• A study of thermal comfort in outdoor urban spaces in respect to increasing building height in Dhaka 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Kabir, S. ; Rahaman, M. (Article)

  Thermal environment of urban spaces plays a great role on the quality of life in a city. It directly affects people’s behaviour and usage of outdoor spaces. Therefore, an environmentally conscious urban design solution ...
• A Comparative Study of Sustainable Urban Forms: Compact City and Short Cycle Strategy 

  Sharmin, Tania (Article)

  This paper aims to identify the urban form and design issues that are concerned with the sustainable development of a new settlement. Drawing on the theoretical literature, it recognizes eight key issues to achieve a ...
• Microclimatic modelling in assessing the impact of urban geometry on urban thermal environment 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. ; Matzarakis, A. (Article)

  Diversity in urban geometry can create significant variation in microclimatic conditions. Especially, in tropical warm-humid context, deep urban canyons with variable building heights perform better than uniform canyons, ...
• Exploring the Effect of Micro-climate Data on Building Energy Performance Analysis 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. (Conference)

  A limitation in the current research is most studies on energy performance of buildings concentrate on individual buildings while its interaction with neighbouring urban context remains largely unexplored. Buildings are ...
• USE OF MICROCLIMATE MODELS FOR EVALUATING THERMAL COMFORT: IDENTIFYING THE GAPS 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. (Conference)

  The study identifies the gap between actual thermal sensation and theoretical comfort calculated through simulated microclimate data in different urban configurations in a tropical, high-density, megacity: Dhaka. The ...
• Effect of Canyon Geometry on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A case-study of high-density, warm-humid climate 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. (Conference)

  A successful urban planning and design solution ought to present a comfortable setting for its pedestrians inside urban canyons, because it is fundamental to encourage a good quality urban life and promote health and ...
• Understanding ENVI-met (V4) model behaviour in relation to environmental variables 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. (Conference)

  A parametric analysis is carried out to understand how ENVI-met (V4) responds to the following aspects which form the basis of understanding the model’s behaviour: i) canyon aspect ratio, ii) cloud cover, iii) orientation, ...
• Harmonious accordance of indoor-outdoor thermal comfort and building energy performance by ameliorating urban microclimate in different urban block types in tropical climate 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. (Conference)

  This paper explores the effect of outdoor microclimatic environment upon indoor conditions for different urban block types in hot-humid climate. The main focus here is on courtyard patterns, considering its potentials for ...
• IMPACT OF CANYON GEOMETRY UPON URBAN MICROCLIMATE: A CASE-STUDY OF HIGH-DENSITY, WARM-HUMID CLIMATE 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Gichuyia, L. (Conference)

  Recent findings have demonstrated that microclimate inside urban canyons is largely controlled by its geometry. This study, intends to examine the impact of canyon geometry upon air and radiant temperature in a high density ...
• RESPONSIVENESS OF MICROCLIMATE SIMULATION TOOL IN RECOGNISING DIVERSITY IN URBAN GEOMETRY 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. (Conference)

  Recent studies have revealed that diverse urban geometry, as found in traditional urban areas, has positive consequences in ameliorating the urban microclimate in comparison to the more regular formal urban areas. The ...
• Analysis of microclimatic diversity and outdoor thermal comfort perceptions in the tropical megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. ; Matzarakis, A. (Article)

  The study has observed microclimatic conditions in residential, commercial and educational areas in Dhaka city. Comfort surveys were carried out along with microclimatic measurements. Findings suggest, urban forms that ...
• A review of sustainable business models and strategic sustainable development 

  Small-Warner, Kaie ; Abuzeinab, Amal ; Taki, A. H. (Conference)

  This paper summarizes sustainable business models by addressing definitions, archetypes and assessments. It then summarizes the framework for strategic sustainable development to highlight its systematic, scientific and ...
• Sustainable design responses for residential high-rises 

  Taki, Ahmad ; Kalcheva, Elena ; Hadi, Yuri (Article)

  Sustainable design responses for residential high-rises is a viable topic with multiple answers. There are many separate types of researches in the literature on building envelope and applicable green technologies, but the ...
• Effects of microclimate and human parameters on outdoor thermal sensation in the high-density tropical context of Dhaka 

  Sharmin, Tania ; Steemers, K. (Article)

  A thermal comfort questionnaire survey was carried out in the high-density, tropical city Dhaka. Comfort responses from over 1300 subjects were collected at six different sites, alongside meteorological parameters. The ...
• Central Hill: A Case Study in Estate Regeneration 

  Dening, Geraldine ; Elmer, Simon (Technical Report)

  This report includes not only our designs for the estate’s refurbishment and increase in housing capacity by up to 50 per cent without the demolition of a single existing home, but also our account of why and how these ...
• Social Sustainability, Housing and Alienation 

  Manoochehri, Jamileh (Book chapter)

  This chapter considers the relevance of the sustainability agenda at a time when post-industrial capitalism dominates economic and social relations. It attempts to find links between the way housing is understood as a need ...
• Social Sustainability and the Housing Problem 

  Manoochehri, Jamileh (Book chapter)

  The issue of sustainability which started as an environmental concern has gained currency in research and media for a number of years, and it has been defined in a number of ways, each reflecting a particular approach or ...
• A social-environmental interface of sustainable development: A case study of Ghadames, Libya 

  Taki, A. H. ; Alabid, Jamal (Book chapter)

  One of the key challenges in the spatial planning and design of urban settlements in desert housing is the trade-off between the harshness of the environment and meeting social needs concurrently. Hence, this chapter ...
• Describing a Unique Urban Culture: Ibadi Settlements of North Africa 

  Polimeni, Beniamino (Book chapter)

  Abstract. This paper examines the urban structure and architecture of the North African regions, which are characterised by the historical presence of Ibadism. This topic has a definite cultural frame, albeit with some ...
• On otherness - Looking at (different ways of) inculcating diversity 

  Epolito, G. (Book chapter)

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