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Journal articles
2020, 'Experimental and Theoretical analysis of the urban overheating and its mitigation potential in a hot arid city–Alice Springs', Architectural Science Review, 63, pp. 425 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2019.1674128
,2020, 'Above-roof air temperature effects on HVAC and cool roof performance: Experiments and development of a predictive model', Energy and Buildings, 222, pp. 110071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110071
,2020, 'Can quantum dots help to mitigate urban overheating? An experimental and modelling study', Solar Energy, 206, pp. 308 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.06.010
,2020, 'Development, testing and evaluation of energy savings potentials of photovoltachromic windows in office buildings. A perspective study for Australian climates', Solar Energy, 205, pp. 358 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.05.080
,2020, 'Urban mitigation and building adaptation to minimize the future cooling energy needs', Solar Energy, 204, pp. 708 - 719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.04.089
,2020, 'Heat mitigation technologies can improve sustainability in cities. An holistic experimental and numerical impact assessment of urban overheating and related heat mitigation strategies on energy consumption, indoor comfort, vulnerability and heat-related mortality and morbidity in cities', Energy and Buildings, 217, pp. 110002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110002
,2020, 'Experimental evidence of the multiple microclimatic impacts of bushfires in affected urban areas: The case of sydney during the 2019/2020 australian season', Environmental Research Communications, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab9e1a
,2020, 'On the efficiency of using transpiration cooling to mitigate urban heat', Climate, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/CLI8060069
,2020, 'Dynamic impact of climate on the performance of daytime radiative cooling materials', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 208, pp. 110426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110426
,2020, 'A novel hybrid deep neural network model to predict the refrigerant charge amount of heat pumps', Sustainability (Switzerland), 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12072914
,2020, 'Using deep learning approaches with variable selection process to predict the energy performance of a heating and cooling system', Renewable Energy, 149, pp. 1227 - 1245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.113
,2020, 'Predicting the magnitude and the characteristics of the urban heat island in coastal cities in the proximity of desert landforms. The case of Sydney', Science of the Total Environment, 709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136068
,2020, 'The use of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in the prediction of thermal comfort in buildings: energy implications of AI-based thermal comfort controls', Energy and Buildings, 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109807
,2020, 'Article probability risk of heat-and cold-related mortality to temperature, gender, and age using GAM regression analysis', Climate, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli8030040
,2020, 'Urban-rural moisture contrast: Regulator of the urban heat island and heatwaves’ synergy over a mediterranean city', Environmental Research, 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.109102
,2020, 'Recent progress on urban overheating and heat island research. Integrated assessment of the energy, environmental, vulnerability and health impact. Synergies with the global climate change', Energy and Buildings, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109482
,2020, 'Exploring the synergies between urban overheating and heatwaves (HWS) in western Sydney', Energies, 13, pp. 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13020470
,2020, 'Canopy Urban Heat Island and Its Association with Climate Conditions in Dubai, UAE', Climate, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli8060081
,2019, 'Energy saving estimation for plug and lighting load using occupancy analysis', Renewable Energy, 143, pp. 1143 - 1161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.089
,2019, 'Occupancy-based zone-level VAV system control implications on thermal comfort, ventilation, indoor air quality and building energy efficiency', Energy and Buildings, 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109473
,2019, 'Thermal behavior of a vertical green facade and its impact on the indoor and outdoor thermal environment', Energy and Buildings, 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109502
,2019, 'Towards higher quality green building agenda – An overview of the application of green building techniques in China', Solar Energy, 193, pp. 473 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.09.089
,2019, 'An extensive study on the relationship between energy use, indoor thermal comfort, and health in social housing: the case of the New South Wales, Australia', IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 609, pp. 042067, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/609/4/042067
,2019, 'The use of water irrigation to mitigate ambient overheating in the built environment: Recent progress', Building and Environment, 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106346
,2019, 'Predicting the solar evaporative cooling performance of pervious materials based on hygrothermal properties', Solar Energy, 191, pp. 311 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.09.001
,2019, 'Building energy consumption raw data forecasting using data cleaning and deep recurrent neural networks', Buildings, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings9090204
,2019, 'Retrospective analysis of summer temperature anomalies with the use of precipitation and evapotranspiration rates', Climate, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli7090104
,2019, 'Socio-economic status and residential energy consumption: A latent variable approach.', Energy and Buildings, 198, pp. 100 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.06.013
,2019, 'A visualized overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on low-carbon built environments: An evidence review map', Solar Energy, 186, pp. 291 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.04.062
,2019, 'Spatiotemporal analysis of diurnal temperature range: Effect of urbanization, cloud cover, solar radiation, and precipitation', Climate, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli7070089
,2019, 'Integrating urban form, function, and energy fluxes in a heat exposure indicator in view of intra-urban heat island assessment and climate change adaptation', Climate, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli7060075
,2019, 'Impacts of the water absorption capability on the evaporative cooling effect of pervious paving materials', Building and Environment, 151, pp. 187 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.01.033
,2019, 'Using advanced thermochromic technologies in the built environment: Recent development and potential to decrease the energy consumption and fight urban overheating', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 191, pp. 21 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.10.023
,2019, 'Announcement of best paper awards of Energy and Buildings published in the period from 1998 to 2017', Energy and Buildings, 185, pp. 304 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.01.001
,2019, 'Elastocaloric cooling: Roadmap towards successful implementation in the built environment', AIMS Materials Science, 6, pp. 1135 - 1152, http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/matersci.2019.6.1135
,2019, 'Introducing urban overheating-progress on mitigation science and engineering applications', Climate, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli7010015
,2019, 'Life cycle and life cycle cost implications of integrated phase change materials in office buildings', International Journal of Energy Research, 43, pp. 150 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.4238
,2019, 'Numerical techniques for electromagnetic simulation of daytime radiative cooling: A review', AIMS Materials Science, 6, pp. 1049 - 1064, http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/MATERSCI.2019.6.1049
,2018, 'Enhanced near-surface ozone under heatwave conditions in a Mediterranean island', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27590-z
,2018, 'Recent progress in daytime radiative cooling: Is it the air conditioner of the future?', Buildings, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings8120168
,2018, 'Progress in urban greenery mitigation science – assessment methodologies advanced technologies and impact on cities', Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jcem.2018.6604
,2018, 'Green commercial buildings save energy', Nature Sustainability, 1, pp. 613 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0177-y
,2018, 'How outdoor microclimate mitigation affects building thermal-energy performance: A new design-stage method for energy saving in residential near-zero energy settlements in Italy', Renewable Energy, 127, pp. 920 - 935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.04.090
,2018, 'Green and cool roofs’ urban heat island mitigation potential in tropical climate', Solar Energy, 173, pp. 597 - 609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.08.006
,2018, 'Urban Heat Island and Mitigation Technologies in Asian and Australian Cities—Impact and Mitigation', Urban Science, 2, pp. 74 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci2030074
,2018, 'Time series analysis of ambient air-temperature during the period 1970–2016 over Sydney, Australia', Elsevier Science of The Total Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.144
,2018, 'Comparison of different occupancy counting methods for single system-single zone applications', Energy and Buildings, 172, pp. 221 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.04.051
,2018, 'Increasing probability of heat-related mortality in a mediterranean city Due to urban warming', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081571
,2018, 'Determinants of high electricity use and high energy consumption for space and water heating in European social housing: Socio-demographic and building characteristics', Energy and Buildings, 170, pp. 107 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.04.019
,2018, 'Facing the urban overheating: Recent developments. Mitigation potential and sensitivity of the main technologies', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wene.294
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