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Appointment of Next President and Change in Board Committee
The Board is pleased to announce that with effect from 1st January 2022: (1) Dr. Heide Schuster has been appointed as the President. (2) Dr. Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves has been appointed as the Vice-President. (3) Prof. Rajat Gupta has … Continue reading
Natural Ventilation and Fans for Low Carbon Buildings
Dear PLEA friends, This is just a thought as you may be now going on to design very low energy buildings – for practice, projects or competitions. Obviously the longer one can run a building on free local, natural energy the … Continue reading
PLEA2018 Special Issue at Architectural Science Review was published
The PLEA2018 Special Issue at Architectural Science Review was published online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00038628.2021.1874713
PLEA 2020 conference proceedings are now available
The PLEA 2020 conference proceedings have been uploaded to the official repository of the University of A Coruña. Title: Planning Post Carbon Cities: 35th PLEA Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, A Coruña, 1st-3rd September 2020: Proceedings Author(s): Rodríguez-Álvarez, Jorge Gonçalves, … Continue reading
PLEA 2020 – First virtual PLEA Conference
PLEA 2020 – the first virtual PLEA Conference has just finished! Thank all the participants for joining the conference online and contributing your high-quality work! Sincere thanks to the PLEA 2020 organising team led by Dr. Jorge Rodríguez Álvarez for all … Continue reading
PLEA Associate Meeting at PLEA 2020
PLEA Associates met online at PLEA 2020. Thank you for all your participation and contribution!
Household Waste as a Low-Tech Cool Roof Solution. A Vernacular Approach for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy
A gradual increase in earth’s temperature is becoming a reality faced nowadays. Communities in informal settlements or deprived neighbourhoods living in buildings of poor quality are the most vulnerable to indoor heat stresses. Six test cubes were constructed on the rooftop of … Continue reading
Indoor Farming in Future Living Models
According to a UN report, by 2050, the world’s population will reach around 9.7 billion. This growth, alongside a changing climate, will strain natural resources, especially the food supply chain. There will also be issues in relation to human health, education and … Continue reading
Analysis of urban scale factors for data center waste-heat use: Three case studies in Sweden
Data centers (DCs) bring important positive economic impacts to the cities and regions where they are established, however, in exchange of a high electricity consumption, which in the end is transformed into unused waste-heat. Only 10% of the DCs in Sweden utilize … Continue reading
Life Cycle Cost and Carbon Appraisal for a Prefabricated Residential Development in London
This paper provides an overview of the opportunities for renewable energy generation and low-carbon solutions in a prefabricated residential development (which includes some commercial space) in London. Its objective is to identify the optimum design of mechanical and electrical (M&E) … Continue reading