This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It … shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate … total GHG emissions may be lower under building height restrictions, but only when they are very strict. Welfare is not …

Climate classification is essential for buildings because it influences the planning and design of a building, its … orientation, building geometry and design of building envelopes such as walls, roofs and openings. In the event of climate change … classification to include the climate change scenarios by studying 310 locations. The warming trend observed in the locations …

information criteria. Then one-step ahead forecasts have been generated. It was found, that the ARs generate the best forecasts at …

forecasts (bottom-up approaches). Overall, all methods perform better than a simple benchmark for short horizons (up to three … out-perform bottom-up ones for real variables, but not for prices. Finally, when country-specific forecasts are adjusted … to match direct forecasts at the aggregate levels (top-down approaches), the forecast accuracy is neither improved nor …

information criteria. Then one-step ahead forecasts have been generated. It was found, that the ARs generate the best forecasts at …