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SUN, WIND AND ARCHITECTURE
Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA 2007)
Proc. of the 24 th Intl. Conf.
Editor(s): Stephen K WITTKOPF and TAN Beng Kiang
Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Keynote Lectures:
Professor Paula Cadima, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal,
Professor Toshiharu Ikaga, Keio University, Japan,
Professor Ardeshir Mahdavi, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Table of Contents
Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency

| Improving Energy Yields from Wind Turbines in Urban Areas Alan HARRIES, Neil CAMPBELL and Sinisa STANKOVIC
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| From Thermal Collectors Integration to Active Facade Systems Maria Cristina MUNARI PROBST and Christian ROECKER
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| An Empirical Approach to BIPV Application and Performance in Malaysia Lim Chin HAW, Elias SALLEH, M. Fakri ZAKY and Zalina SHARI
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| Strategic Energy Planning Decision-Making from Early Design to Detailed Design Stages Kirk SHANKS and Patrick DALY
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| Building within an Energetic Context — Low-energy Design Based on Local Energy Potentials and Excess or Shortage of Energy Andy VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN, Sabine JANSEN, Anne-Lorene VERNAY and Leo GOMMANS
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| Benchmarking Carbon Emissions of Office Buildings in Bahrain Hassan RADHI and Steve SHARPLES
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| Buildings in a Changing Climate — Effects of Global Warming on Energy Use Hans ROSENLUND
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| The Rogers House: Innovative Design and Post Occupancy Evaluation of an Energy Efficient House in Thailand Sakkara RASISUTTHA and David ROGERS
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| Life Cycle Inventory of Extremely Low Energy Dwellings Griet VERBEECK and Hugo HENS
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| Energetic Implications of Alternative Lighting Control Strategies in an Educational Building Antonio FRATTARI, Michela CHIOGNA and Ardeshir MAHDAVI
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Climate Responsive Architecture, Solar Architecture

| Climate-Responsiveness of Building Elements Remco LOOMAN, Hans CAUBERG, Andy VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN, Arjan VAN TIMMEREN and Martin TENPIERIK
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| Passive Architecture and Local Identity: The design of Jin-Chang Culture Centre, Gan-Su, China Li ZHANG
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| Home of the 21st Century — The Design of a Portable, Flexible, Environment-Interactive and User-Friendly Dwelling Onno FABER, Andy VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN, Machiel VAN DORST and Jan VAN DE VOORT
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| Making Sense: A Passive Response to Modern Living in South Florida Mate THITISAWAT, Francis LYN and Stirling MOORE
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| Morphologic Alternatives to Maximize Solar Space Heating in Urban Buildings of Arid Zone Cities ARBOIT Mariela, DIBLASI Angela, MESA Alejandro and DE ROSA Carlos
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| An Investigation of Ventilation at Ground Level in High Density Cities—An Initial Study in Hong Kong Chao REN and Edward NG
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| Human Comfort, Urban Climate Change and Energy Use: Assessing Adaptation Options for the Rapidly Growing Tropical Mega-Cities Rohinton EMMANUEL
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| Assessment Criteria for Form Environmental Performance of Building Envelope in Hot Arid Climates Ahmed ELSERAGY and Amira ELNOKALY
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| Opportunities and Restrictions of Bioclimatic Architecture Applied to Architectural Design Developed in the City of Florianopolis Rafael Prado CARTANA and Fernando OSCAR RUTTKAY PEREIRA
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Sustainable Planning and Urban Design

| The Biomimetic Solar City: Solar Derived Urban Form Using a Forest-Growth Inspired Methodology Craig Lee MARTIN and Greg KEEFFE
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| Towards Formulating an Urban Climatic Map for High Density Cities — An Experience from Hong Kong Edward NG, Lutz KATZSCHNER, Una WANG and Jochen MULDER
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| Strategies and Concepts for Thermal Comfort Discussions in Urban Planning to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Extremes Lutz KATZSCHNER, Helmut MAYER, Christl DREY and Michael BRUSE
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| A Pilot Study of Urban Ventilation and Wall Effects of Buildings in High Density City Design — An Experience of Hong Kong Kiang Ngai Sze KAREN, Lam Wing YAN, Hin Yu YUEN and Yan Yung Edward NG
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| A Design, Planning and Urban Administration Strategy for Sustainability W. Cecil STEWARD and Sharon B. KUSKA
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Sustainable Building Assessment, Methods and Policies

| Integral Design Methodology for Sustainable IFD Buildings and Flexergy in Energy Infrastructures W. ZEILER, G. BOXEM, M. A. VAN HOUTEN, P. SAVANOVIC, E. M. C. J. QUANJEL, W. WORTEL, J. A. J. VAN DER VELDEN, J. F. DE HAAN, I. G. KAMPHUIS and M. P. F. HOMMELBERG
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| Integrating Energy Rating and Carbon Limitation in Irish Building Regulations a Comparative Analysis of Ireland and UK/(Eng/Wales) Patrick DALY
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| Experiences in the Development of Sustainable Design Methodology for a Residential Complex La Piedra in Maracaibo, Venezuela Timo MARQUEZ ARREAZA, Ricardo VARGAS ROMERO and France AGUILAR GALIZ
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| Going Beyond Local Regulations on the Built Environment: Considerations and Implications in the Design Process for the City of Maracaibo, Venezuela Timo MARQUEZ ARREAZA, Veronica REYES and Nastia ALMAO
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| An Irish Building Environmental Assessment Method Paul KENNY, Neasa HOURIGAN and Vivienne BROPHY
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| Geographical Information System (GIS)-Based Urban Heat Island Study in NUS Campus Nyuk Hien WONG and Steve Kardinal JUSUF
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| Support Procedures for Decision Makers on the Sustainable Urban Development of Coastal Areas Ana Rosa LOMBARDI, Miguel Aloysio SATTLER and Luis Carlos BONIN
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| LEED Outside it's Native Environment: Potentialities and Inconsistencies for its Application in Brazil Thiago Zaldini HERNANDES and Denise Helena DUARTE
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| KlimaHaus CasaClima — A Regional Energy Certification System Stimulates Low Energy Architecture Yan SCHMITT, Alexandra TROI, Georg PICHLER and Wolfram SPARBER
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| The Implementation Deficit of Sustainable Construction in Flanders, Belgium – Estimation and Proposals for Enhanced Strategies Han VANDEVYVERE and Herman NEUCKERMANS
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| Solar & Aeolic Environmental Control of the Built Environment Case of Study: Urban Housing Developments, Maracaibo (Venezuela) GOMEZ Nersa and FERRER Mercedes
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| Reviewing Benchmarking Approaches for Building Environmental Assessment Tools (BEA)- Rigour Versus Practicality Richard HYDE, Deo PRASAD, John BLAIR, Richard MOORE, Lydia KAVANAGH, Melinda WATT and Karin SCHIANETZ
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Design Support Tools and Simulation

| Accounting for Urban Microclimate in Computer Simulation of Building Energy Performance Evyatar ERELL, Veronica SOEBARTO and Terence WILLIAMSON
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| Numerical Analysis of the Thermal Influence of Building Design on Urban Environment: Development of Thermal Design Tool for Outdoor Space using 3D-CAD Kazuaki NAKAOHKUBO, Akira HOYANO, Takashi ASAWA
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| The Performance of a Partially Air Conditioned Apartment Building in Kuala Lumpur Sabarinah SH. AHMAD and Steven V. SZOKOLAY
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| Modelling the Air Flows in Urban Places in Hong Kong Using Large-Eddy Simulation Marcus Oliver LETZEL, Xipo AN and Edward NG
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| Orientation, Building Height and Sky View Factor as Energy Efficiency Design Parameters Lea Cristina Lucas DE SOUZA and Marcio Luis YAMAGUTI
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| BIM: Defining Opportunities for Environmentally Sensitive Design Ute POERSCHKE and Loukas KALISPERIS
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| The Development of Energy Efficiency Building Codes in the ASEAN Area - A Quarter-Century Review and the Proposal for a Design Tool for Commercial Buildings in Vietnam Viet Tuan DO, Alan N. YOUNG, Nico KIENZL and Gerald PDE
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| A Numerical Method for Analyzing the Microclimatic Effect of Bioclimatic Design Using a Combination of CFD and Outdoor Thermal Simulation Arisa KAKUYA, Jiang HE and Akira HOYANO
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Passive and Low Energy Architecture – Case Studies

| The Realities of Environmental Design Initiatives in Architectural Practice Dana RAYDAN, Peter WILLIAMS, Juliet LANDLER, Red VENTURA, Peter MCLAUGHLIN and Phil DORDAI
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| Naturally Ventilated Tall Office Building in the Tropics — Learning from Bawa Beng Kiang TAN, Uma Maheswaran CHEYYAR RAMANATHAN and Shunjuan HONG
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| The Tall Building and the Architectural Utopians: The Role of Environmental Issues and the Challenge of a Design Exercise in São Paulo Erica Mitie UMAKOSHI and Joana Carla GONCALVES
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| Retrofitting of the NTUA Student Residence Building with the Use of an Innovative Aluminium "skin" Euphrosyne TRIANTIS, Flora BOUGIATIOTI and Aineias OIKONOMOU
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| Energy Efficiency of an Indirect Evaporative Passive Cooling System Axa ROJAS and Eduardo GONZALEZ
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| Ground Cooling and Night Ventilation in the Italian "Casa in Linea" Arianna SDEI
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| Cooling by Roof Pond with Floating Insulation in the Hot Humid Climate of Veracruz, Mexico Jose Roberto GARCA CHAVEZ, Baruch GIVONI and Stepahnie MUNDET
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| Case Study in Passive Architecture: Energy Savings Benefit in a Detached House in Malaysia Wan Rahmah MOHD ZAKI, Abdul Hadi NAWAWI and Sabarinah SH AHMAD
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| Practical Studies of Ecological Architecture for China's Loess Plateau Region Mu JUN and Edward NG
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| A Comparative Study of the Efficiency in Reducing Heat Gain Through Roof Between Using Attic Ventilation and Using Aluminium Foil Pantuda PUTHIPIROJ
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| The Impact of PLEA — Are We Making a Difference; Have We Done Enough? Robert VALE and Brenda VALE
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| The Cooling Effects of Evaporative Cooling Systems in Various Urban Districts Jiang HE and Akira HOYANO
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Daylighting and Ventilation

| Effects of Roof Design on the Wind-Induced Ventilation Performance of Atrium Spaces Rong LI and Adrian PITTS
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| Efficient Lighting Strategies for Office Rooms in Tropical Climates Friedrich LINHART and Jean-Louis SCARTEZZINI
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| Development of Optical Light Pipes for Office Spaces Liliana O. BELTRAN and Betina Martins MOGO
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| Satellite-Based Method to Predict Global Illuminance for Better Daylight Design in Sub-Tropical Region Zhengjun HE and Edward NG
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| Visual Performance at Different Workstation Positions Under Daylight in Office Building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Zuraini DENAN, Phil JONES, Don ALEXANDER and Muhammad Hafizi HASHIM
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| The Role of Daylighting Design in a Healing Environment of Public Hospitals in Malaysia: A Survey Srazali ARIPIN
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| The Use of Anidolic Lighting System in Improving Daylight Illuminance of High-rise Buildings in Hong Kong Stephen S. Y. LAU, Baharuddin and Stephen K. WITTKOPF
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| The Influence of Building Geometry on the Physical Urban Climate: A Revival of 'Light, Air and Space' Marjolein VAN ESCH, Truus DE BRUIN-HORDIJK and Kees DUIJVESTEIN
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| Preferential Sky Window: A New Parameter to Correlate Sky Obstruction and Indoor Daylighting Performance Fernando OSCAR RUTTKAY PEREIRA, Solange Maria LEDER and Anderson CLARO
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| Lessons from Three Daylighting Systems Used in Traditional Architecture of the United Arab Emirates Maitha DALMOUK ALNUAIMI and Liliana O. BELTRAN
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| The Poetics of Sacred Light – An Investigation of the Luminous Environment in the Monastery of La Tourette Benson LAU
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| Development of a Daylighting Teaching Methodology Based on a Conceptual Model of Reference Veridiana ATANASIO, Fernando OSCAR RUTTKAY PEREIRA, Aline C. S. LOPES and Raphaela WALGER DA FONSECA
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| A Simplified Method to Evaluate the Daylight and Energy Performance in the LEED 2.2 Rating System Dong-Hwan KO, Mahjoub ELNIMEIRI and Raymond J. CLARK
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Comfort Models, Quantitative and Qualitative Performance

| Empirical Evaluation of Outdoor Thermal Comfort Models Considering Different Microclimatic Conditions Leonardo Marques MONTEIRO and Marcia Peinado ALUCCI
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| Outdoor Thermal Comfort for Hong Kong People: A Longitudinal Study Vicky CHENG, Edward NG and Baruch GIVONI
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| Effects of Tree Canopies on Solar Radiation Filtration in a Tropical Microclimatic Environment Mohd Fairuz SHAHIDAN, Elias SALLEH and Mustafa Kamal MOHD SHARIFF
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| Microclimatic and Behavioural Diversities of Semi-Enclosed Urban Precincts in the Tropics Indrika RAJAPAKSHA
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| The Influence of Albedo of Surfaces on Microclimatic Modifications – New Scenarios for Milano Tiziana POLI, Luca P. GATTONI, Riccardo ARLUNNO, Giorgio PANSA and Daniele ZAPPALA
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| Interpreting Fanger's Comfort Equation within the Adaptive Paradigm Dirk A. SCHWEDE
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| Simulating Human Thermal Comfort and Resulting Usage Patterns of Urban Open Spaces with a Multi-Agent System Michael BRUSE
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| Design Features Evolved in a Vernacular House under Hot and Humid Climate with Measured Results of Indoor Environment Ken-Ichi KIMURA
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Materials and Greening

| VIP Integrated Facade Designs: The Advantage of Combining High Thermal Performance with Limited Construction Thickness Martin TENPIERIK and Hans CAUBERG
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| Study on Healing Potential of Green Space in a Compact University Campus by Means of a Vertical Greening Approach Feng YANG and Stephen S. Y. LAU
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| Passive Cooling of Buildings by the Application of Cool Coatings A. SYNNEFA and M. SANTAMOURIS
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| Assessing the Shading Performance of Climbing Plant Canopies Kenneth IP, Marta Hoi-Yan LAM and Andrew MILLER
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Climate Responsive Architecture, Solar Architecture

| Thermal Optimisation of the Vertical Opaque Envelope: Variable Insulation an Innovative Approach Selwin WEVER and Paula CADIMA
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| Determination of the Solar Absorptance of Opaque Surfaces Kelen DORNELLES, Victor RORIZ and Maurcio RORIZ
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| A Tale of Two Hammams: Indoor Environmental Conditions in Traditional Bath Buildings Ardeshir MAHDAVI, Kristina OREHOUNIG and Nina MIKATS
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| Application of Thermal Performance of Rammed Earth Wall on Passive Design: A Case Study in Temperate Climate of Japan Futoshi MIYAOKA, Yuichiro KODAMA, Chikako HASUI, Kumiko HATANAKA and Koji TAKEMASA
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Architectural Education for Sustainable Design

| Aiding Student Understanding of Building Environments: The Development of an 'E-Evaluation' Toolkit Adrian PITTS
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| Self-Directing Learning — Getting Students to Learn Effectively About Smart and Bioclimatic Design Andy VAN DEN DOBBELSTEEN and Kees VAN DER LINDEN
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| Laboratory Didactical Tools for Architectural Design Students in Tropical and Subtropical Conditions Anbal FIGUEROA, Victor FUENTES and Gloria CASTORENA
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| "Reality bites" About the Balancing Process Between Disciplines in the Architectural Planning Process Heide G. SCHUSTER and Sigrid DANY
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| A Quantified Design Process to Configure Envelope Design for a High Rise Building Norhati IBRAHIM
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| The Effect of Including Sustainability in Architectural Education Brenda VALE and Robert VALE
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| Education for a More Sustainable Architecture Miguel Aloysio SATTLER
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| Teaching the Relation of Environmental Sensitivity and Conceptual Design Ute POERSCHKE
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| Teaching and Learning the Daylighting Phenomenon in Architecture with Physical Models Fernando O. RUTTKAY PEREIRA, Alexander C. GONZALEZ and Veridiana ATANASIO
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User-Building-Interaction and Post Occupancy Evaluation

| Comparative Evaluation of Sustainability in the Buildings Adapted to New Uses and Their Interaction with the Users and the Environment Farzin HAGHPARAST and Amir Hossein FARAHI-NIA
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| Longitudinal Evaluation of Affordable Housing in Scotland: Lessons for Low Energy Features Fionn STEVENSON and Nick WILLIAMS
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| Lifestyle as a Key Determinant of the Home Environment Janice FUNG, Colin D.A. PORTEOUS and Tim SHARPE
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| The Value of Architectural Influences to the Office Environment on Occupant Activity and Health Stamatina Th. RASSIA and Nick V. BAKER
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| An Empirical Approach to the Evaluation of Living Environments for the Elderly Ardeshir MAHDAVI, Andrea BODVAY and Kristina OREHOUNIG
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| A Post Occupancy Evaluation of a UK Sustainable School: Performance and Perception Steve SHARPLES, Rosie PARNELL and Mohamed REFAEE
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| User Preferences for Routing and Seating in Response to Daylighting Design in an Art Museum Pingping DOU and Koen STEEMERS
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| Leading by Example: Post-Occupancy Evaluation Studies of City Council-Owned Non-Domestic Buildings in Oxford Rajat GUPTA
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| User Interfaces for Occupant Interactions with Environmental Systems in Buildings Szucheng CHIEN and Ardeshir MAHDAVI
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| Using Daylighting Controls in Offices? Post Occupancy Study about their Integration with the Electric Lighting Eulalia CUNILL, Rafael SERRA and Mike WILSON
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| Visions for Open Spaces in Owner-Built Housing Areas in the City of Campinas, Brazil: Perspectives of a Greener Urban Landscape Evandro Z. MONTEIRO and Doris C. C. K. KOWALTOWSKI
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