Integration of Mother Nature into Smart Buildings

Fink, Helen Santiago; Kaltenegger, Ingrid

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25715-0_13

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“…Human-nature interaction offers advantages to people, living beings, and the environment; on the contrary, the natural surroundings also encourage more frequent and impactful exchanges. P&N/D&P [69] P&N [70] SSH/D&P/ES [71] D&P/ES [72] D&P/P&N/SSH [73] D&P/ES [74] D&P/ES 2017 [75] SSH/P&N [76] SSH/D&P/P&N [77] D&P/ES/P&E [78] D&P/ES/P&E 2018 [17] SSH/D&P/P&N [79] M&B/P&N [80] M&B [81] M&B [82] M&B/P&N [83] P&N [84] P&N [85] P&E 2019 [20] P&N/D&P [86] M&B/D&P [87] M&B [88] M&B [89] M&B/P&N [90] P&N/D&P [91] D&P [92] D&P/ES/SSH [93] D&P [94] D&P [95] P&E/D&P [96] P&E 2020 [7] P&N/D&P [97] ECS [98] P&N/D&P [99] P&N/SSH/ECS [100] SSH/D&P [101] SSH [102] D&P/P&E [103] D&P/ES 2021 [1] D&P/ES [23] D&P/ES [25] D&P/P&N [45] M&B/P&N …”

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“…With support from Environmental Engineering, BD mainly employs green walls due to their effectiveness in enhancing air quality and the urban microclimate [91]. Utilizing plant roots and soil microbes as biofilters, green walls can reduce up to 60% of CO2 and 40% of other airborne pollutants [71]. BU encompasses a wide range of biophilic systems resulting from the implementation of BD across urban scales: buildings (roof gardens, green walls, vertical farms, and atria); neighborhoods (courtyards, parks, squares, street trees, and sidewalk gardens); and city/bioregions (urban forest, community gardens, blue-green infrastructure, ecological networks, and regional greenspace) [21].…”

Section: Environmental Benefits (Env)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…All of these systems ensure a better urban microclimate and mitigate the heat island effect by 5 to 6 • C [92]. The simultaneous presence of diverse natural elements (greenery and water) and species optimizes the environmental impact of BU at different times: the tree canopy provides greater cooling effects during the daytime, while shrubs and grass tend to have a more pronounced cooling effect overnight [71]. BU leverages plants to naturally purify air, soil, and water through a combination of photosynthesis, evapotranspiration, and phytoremediation [91].…”

Section: Environmental Benefits (Env)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This innovation reduces mechanical system costs by up to 35% and preserves up to 50% of cooling energy by replicating convective motion. As for BU, biophilic cities exhibit the lowest energy consumption for managing storm drain sewage plants and air handlers compared to other cities [71]. BU promotes the optimal use of local resources through careful selection of sites and plant species that are better suited than others for specific purification processes and thermal conditions.…”

Section: Environmental Benefits (Env)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biophilia Upscaling: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Three-Metric Approach

Lefosse,

van Timmeren,

Ratti

2023

Sustainability

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In response to socio-ecological challenges, cities around the world are implementing greenification and urban forestry. While these strategies contribute to reducing the ecological footprint, they often overlook various social implications. This explains the increasing global attention to Biophilia, which emphasizes human–nature interaction to enhance the quality of urban life. Despite its historical roots spanning centuries, Biophilia is still considered an emerging research field, as shown by debate on evidence-based research and measurement of its multidimensional impacts. Although the beneficial effects of Biophilic Design (BD) are well documented thanks to the small-scale and immediate outcomes, the long-term potential of Biophilic Urbanism (BU) offers less evidence, limiting its utilization and investment. This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical-practical framework on Biophilia, BD, and BU through a 60-year systematic literature review based on a three-metric approach (quality, quantity, and application). Investigating concepts and practices, we delve into biophilic effects on humans and urban livability, analyze tools to measure them, and explore methods to translate them into the built environment. In spite of the growing body of studies and advancements in the last decade, our review findings highlight the need for further insights, especially regarding BU. The study aims to promote Biophilia Upscaling as a strategy to maximize its direct and indirect benefits across urban scales, thereby promoting BU and expediting a paradigm shift in city planning. In metropolises conceived as bioregional systems, where nature plays a key role in ensuring ecological services and citizens’ well-being, BU can assist designers, planners, and city makers in addressing the urban agenda toward higher environmental and social standards.

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Section: Qualifyingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Environmental Benefits (Env)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Environmental Benefits (Env)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Environmental Benefits (Env)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biophilia Upscaling: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Three-Metric Approach

Lefosse,

van Timmeren,

Ratti

2023

Sustainability

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“…Although theoretical bases are established, in praxis, the assessment of a smart build environment is still often narrowed to technological aspects only. Therefore, there is a need to move from a narrow focus on building energy performance, mitigation strategies, and the minimization of environmental impacts, to a broader framework that enriches places, people, ecology, culture, and climate at the core of the restorative design call [13,14].…”

Section: Background-regenerative Sustainability Its Assessment and mentioning

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The Use of Big Data in Regenerative Planning

Kamrowska-Załuska

Obracht-Prondzyńska

2018

Sustainability

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With the increasing significance of Big Data sources and their reliability for studying current urban development processes, new possibilities have appeared for analyzing the urban planning of contemporary cities. At the same time, the new urban development paradigm related to regenerative sustainability requires a new approach and hence a better understanding of the processes changing cities today, which will allow more efficient solutions to be designed and implemented. It results in the need to search for tools which will allow more advanced analyses while assessing the planning projects supporting regenerative development. Therefore, in this paper, the authors study the role of Big Data retrieved from sensor systems, social media, GPS, institutional data, or customer and transaction records. The study includes an enquiry into how Big Data relates to the ecosystem and to human activities, in supporting the development of regenerative human settlements. The aim of the study is to assess the possibilities created by Big Data-based tools in supporting regenerative design and planning and the role they can play in urban projects. In order to do this, frameworks allowing for the assessment of planning projects were analyzed according to their potential to support a regenerative approach. This has been followed by an analysis of the accessibility and reliability of the data sources. Finally, Big Data-based projects were mapped upon aspects of regenerative planning according to the introduced framework.

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Biophilic Institutions and Governance: Biophilic Urbanism Initiatives (BUIs) Fostering Green Urban Features in Emerging and Developing Cities

Carter

Henríquez

2021

Advanced Studies in Efficient Environmental Design and City Planning

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Integration of Mother Nature into Smart Buildings

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Biophilia Upscaling: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Three-Metric Approach

Biophilia Upscaling: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Three-Metric Approach

The Use of Big Data in Regenerative Planning

Biophilic Institutions and Governance: Biophilic Urbanism Initiatives (BUIs) Fostering Green Urban Features in Emerging and Developing Cities

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