Guest editorial: Learned lessons and design implementations towards sustainable architecture

temperature development, this study suggests some benefits of using green roofs for indoor temperature reduction and subsequent energy use reduction. Moreover, they also used a simulation model of the thermal performance of the test cells to investigate appropriate variables for temperature reduction and to explore design options for temperature reduction. In Application of green building concepts and technologies for sustainable building development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the of undertake a questionnaire survey analysis of the selected construction stakeholders to measure the current level of the adoption and application of green building concepts and technologies in Ghana. The study identifies that the preference for using green building technologies is in the order of “ optimizing site planning, building orientation, and configuration, ” “ use of natural ventilation, ” “ integrative use of natural lighting with electric lighting systems, ” “ application of energy-efficient lighting systems, ” and “ use of permeable paving: low-traffic areas. the optimum each a case study on hypothetical building models in build a framework to the impact of life cycle carbon emissions on different in-building open public spaces in housing. A parametric model of a typical affordable housing building constructed, and 36 variations of open public spaces studied. The study reveals the results that the life cycle carbon emissions decrease with the application of the open public space, and the carbon reduction due to user transport is seven times higher than the carbon increment