in High Density Urban Locations

Lynne Sullivan, Brian Mark and Tessa Parnell

I-727

Solar Energy Potential of Low Density Urban Zones in Mendoza’s Metropolitan Area

Mariela Arboit, Alejandro Mesa and Carlos de Rosa

I-733

Impact of on-site variables on the influence of vegetation in lowering outdoor temperature in
High-rise high-density environments

R. Giridharan, S. S. Y. Lau, S. Ganesan and B. Givoni

II-827

The Role of Courtyards in Relation to Air Temperature of Urban Dwellings in Athens

Eirini Tsianaka

II-833

Examples of Low Energy Design at Urban Scale in Egypt

Suzette Michel and Hend Elsayed

II-839

Optimal orientation for a typical Italian residential building and its urban context

Antonio Carbonari, Luca Porciani and Federica Fido

II-845

London Prototype House: A Flexible Design Alternative for Accommodating Change

Amy Jo Holtz

II-849

Optimising Energy Use in Masterplanning

Sinisa Stankovic, Neil Campbell, Werner Gaiser and Andrew Stone

II-855

The Energy-producing Greenhouse

Jon Kristinsson

I-741

Energetic and Environmental Impacts of the Urban Sprawl on Productive Oasis Land around Cities in Arid Zones. The Case of Mendoza’s Metropolitan Area, in Argentina

Alejandro Mesa, Mariela Arboit and Carlos de Rosa

I-747

Bioclimatic Skyscraper – Learning from Bawa

Tan Beng Kiang and David Robson

I-753

Placing low energy architecture in a low cost economy

Alan M. Jones

I-759

Environmental and economical assessment of a more sustainable low-cost house

Eugenia Aumond Kuhn and Miguel Aloysio Sattler

I-765

A Very Low Cost Sustainable Housing Prototype for Tijuana, Mexico

Pablo La Roche, Irma Ramirez, Kyle Brown, Kristian Whitsett, Kim Wehinger, Mauricio Carranza, Leslie Lum and Sonya Reed

I-773

A Socio-Technical Perspective to Enact Zero Emissions/Energy Development in China

Bing Chen and Adrian Pitts

I-779

The Variety and Analysis of Ecological Footprint in Recent Years in Chongqing, China

Li Ming, Li Baizhan and Li Shu

I-785

Performance Monitoring of a Naturally Ventilated City Centre Library

Birgit Krausse, Malcolm Cook and Kevin Lomas

I-791

Learning more from existing indoors: An investigation of roof lighting within lecture rooms

Djamila Rouag-Saffidine and Sarah Benharkat

I-797

Tinted Glass Curtain Wall and its Implications on the Occupants’ Health – Case Study of a Tight Office Building in Algiers

Imane J. Chabane and Rafik Bensalem

I-803

Daylighting optimization of the new factory of Turbomeca in Bordes, France

B. Paule, J.-F. Irissou and G. Saunier

I-811

Housing Daylight in Urban Centres. Study Case: Havana

Dania Gonzalez Couret, Anielsys Zorrilla and Hector Gomez

I-817

A passive solar Office Building in Portugal

Helder Gonçalves and Pedro Cabrito

I-821

Secondary residences: a problem of sustainability

Silvia Martin, Ignacio Gonzalez and Ignacio Cañas

I-827

Arfrisol, bioclimatic Architecture and solar cooling Project

A. Bosqued, S. Palero, C. San Juan, S. Soutullo, R. Enríquez, J.A. Ferrer, J. Martí, J. Heras, J.D. Guzmán, M.J. Jiménez, R. Bosqued and M.R. Heras

I-833

Environmental Evaluation of an Active Façade in a Naturally Ventilated Office Building

Ian C. Ward, Haşim Altan, J. Mohelniková and D. Plšek

I-839

Effect of Occupant Environmental Issues on the Passive Design Strategy of a Naturally Ventilated Building

Yufan Zhang and I.C.Ward

I-845

Design and Evaluation of a Low Carbon Emitting Naturally Ventilated Student Health Centre

Ian C. Ward, Haşim Altan and Liu Nianxiong

I-849

The performance of award winning houses

Veronica Soebarto, Terry Williamson, Antony Radford and Helen Bennetts

I-855

The Landcare Research building: Sustainable performance in practice

Robert Vale, Margaret Lawton and Fraser Morgan

I-861

Passive cooling for complex buildings in a humid tropical area- Study case Colombia 

Agustin Adarve

I-867

The microclimate in housing estates in the Northeast of Brazil

Ana Lucia R.C. da Silveira and Marta A. B. Romero

I-873

Frei Pacífico Primary School Sustainable Project

Nauíra Zanardo Zanin, Cristian Riveros Illanes, Miguel Aloysio Sattler, Vivian Ecker and Raquel Azevedo

I-879

A border customs control building at 4.700 m. above sea level in Southern Andes plateau: a challenge for design in extreme climatic conditions

Pablo Flores, Gabriela Armijo and Eugenio Collados

I-885

H.A.M.M.A.M. Project and Climate Design of Islamic Bath Buildings

Jean Bouillot

I-889

Sustainable City Planning and Building Design: Case Study

Kem F To

I-895

Shekhawati: urbanism in the semi-desert of India - A climatic study

Avlokita Agrawal, R.K. Jain and Rita Ahuja

I-901

Post-Occupancy Evaluation of a Scientists Village Complex in the Desert – Towards a Comprehensive Methodology

Liat Frenkel, Shiri Fundaminsky, Isaac Meir and Lusi Morhayim

I-907

Case Study of the Design and Post-Occupancy Evaluation of an Environmentally Sustainable Educational Facility

Lester E. Partridge and Nathan K. Groenhout

I-913

EULEB EUropean high quality Low Energy Buildings

Jörg Schlenger and Helmut Müller

I-919

Case study of a low-energy (Minergie®) multifamily complex in Switzerland. First appraisal after two years of exploitation

Jean-Marc Zgraggen, Marcellin Barthassat, Peter Haefeli, Bernard Lachal, Bruno Schmid and Willi Weber

I-925

Thermal rehabilitation: assignment of balconies into conservatories; the 'Libellules' case study

Reto Camponovo, Jean-Yves Magnin and Peter Gallinelli

I-931

Albatros-D: A systemic method for participatory urban diagnosis

Gilles Desthieux, Catherine Merz, Flourentzos Flourentzou, Laurent Chenu and François Golay

I-937

‘La Ville Radieuse’ by Le Corbusier once again a case study

Marylène Montavon, Koen Steemers, Vicky Cheng and Raphaël Compagnon

I-941

Integration of Living Machine and Biogas plant Case EVA Centre Lanxmeer, Culemborg

Arjan van Timmeren and Millie Tawil

I-947

Otara project: Thermal performance analysis of Fibre Reinforced Earth Composite Indigenous Housing in Auckland - NZ

Rosangela Tenorio, Aldomar Pedrini, Hugh Morris, Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan and Rau Hoskins

I-953

A Comparative Study of the Thermal Performance of Building Materials

Soofia T. Elias-Ozkan, Francoise Summers, Nesen Surmeli and Simos Yannas

I-959

Rural Populations and Renewable Energy Sources – Experiences of the Republic of Serbia

Mila Pucar and Marina Nenkovic

I-965

Thermal performance of a passive solar house for continental climate, in Florina, north-western Greece

Achilleas Stoios, Flora Bougiatioti and Aineias Oikonomou

II-863

“BRAND NEW SECOND HAND” Upgrading of a block of flats (b.1956) through energy efficient renovation

Michael Kubin and Michiel Ham

II-869

FAUUSP, São Paulo, Brazil: an icon of Brazilian modern architecture with lessons and questions on environmental design and thermal comfort

Joana Carla Gonçalves, Patrícia Sanches and Rodrigo Cavalcante

II-875

Public Offices Buildings in Brasília: a point of view of Environmental Comfort

Joene Saibrosa da Silva, Cláudia Naves and David Amorim

II-881

Evaporative Cooling in Tropical Climate: Case Study of Campinas, Brazil

Carla Fernanda Barbosa Teixeira and Lucila Chebel Labaki

II-887

An adaptable urban house designed for the southern Brazilian climate – emphasis on summer and winter thermal comfort

Marianne Costella

II-893

Traditional Architecture and Bioclimatic Design. Case of study: Tecozautla, Hgo. Mexico

Rosalia Manríquez, Victor Fuentes  and Luis Guerrero

II-899

A bioclimatic house in Buenos Aires

Patricia Edith Camporeale

II-905

Sustainable development in a precarious urban environment: the case of the University City of Soa, Cameroon

Alice Fiuza

II-909

The sustainable Development of Intelligent Building in China

Zheng Jie, Wu Pei, Chen Liang and Sun Jie

II-915

Thermal Studies of Suitable Ecological Building in China’s Loess Plateau Region

Mu Jun and Edward Ng Yan-yung

II-921

Achieving Suitable Thermal Performance In Residential Buildings In Wuhan, China

Feifei Sun

II-927

Analysis of thermal behaviour of a low cost, single-family, housing prototype considering specific climatic conditions

Alessandro Morello, Giane Grigoletti and Miguel Aloysio Sattler

II-933

Experiences from Universeum Science Centre in Sweden: Focus on delivery – a weak link between the project and the building in use

Paula Femenías

II-939

Visitors’ Center in Archeological Sites – an architectural approach to the sustainable use

Neuvânia C. Ghetti, Angela M. M. Martins, Claudia B. Krause and Leopoldo E. G. Bastos.

II-945

Greenhouse technologies for a painting studio

Coque Claret, Daniel Calatayud, Sergio Cantos and Jordina Vidal

II-951

Energy performance of a retrofitted pilot building made with industrialized technology

Tamás Csoknyai

II-957

Daylighting Strategy for Kuwait Autism Center Eliminates the Need for Electric Lighting

Abdullah Al-Mohaisen

II-963

Assessing urban sustainability: microclimate and design qualities of a new development

Silvia de Schiller and John Martin Evans

II-969

Linking sustainability to the realm of built environment: Central Paradigms in Sustainability Research

Heidi Dumreicher and Bettina Kolb

II-975

Bioclimatic Performance of High Rise Office Buildings: A Case Study in Penang Island

Lokman Hakim Ismail and Magda Sibley

II-981

Optimized Social Housing in France

Jean Bouillot and Philippe Gagliardi

II-987

An analysis of the contributions of lighting and climate to the architecture of Luis Barragán

David Avila

II-993

Brasília: daylighting analysis of public buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer

Cláudia Naves David Amorim and Ladislao Szabo

II-999

TYRE_SPACE© Elastic Building Frames Applied in Urban and Rural Environments

Cristian Suau and Fernando Ayala

II-1005

Intra-Urban Mobility and Suburbanisation Influences on the Urban Form              

Agapi Fylaktou Cattaneo

II-1011

Sustainability Evaluation in Ecovillages

Paula M. Aoki Bissolotti, Alina Gonçalves Santiago and Roberto de Oliveira

II-1017

Environmental Profile and Building Process. Life Cycle Assessment application to experimental dry external wall Construction Systems

Carol Monticelli

II-1023

Comparison of soundscape on the ground floor of tube-houses in Hanoi and open urban space in Bordeaux

Tuan Anh Nguyen

II-1029

Relationship between urban activities and soundscape: commercial areas in Bordeaux and Hanoi

Tuan Anh Nguyen and Catherine Semidor

II-1035

Ambiguous Porosity – Integrated Urban Gaps Identification and Experimenting Urban Connectivity

Chady S. Bteich

II-1041

Participative retrofit of the « îlot 13 » area in Geneva

Morten Gisselbaek, Peter Haefeli and Pierre Hollmuller

II-1049