Unchecked urban development, energy poverty, and poor governance are creating dangerous microclimates for its most vulnerable citizens.

This paper introduces a straightforward Model Predictive Control (MPC) method for residential buildings equipped with thermally activated building structures (TABS), photovoltaics (PV), and heat pumps ...

Prevailing mechanisms that deliver thermal comfort in workplaces are energy-hungry and yet provide a sub-optimal thermal comfort. Indeed, they are based on flawed premises and purposely ignore ...