Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia

Lechner, Alex M.; Gomes, Rachel L.; Rodrigues, Lucelia; Ashfold, Matthew J.; Selvam, Sivathass Bannir; Wong, Ee Phin; Raymond, Christopher M.; Zieritz, Alexandra; Sing, Kong Wah; Billa, Lawal; Sagala, Saut; Moug, Peter; Cheshmehzangi, Ali; Lourdes, Karen; Azhar, Badrul; Sanusi, Ruzana; Ives, Christopher D.; Tang, Yu-Ting; Tan, David T.; Chan, Faith Ka Shun; Nath, Tapan Kumar; Sabarudin, Nur Aliya Binti; Metcalfe, Sarah E.; Gulsrud, Natalie M.; Schuerch, Mark; Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa; Macklin, Mark G.; Gibbins, Chris

doi:10.2166/bgs.2020.014

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Quantifying airtightness in Brazilian residential buildings with focus on its contribution to thermal comfort (2020)
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Rodrigues, L., Tubelo, R., Vega Pasos, A., Gonçalves, J. C. S., Wood, C., & Gillott, M. (2020). Quantifying airtightness in Brazilian residential buildings with focus on its contribution to thermal comfort. Building Research and Information, https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2020.1825064

© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Airtightness refers to the amount of air leakage through a building’s envelope. This uncontrolled exchange of air between inside and outside, either infiltration or exfiltration, may lea... Read More about Quantifying airtightness in Brazilian residential buildings with focus on its contribution to thermal comfort.

The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data (2020)
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Zune, M., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data. Energy and Buildings, 223, Article 110201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110201

© 2020 The integration of vernacular strategies in Myanmar housing seems to have remained remarkably resilient and is still the norm even in modern dwellings. However, no regard is given to the possible impact of climate change. Using one-year monito... Read More about The vulnerability of homes to overheating in Myanmar today and in the future: A heat index analysis of measured and simulated data.

User engagement in community energy schemes: A case study at the Trent Basin in Nottingham, UK (2020)
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Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., Waldron, J., Cameron, L., Tubelo, R., Shipman, R., …Bradshaw-Smith, C. (2020). User engagement in community energy schemes: A case study at the Trent Basin in Nottingham, UK. Sustainable Cities and Society, 61, Article 102187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102187

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd ‘Community Energy’ refers to people working together to reduce and manage energy use and increase and support local energy generation. It has the potential to support the infrastructural, social and cultural changes needed to redu... Read More about User engagement in community energy schemes: A case study at the Trent Basin in Nottingham, UK.

A review of traditional multistage roofs design and performance in vernacular buildings in Myanmar (2020)
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Zune, M., Pantua, C. A. J., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). A review of traditional multistage roofs design and performance in vernacular buildings in Myanmar. Sustainable Cities and Society, 60, Article 102240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102240

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Myanmar's territory mostly experiences tropical monsoon climate, where temperatures are normally not extreme, but humidity can increase discomfort. In response, vernacular architecture strategies have evolved to deal with excess h... Read More about A review of traditional multistage roofs design and performance in vernacular buildings in Myanmar.

Where Will You Park? Predicting Vehicle Locations for Vehicle-to-Grid (2020)
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Shipman, R., Waldron, J., Naylor, S., Pinchin, J., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). Where Will You Park? Predicting Vehicle Locations for Vehicle-to-Grid. Energies, 13(8), https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081933

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Vehicle‐to‐... Read More about Where Will You Park? Predicting Vehicle Locations for Vehicle-to-Grid.

Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia (2020)
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Lechner, A. M., Gomes, R. L., Rodrigues, L., Ashfold, M. J., Selvam, S. B., Wong, E. P., …Gibbins, C. (2020). Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia. Blue-Green Systems, 2(1), 331-351. https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2020.014

Low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia face a range of challenges related to the rapid pace of urbanisation in the region, the scale of pollution, climate change, loss of ecosystem services and associated difficulties for ecologi... Read More about Challenges and considerations of applying nature-based solutions in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast and East Asia.