With the ratification of the Paris climate agreement to avoid the uncompensated effects of climate change, 197 countries will have to dramatically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. In the case of the urban space, roads are responsible for the consumption of 105M tons of bitumen and 115M tons of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. For this reason, the reduction of the environmental

This paper focuses on comfort optimization methods in contemporary housing in Lisbon, Portugal. Faced with the notorious lack of comfort in buildings from different construction periods, rehabilitation appears as an opportunity to change this reality, by improving the residents’ quality of life, allowing users to control their own variables. In present times, the technological developments have simplified

The influence of a classroom’s indoor environment on children’s health, performance and comfort is a concern that receives increasing attention. Many schools experience problems with inadequate indoor air quality and climate. Investigations of the indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools have been often non-systematic, which can lead to costly ad-hoc remediation actions. It is therefore important to develop

In this ever changing technologically evolving world, in order to create a more sustainable built environment, it is essential to adhere to established core elements and improve or re-invent them for all of humanity, and from a Civil Engineering perspective this includes enhancing and better designing our current and future Infrastructure. A Global Education is essential to promote new, advanced materials

The improvement of gogo rice production in dryland is constrained by its extraordinary height, which leads to falling, and its long lifespan. The shorter gogo rice plant can be obtained through growth inhibition using paclobutrazol. Gogo rice plant var. Inpago Unsoed 1 was used during the study. An experimental study was performed using factorial completely randomized design. The main factor was four

Cadmium is a heavy metal widely used in human life. When it enters the body, cadmium might bind to metallothionein protein and impair renal function. The renal function decrease usually is characterized by raise of β2-microglobulin, creatinine, ureum and uric acid levels, which possibly be cured by lycopene, and antioxidant found in tomato. The objective of the study was to determine the effective

The coral reef is the habitat for more than a million marine species. The damage of the coral reef could decrease associated marine biodiversity, and the coral reef fishes are one of the groups impacted by the coral reef destruction. This study aimed to measure the coral coverage, to estimate the abundance of coral fishes, and to determine the correlation between coral coverage and abundance of coral

In order to meet the energy performance regulations for new buildings and to improve the energy performance of the existing building stock, a high amount of insulation materials will be needed in the coming years. Meanwhile, the demand for renewable materials and materials with a low environmental impact is increasing. In previous research, the ecological and hygrothermal potential of lime hemp as

The human population growth has been followed by an infection rate increase of pathogenic bacteria. The continual use of synthetic antibacterial chemicals has negative effects, pathogenic bacterial resistance of high doses. Therefore, the discovery of a new antibacterial agent is an urgent need. The search for new drug agents as antibacteria has expanded to marine organisms, especially seaweeds. This

Environmental factors, such as textile waste water, affect fish by interfering its reproduction. This study was conducted to examine reproductive performance of fish inhabiting a river that receive batik waste. The fish samples were collected in 5 stations representing upstream area, effluent disposal area, and downstream area. Sex ratio, Gonado Somatic Index (GSI), Hepatosomatic Index (HSI) of female

There is a great interest in society in making urban districts more sustainable. Sustainable and resource-efficient urban development (SDG 11) is a process that, based on the analysis of the initial situation, leads to the formulation of specific goals and must be planned, accompanied, assessed and managed. Thus, this contribution presents a fundamental, multi-perspective concept to assess and manage

Significant global economic growth in the building sector is recently being noticed according to cities developments. Buildings and construction materials dominate the increasing demand for natural resources, greenhouse gas emissions, and landfill space. This article assesses the application of the product footprints for material, energy, and water as well as the product climate footprint for different

One of the current dominant strategies proposed for sustainable urban development is densification. UN Habitat prescribes a density of over 150 inhabitants per hectare to realize the UN Sustainable Development Goals. While some authors advocate the very reasonable benefits of density, others emphasize the potential drawbacks. The main goal of this paper is to provide a systematic review of international

Silver barb ( Barbonymus gonionotus ) is one of the fish species with no sexual dimorphism. The study of sexual dimorphism in Silver barb with truss morphometric techniques has been limited. Truss morphometric is a recognized technique to distinguish male and female fish with no sexual dimorphism. Therefore, it was necessary to conduct a study which aimed to distinguish male and female using the truss

This research seeks to develop a step change to the way housing is designed for cities in the UK. Housing demand in cities is predicted to increase. Urban centres are struggling to provide affordable housing. Moreover, cities are wasteful in terms of resource consumption, and waste generation heavily affecting the environment. The circular economy offers new ways to design, make and use houses to address

The construction sector has a significant share of Green House Gas emission and raw material consumption globally. Among common construction materials, timber has a long tradition of numerous applications as a renewable material. The implementation of the concept of circularity in the process of the construction of timber buildings has a high potential sustainability impact. The concept of design for

Energy efficiency in buildings undeniably plays a vital role in addressing climate change. At the level of building planning, a thorough analysis with thermal dynamic calculations can be carried out to assess energy demand and resulting CO 2 emissions of buildings due to the high level of detail usually provided at this stage. In urban planning design on the other hand, energy and resource-related

Since the WTO accession in 2001, China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) and foreign trade have been leaping forward, especially reflected as the “One Belt & One Road” initiative (BRI), proposed in 2013, which has been its largest public product for international community thus far. On that basis, this study focuses on the third-country effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in BRI related

The higher we live from ground level, the more disconnected we feel from the natural environment and community. Compared with people residing away from the metropolitan area, urban dwellers lack personal and open space and may seek room to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. A new typology of sky gardens has been driving designs of residential high-rises to offer communal green spaces at

Buildings are one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their life cycle emissions need to be significantly reduced in order to address the unprecedented climate emergency. While there are numerous studies on zero operational energy and GHG emissions buildings, very few studies exist on buildings that aim to reach zero life cycle GHG emissions buildings. The apartment building typology

The sustainable management of construction and demolition waste (CDW) should play a significant role to achieve the SDG11 for sustainable cities and communities as well as the SDG12 on responsible consumption and production . However, the construction sector is still a major contributor to the waste generated within the European union and contributes with around 25-30 percent of the total amount. The

Energy performance certificates (EPCs) 3re conventionally employed to certify the design according to different indicators. However, they 3re often used to evaluate the design outcomes, overlooking their potential as decision-making tools during the design process Among those, Passivhaus is currently being debated in Australia. Currently, there are only less than 30 certified cases, and all of them

The sustainable building engineering education at Mid Sweden University has since it started 1994 a strong focus on sustainable building. It is also committed to be a pilot case for blended learning. All courses in the building engineering program were from the autumn 2012 adapted to a blended learning concept. That means that all courses are available in an integrated mix of ordinary campus and online

Planet Earth is imbalanced due to human comsumption, growth in population and exponential reaction chains in Nature. New theories of sustainable development are challenging status quo. Examples of these theories are 1) Circular Economy, 2) Absolute Sustainability and 3) Doughnut Economy. These models for sustainable development challenge the built environment in Denmark where governance currently focuses

Think Globally, Act Locally: Working toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the local level while taking global trends into accounts is key to transforming our world. Many cities and communities are now incorporating the SDGs into their visions, strategies, policies and measures. The current situation surrounding the SDGs is shifting from the understanding phase to the practice and follow-up

At the age of digital era, supervised / unsupervised machine learning, sharp data analysis and neuron network are some of many ways to formulate optimization problems with millions or billions of variables. Classical building system and environmental optimization algorithms are not designed to scale to instances of this size; new approaches are needed. The Digital Platform developed by Arup – Neuron

Providing a sustainable built environment through appropriate actions and investment decisions taken by various decision-makers calls for a renaissance of planning and a targeted supply and use of data as information. Data is seen as lowest level of abstraction constituting the basis for creating information and knowledge through interpretation (Dühr et al. 2012). Data as interpreted information and

The Mistra Urban Futures project “analysis of urban station communities” different forms of co-creation have been a common denominator for transdisciplinary collaboration between a wide range of stakeholders related to a number of planning cases on different levels [13]. Densification in combination with mixed-use, spatial configuration and other aspects, increases the options for sustainable mobility

Improving building performance is key to tackling the challenges of climate change, considering that buildings account for 40% of the global energy consumption. The urgent need for energy efficiency improvement of buildings calls for the implementation of suitable policy instruments, including performance assessments. Currently, the performance of buildings is officially assessed by Energy Performance

The German government has set ambitious climate protection targets to limit global warming. The goal is to achieve an energy efficient and almost climate-neutral building stock by 2050. This will require, among other actions, a reduction of the primary energy demand of buildings by up to 95% by the end of 2050. In order to achieve an almost climate-neutral building stock, measures for deep energy retrofit

Recently, the increase in energy consumption of commercial building is remarkable, and energy-saving is continuously required. Therefore, the government is promoting high environmental performance building. In this situation DECC (Database for Energy Consumption of Commercial building) committee collected the data of the energy consumption and published them as a database. However, analysis about High

Despite efforts to promote and accelerate the adoption of innovative, affordable, and zero-energy dwelling solutions, the number of dwellings complying with standards such as the EPBD remains relatively low as we reach year 2020. Studies have already explored potential challenges and opportunities to the uptake of such designs. However, despite previous findings and recommendations, the market’s response

In a constantly changing world, cities are becoming a focal point for housing in times of social and political crisis. Subsequently, the need for temporary living systems, particularly in urban environments, is expected to increase significantly. To address these urgent demands, it is important to find affordable, flexible, sustainable and reusable concepts, easy to construct and rapid to implement

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is a major domain of building conditions relating to occupant comfort, health and well-being. Especially in the office environment, IEQ can influence work productivity positively. Within the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), goal 3 good health and well-being, and goal 8 decent work and economic growth are the two areas where IEQ can significantly contribute

Maximizing the potential of digitalization, technologies of the virtual realm present an opportunity to rethink the experience of space, society, and culture. Cities designed with integrated smart technologies and sustainable energy sources can improve urban life. Given the impact of these technologies, this paper examines the connections between data, infrastructure, and the public realm. Artificial

The construction of tall buildings generates a high spatial and temporal concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Research has shown that as building height increases, more resources per floor area are required to withstand the increasing effects of wind and earthquake loads. This has major implications for the environmental performance of tall buildings since the embodied GHG emissions (EGHGE)

Making cities resilient and sustainable is only possible if the energy consumption of buildings is reduced. Retrofitting is one of the main tools of the environmental policies developed in cold and temperate climates, leading to the replacement of products considered inefficient. This is particularly the case for glazing, which is a key element in the energy system of a building. However, most of the

Current architectural design practice is limited in its consideration and understanding of life-cycle energy flows which comprise multiple phases, from material resource extraction, construction, building occupation within the built environment, and after demolition. Furthermore, bioclimatic environmental flows interact with the buildings, particularly at the building envelope, making it a rich interface

The changing relationships between cities and their waters over the centuries lead today – after a clear sidelining of rivers in the city – to question their potential for building new interactions. Current densification objectives of the existing built fabric resonating with the protection measures against floods bring out a broad field of exploration regarding the evolution of the urban riverbanks

The building sector give rise to one fifth of the Swedish greenhouse gas emissions. This sector needs a climate shift to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Local municipalities play an important role in this shift and the City of Gothenburg has therefore initiated an innovation project, Hoppet - the first fossil-free preschool. The purpose is to highlight the climate issue and inspire the

It has become a mainstream to use physical models to quantify expected energy savings from alternative retrofit methods and technologies. However, they are not suitable for predicting energy use of buildings when detailed and specified input parameters are unavailable. The overall purpose of the research is to support the stakeholders in taking decisions on refurbishments options when not all of physical

Introduction: When modelling complex systems such as cities, a quality-complexity compromise is to subdivide them into smaller cells. Life Cycle Assessment can help to comprehensively handle urban intricacies but is a data-intensive technique. Balancing data requirement and collection feasibility while acknowledging uncertainty become key. Methods: This research explored top-down and bottom-up approaches

To solve challenges in management of sewage infrastructure in cities with the same features of Piumhi, Brazil, this research seeks to study a method of work for the management sewage system that aims, based on accurate information, to act in a preventive way and increase the quality of the decision making as the city growths and new projects areas are occupied and to prioritize investments. Strategies

Daun dewa (Gynura pseudochina) is a potential producer of a medicinally active compound. Several active compounds contained were steroid, saponin, flavonoid, tannin, and essential oils. The benefit of G. pseudochina as medicine includes anticoagulant (prevent blood clot) and blood liquefaction. The use of zeolite and sand as substrates in this study shall give information about the active compound

The transition towards a Circular Economy (CE) in the built environment is crucial to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Theoretical frameworks and methods for circular design have been developed. Yet, there is a lack of knowledge on circular design in practice and how circular design thinking can be supported. This study aims to provide insights on circular design in practice and how

The concept of circular economy has peaked in both popular and scientific discussion in the past few years. Notwithstanding, no specific definition for circularity in the context of existing buildings is available. This research details a framework of circular economy in the built environment, focusing on existing buildings. The paper employs a systematic literature review on circular economy within

The importance of life cycle sustainability in the construction sector is increasing in the light of rising awareness on sustainability issues in society. A means to identify more sustainable options is to assess and compare their sustainability performance. The standards ISO 21931-2 and EN 15643-1 to 5 establish the framework and requirements for sustainability assessment of buildings and civil engineering

A practical way to reduce energy consumption is to use traditional construction methods and materials. Persian architecture has a long history of constructing energy-efficient and comfortable buildings for the human and has created sustainable cities. Hygrothermal analysis of a building in Yazd, a city in the hot-dry region of Iran, was performed, and the possibility of use of adobe in modern construction

Super insulation plasters are new and high energy efficient plasters mixed with aerogel particles. Aerogel is a porous and low-density material with very low thermal conductivity compared to the traditional insulation materials. Today, approximately 27% of Sweden’s multi-family houses have a plaster façade. Plaster is commonly used in many other European countries as well. In this paper, numerical

In recent years, HEMS (home energy management systems) have received attention as energy conservation measures, and are being adopted increasingly in smart houses. The Home Environment Visualization and Management System was developed by the author’s laboratory. The purposes of this system are to raise residents’ interest in the indoor thermal environment, encourage the use of passive control methods

The construction and transformation of the built environment is a key factor in the transition to a sustainable future. The interest in material’s role in this transition increased in the last few years, especially in regard to embodied energy in the construction phase. This is however only a small part of the societal and environmental impact caused by the material chain. Because the material practice

Third-party certification is the mainstream method for assessing the built environment. Independent accredited external experts evaluate the built environment according to standards generally decided upon at a broad level (national, international). Yet, assessment tools and certification methods should be contextualized to be consistent with local practices and have a broad impact among stakeholders

Architects and engineers have become more concerned about the environmental consequences of their design solutions. Knowledge about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is crucial for the necessary building sector decarbonisation, as well as for mitigating other negative environmental impacts. In Germany, designers’ attitudes towards LCA have not been analysed since 2005. However, since then, certain developments

The Southeast Asian region covering Sundaland, Wallacea, Philippines, and Indo-Burma is unusually high in biodiversity and endemicity. Areas with pristine environments, as well as cities, hold an enormous potential of undiscovered species. Valuable resources that have yet to be explored from the area provide an ecosystem function and services to support human welfare. One such resource is the peatlands

Despite the increase in vacant houses in Japan, existing owner-occupied vacant houses are not sufficiently converted into rental housing due to homeowners’ anxieties in legal and economic matters. In this study, we explore cases of the housing projects introducing sublease partnerships of owner-occupied houses; the projects by the municipality as a PPP collaboration and the projects introducing a lump-sum

Previous study on Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn populations in Java Island showed both very low haplotype and nucleotide diversity, and at the same time revealed high connectivity among the populations. Sumatra Island, which is like Java Island located in Sunda Shelf, has been subjected to relatively increasing human population and overexploitation of natural resources in a few last decades. This

Batik wastewater contains heavy metals that are harmful to the environment. One of these metals is Cr (VI). Cr (VI) on batik wastewater has been removed by biosorption. Biosorption capacity depends on the biosorbent type and surface area. Abundant, cheap, and readily available biosorbent is straw and baglog waste. A modified tea bag can increase biosorben surface area. This research aimed to obtain

In Japan, the number of migrants from urban to depopulated rural areas is increasing. The migrants’ participation in the local community encourages them to settle down and promotes revitalizing the area and utilizing vacant houses. This study aims to clarify housing acquisitions by the migrants to the depopulated area and the interaction with the locals after migration in Osaki-Kamijima town located

A study on the absorption of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the plant was conducted at low land and private highland forest. The purpose of this study was to get plant species with high CO 2 absorption in both lowland and upland of the private forest. The study used a survey method. The location was grouped into two strata, namely lowland and highland of the private forest. The sample of composition of

This research aimed to record the daily activity of long-tail macaques ( Macaca fascicularis Raffles) in Cikakak Tourist Resort Wangon. The daily activity of monkey was taken by the Scan Sampling method, and their moving behavior was observed with the Chivers method by following them from the time they began to wake up to they started to sleep. The Path method was applied to observe plant varieties