GUASCO M.

In Europe, buildings are responsible for 40% of the energy consumption and 36% of the CO2 emissions. Space heating largely contributes to these energy and climate impacts. Passive solar heating systems, as sunspaces, can contribute to increase solar heat gains, reducing space heating energy demand and the related use of fossil fuels. Careful...

Modern architectural concept of "vertical forest" boosts the tendency of including permeable and green spaces in buildings and its surroundings. However, whilst green spaces generally make buildings and cities more ecofriendly, it is insufficiently known to which extent the surrounding environment and the vegetation may positively or negatively...