The rapid urban development has caused serious problems such as high energy consumption and carbon emissions,especially under the context of climate change.Buildings are particularly energy-intensive,generating about ...The rapid urban development has caused serious problems such as high energy consumption and carbon emissions,especially under the context of climate change.Buildings are particularly energy-intensive,generating about one third of global energyrelated carbon emissions.Compared with active solutions(like mechanical systems),passive solutions offer the potential to balance energy consumption,thermal comfort,and ecological benefits.One potential solution is the integration of green glass space(GGS)into passive building design.GGS is a transitional building space with glass curtain walls that exhibit excellent insulation performance during winter.However,GGS is susceptible to overheating during summer,which limits its applicability.Therefore,this work proposes a strategy of integrating vertical greenery into GGS,leveraging the nature-based solution of greenery(i.e.,flourishes in summer and withers in winter)to address this seasonal challenge of GGS.The results demonstrated that the strategic application of vertical greenery can effectively mitigate the overheating in GGS and improve comprehensive benefits.By using full coverage of vertical greenery in a linear layout,the air temperature of GGS and cooling energy consumption were largely reduced by 8.02℃and 12.2%,respectively,while the carbon abatement was enhanced by up to 101.11 tons.Based on a comprehensive evaluation of energy,economy,and environmental benefits,it is recommended to use a greenery configuration with 50%coverage in a vertical linear layout for GGS.The integration of greenery into building design can mitigate adverse environmental impacts,reduce energy consumption,and contribute to the sustainable development of low-carbon cities.展开更多
It has become a common pursuit of designers to construct comfortable,energy-conserving,high-efficiency and natural living environment since the early 21st century.In the coming low-carbon age,the evolution of low-carb...It has become a common pursuit of designers to construct comfortable,energy-conserving,high-efficiency and natural living environment since the early 21st century.In the coming low-carbon age,the evolution of low-carbon concepts will surely bring positive influence on the present planning concepts of residential community,and meanwhile,propose higher requirements on the natural and ecological properties of residential community,such as its infrastructure construction,traffic organization,environment greening and so on.Through analyzing relevant concepts of low carbon,the authors studied the development of low-carbon concepts in "human-centered" designs,and its applications in architecture,traffic and green spaces.This study proposed that the improvement of low-carbon society could be started from the design of low-carbon residential communities,so as to satisfy the increasing ecological needs of people on living environment,and play a promotional role in facilitating the sustainable development of society.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar(Grant No.52225005)。
文摘The rapid urban development has caused serious problems such as high energy consumption and carbon emissions,especially under the context of climate change.Buildings are particularly energy-intensive,generating about one third of global energyrelated carbon emissions.Compared with active solutions(like mechanical systems),passive solutions offer the potential to balance energy consumption,thermal comfort,and ecological benefits.One potential solution is the integration of green glass space(GGS)into passive building design.GGS is a transitional building space with glass curtain walls that exhibit excellent insulation performance during winter.However,GGS is susceptible to overheating during summer,which limits its applicability.Therefore,this work proposes a strategy of integrating vertical greenery into GGS,leveraging the nature-based solution of greenery(i.e.,flourishes in summer and withers in winter)to address this seasonal challenge of GGS.The results demonstrated that the strategic application of vertical greenery can effectively mitigate the overheating in GGS and improve comprehensive benefits.By using full coverage of vertical greenery in a linear layout,the air temperature of GGS and cooling energy consumption were largely reduced by 8.02℃and 12.2%,respectively,while the carbon abatement was enhanced by up to 101.11 tons.Based on a comprehensive evaluation of energy,economy,and environmental benefits,it is recommended to use a greenery configuration with 50%coverage in a vertical linear layout for GGS.The integration of greenery into building design can mitigate adverse environmental impacts,reduce energy consumption,and contribute to the sustainable development of low-carbon cities.
文摘It has become a common pursuit of designers to construct comfortable,energy-conserving,high-efficiency and natural living environment since the early 21st century.In the coming low-carbon age,the evolution of low-carbon concepts will surely bring positive influence on the present planning concepts of residential community,and meanwhile,propose higher requirements on the natural and ecological properties of residential community,such as its infrastructure construction,traffic organization,environment greening and so on.Through analyzing relevant concepts of low carbon,the authors studied the development of low-carbon concepts in "human-centered" designs,and its applications in architecture,traffic and green spaces.This study proposed that the improvement of low-carbon society could be started from the design of low-carbon residential communities,so as to satisfy the increasing ecological needs of people on living environment,and play a promotional role in facilitating the sustainable development of society.
