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Meteorology. --- Atmospheric physics. --- Météorologie --- Physique de l'atmosphère --- Atmosphère --- Météorologie physique --- Meteorology --- Atmospheric physics --- Sciences de l'atmosphère --- Atmospheric sciences --- Facteur climatique --- climatic factors --- Climatologie --- Climatology --- Physiographie --- Physiography --- Donnée météorologique --- weather data --- Collecte de données --- data collection --- Traitement des données --- Data processing --- Modèle mathématique --- Mathematical models --- Météorologie --- Physique de l'atmosphère --- Acqui 2006

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This Special Issue addresses a topic of great relevance. In developed countries, there is a higher prevalence of people choosing to spend time indoors. Data show that the time a person spends at home ranges from 60% to 90% of the day, and 30% of that time is spent sleeping, though this varies depending on the individual. Taking into account these data, indoor residential environments have a direct influence on human health. Furthermore, in developing countries, significant levels of indoor pollution make housing unsafe, impacting the health of its inhabitants. Housing is therefore a key health factor for people all over the world: various parameters such as air quality, ventilation, hygrothermal comfort, lighting, physical environment, and building efficiency can contribute to healthy architecture; poor application of these parameters can result in conditions that negatively impact health.

Technology: general issues --- gappy proper orthogonal decomposition --- sparse sensor observations --- contaminant distribution --- reconstruction --- CFD --- energy efficiency --- data envelopment analysis --- literature review --- future research --- weather data --- calibration --- sensors --- energy simulation --- sensors saving --- methodology --- Building Energy Models (BEMs) --- water flow glazing --- dynamic building envelope --- life cycle assessment --- building integrated PV panels --- levelized cost of energy --- daylighting --- circadian lighting --- indoor lighting --- dopamine --- myopia --- self-renovation --- habits and comfort --- sustainable building material --- cultural heritage buildings --- ventilation --- CFD analysis --- archaeology --- architecture --- native American Indians --- traditional architecture --- vernacular architecture --- indoor air quality --- COVID-19 --- educational buildings --- air purifier --- airborne transmission --- particulate matter --- dust pollution --- IAQ --- indoor–outdoor concentration ratio --- penetration factor --- air quality control

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The Building sector requires a conspicuous considerable amount of energy for services related to annual air-conditioning and the thermal comfort of indoor spaces. The design of highly efficient low-energy buildings is often a challenging task, especially in the mediterranean area, where the balanced requirement for heating and cooling energy does not usually permit a high level of envelope insulation in order to avoid summer overheating. This topical Special Issue of Energies is dedicated to “High Efficient Buildings in Mediterranean Area: Challenges and Perspectives” and collects studies related to the assessment and evaluation of systems and technologies for building energy management and control in the Mediterranean climate, with the aim of optimizing the building–plant system and reducing energy use. This collection of papers presents the latest research results related to the topic; these articles offer valuable insights into the energy simulation of highly efficient buildings, propose innovative envelope solutions, such as green roofs, Trombe walls, and PCM, and investigate the use of renewable sources such as photovoltaic systems. The topics also include the innovative use and control of Venetian blinds and fixed solar shades in order to reduce energy consumption and preserve visual comfort, as well as an interesting economic analysis based on the cost-optimal approach.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- nZEB --- photovoltaics --- geothermal energy system --- energy storage units --- energy transactions --- life cycle cost assessment --- payback period --- building design --- cost-optimal analysis --- BEopt --- economic projections --- smart solar shading --- energy saving --- venetian blinds --- trombe wall --- experimental analysis --- solar gains --- PCM thermal storage --- bioclimatic strategy --- traditional constructive technology --- wine vinification --- energetic retrofit --- shading systems --- multi-objective optimization --- energy savings --- visual comfort --- renewable energy sources --- PV systems configurations --- energy storage --- net present value --- emission reduction --- weather data --- typical weather year --- building energy simulations --- residential building --- energy demand --- energy efficiency policy --- nearly zero energy building --- Positive Energy Building --- energy performance of buildings --- thermal behaviour --- thermal dynamic simulation --- prefabricated buildings --- SUPRIM --- EnergyPlus --- building energy performance --- phase change materials --- green roof --- measurements --- thermal behavior --- monitoring --- dynamic model

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The papers included in this Special Issue tackle multiple aspects of how cities, districts, and buildings could evolve along with climate change and how this would impact our way of conceiving and applying design criteria, policies, and urban plans. Despite the multidisciplinary nature of the collection, some transversal take-home messages emerge: • Today’s energy-efficient paradigms may lose their virtuosity in the future unless accurate estimates of future scenarios are used to design modelling platforms and to inform legislative frameworks; • Acting at the local scale is key. Future climate change adaptation will be implemented at the local level. Overlooking regional and local specificities will contribute to inaccurate and inefficient action plans. As such, the smaller scale will become vital in predicting future urban metabolic rates and corresponding comfort-driven strategies; • Energy poverty, heat vulnerability, and social injustice are emerging as critical factors for planning and acting for future-proof cities on par of micro- and meso-climatological factors; • Given that the impacts of climate change will persist for many years, adaptation to this phenomenon should be prioritized by removing any prominent barrier and by enabling combinations of different mitigation technologies. These topics will receive a global reach in few decades, since also developing and underdeveloped countries are starting their fight against local climate change, with cities at the forefront.

Research & information: general --- outdoor space --- thermal environment --- radiation environment --- wind environment --- heat-related mortality --- built environment --- urban resilience --- extreme heat --- climate change --- urban heat island --- heat stress from outside --- indoor environments --- tropics --- multi-level office buildings --- coastal cities --- Mediterranean climate --- urban heat island intensity --- sample year --- climate change adaptation --- barriers --- focus group discussion --- Tehran --- structural equation modeling --- urban management --- near-zero energy buildings --- future scenarios --- energy efficiency --- adaptive comfort --- long-term performance --- urban heat --- Australia --- UHI effect --- mitigation --- bushfire smoke --- indoor air quality --- filtration --- building envelope --- energy --- future weather data --- building energy performance --- thermal comfort --- statistical downscaling of climate models --- dynamical downscaling of climate models --- urban modelling --- cities --- buildings --- decarbonization --- urbanisation --- climate --- densification --- population --- temperature --- n/a

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The Building sector requires a conspicuous considerable amount of energy for services related to annual air-conditioning and the thermal comfort of indoor spaces. The design of highly efficient low-energy buildings is often a challenging task, especially in the mediterranean area, where the balanced requirement for heating and cooling energy does not usually permit a high level of envelope insulation in order to avoid summer overheating. This topical Special Issue of Energies is dedicated to “High Efficient Buildings in Mediterranean Area: Challenges and Perspectives” and collects studies related to the assessment and evaluation of systems and technologies for building energy management and control in the Mediterranean climate, with the aim of optimizing the building–plant system and reducing energy use. This collection of papers presents the latest research results related to the topic; these articles offer valuable insights into the energy simulation of highly efficient buildings, propose innovative envelope solutions, such as green roofs, Trombe walls, and PCM, and investigate the use of renewable sources such as photovoltaic systems. The topics also include the innovative use and control of Venetian blinds and fixed solar shades in order to reduce energy consumption and preserve visual comfort, as well as an interesting economic analysis based on the cost-optimal approach.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- nZEB --- photovoltaics --- geothermal energy system --- energy storage units --- energy transactions --- life cycle cost assessment --- payback period --- building design --- cost-optimal analysis --- BEopt --- economic projections --- smart solar shading --- energy saving --- venetian blinds --- trombe wall --- experimental analysis --- solar gains --- PCM thermal storage --- bioclimatic strategy --- traditional constructive technology --- wine vinification --- energetic retrofit --- shading systems --- multi-objective optimization --- energy savings --- visual comfort --- renewable energy sources --- PV systems configurations --- energy storage --- net present value --- emission reduction --- weather data --- typical weather year --- building energy simulations --- residential building --- energy demand --- energy efficiency policy --- nearly zero energy building --- Positive Energy Building --- energy performance of buildings --- thermal behaviour --- thermal dynamic simulation --- prefabricated buildings --- SUPRIM --- EnergyPlus --- building energy performance --- phase change materials --- green roof --- measurements --- thermal behavior --- monitoring --- dynamic model