Buildings' Thermal Performance and Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Construction

<p>This Reprint <em>Buildings' Thermal Performance and Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Construction</em> addresses one of the most pressing challenges of our time: reducing the energy consumption and carbon emissions of the building sector while ensuring human comfort and resilience. Buildings account for a large share of global energy use and their thermal performance plays a central role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This Reprint brings together original research and reviews that explore the interplay between microclimatic conditions building design and energy-saving technologies. These contributions span a wide spectrum including microclimatic evaluations of elevated open spaces optimization of settlement layouts in cold climates innovative façade strategies for outdoor comfort and quantitative assessments of low-carbon technologies in urban environments. Further studies analyze solar-shading indicators architectural morphology for ventilation efficiency and the coordination between land urbanization energy use and carbon emissions. Finally a user-centered approach highlights how participatory design can enhance age-friendly and socially sustainable public spaces. Collectively these works demonstrate the importance of integrating thermal comfort energy efficiency and environmental adaptation in sustainable construction serving as a valuable reference for researchers practitioners and policymakers seeking innovative strategies to foster climate-resilient and human-centered built environments.</p>