Abstract The growing concerns over the adverse effects of buildings on environment and need to achieve users’ thermal, visual, acoustic, spatial indoor environmental air quality comfort have given rise demand for energy efficient buildings. This paper relied a review 36 articles published between 2007 2019 identify categorise efficiency design, planning construction applicable office data were ...

Abstract The building sector consumes ~30% of the primary energy consumption. Energy retrofitting buildings contributes greatly to reducing consumption and carbon emissions. This research aims at revealing potential savings resulting from applying strategies office in hot arid climate. study is applied on Cairo, Egypt, representing case was selected be an existing with area 12 000 m2. simulatio...

China promptly took the leading step to mitigate spread of COVID-19, producing first scientific guidelines assuming health above energy consumption and significantly changing HVAC/AHU operation. The research intended fulfill gap by measuring impact on use intensity, CO2 emissions, operation costs related workplaces. are long-term sector industry trends following occupants’ safety concerns, toda...