Maintaining indoor air quality(IAQ)in dense university campuses is increasingly challenging due to urban densification and limited winter ventilation.This study proposes six climate-adaptive,health-oriented passive ve...Maintaining indoor air quality(IAQ)in dense university campuses is increasingly challenging due to urban densification and limited winter ventilation.This study proposes six climate-adaptive,health-oriented passive ventilation prototypes,combining three inlets(M1:underground pipes;M2:sunken square;M3:windcatcher)and two outlets(N1:negative pressure roof;N2:solar chimney).Using ANSYS Fluent 2024R2,CFD simulations were conducted in five representative high-density Chinese cities across major thermal zones,considering low-rise(T1)and high-rise(T2)urban forms.Results show that under winter closed-window conditions,the N1 configuration achieved higher health ventilation performance(HVP),reducing indoor CO2 by 82.6%-86.0%,while N2 enhanced thermal gain and energy efficiency.Climate zone influenced performance more than urban form type,highlighting the need for climate-specific design strategies.Long-term evaluation under the SSP5-8.5 scenario indicated that recommended prototypes maintained higher HVP in warmer regions and greater stability under extreme conditions in colder regions.This study develops a health-oriented prototype combination design methodology that systematically integrates multiple passive strategies,accounts for climatic adaptability and urban morphology,and provides context-specific solutions to improve IAQ and promote respiratory health.The outcomes offer an expandable,replicable,and operational design method for designing health-focused buildings and guiding sustainable urban renewal in high-density environments.展开更多
Strategic selection and precise matching of climate-resilient tree species are crucial for maximizing the mitigation and adaptation potential of Climate-Smart Forestry.However,current forestation plans often overlook ...Strategic selection and precise matching of climate-resilient tree species are crucial for maximizing the mitigation and adaptation potential of Climate-Smart Forestry.However,current forestation plans often overlook species-specific environmental shifts,leading to suboptimal long-term carbon sequestration.Here we developed a climate-adaptive optimization framework to guide tree species selection and planting in China,based on projected habitat suitability and range shifts under future climate scenarios.Utilizing over 200,000 tree records from China’s National Forest Inventory(1999-2018),we quantified habitat suitability declines of 12.1%-42.9%for currently dominant plantation species by 2060 due to climate change.By optimizing species-site matching and strategically harvesting timber at peak carbon uptake,we identified 43.2 million hectares suitable for climate-resilient forestation between 2025 and 2060,enabling the planting of approximately 46 billion climate-adapted trees with a total sequestration potential of 3822.6 Tg of carbon-a 28.7%increase compared to unmanaged scenarios.Our study highlights the importance of optimizing adaptive forestation strategies to enhance carbon sequestration under future climate conditions,providing technical guidance for climate-resilient forest management in support of China’s net-zero commitment.展开更多
Ecological urban agglomeration in China face increasing pressure to reconcile rapid urban expansion with the maintenance of blue-green spaces(BGSs)that sustain urban cooling island(UCI)effects.While existing research ...Ecological urban agglomeration in China face increasing pressure to reconcile rapid urban expansion with the maintenance of blue-green spaces(BGSs)that sustain urban cooling island(UCI)effects.While existing research has documented UCI dynamics in mature cities,an important unresolved issue remains in understanding how rapid urbanisation reshapes BGS patterns and weakens their cooling capacity in newly developing ecological urban agglomeration.Here,using multi-source remote sensing data,Markov land transition analysis and Weather Research and Forecasting simulations,we investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics of BGSs and their thermal effects in a representative ecological urban agglomeration in eastern China during 2000–2020.We found that historical landcover change in the study area was characterised not only by the expansion of development land from 7.18%in 2000 to 13.55%in 2020,but also by the transition and spatial reorganisation of BGSs,accompanied by declining BGS continuity and increasing ecological fragmentation.Thermal analyses further showed that water and wetlands consistently provided the strongest cooling effects,whereas developed land and bare land were associated with higher relative land surface temperature.Transitions to water and wetland generally produced stronger cooling effects than most other land-cover transitions;however,the cooling performance of newly converted ecological land remained weaker than that of long-established natural BGSs.In the representative city of Huai’an of Jiangsu Province,simulated temperature patterns also showed that connected blue-green structures were associated with relatively stronger local cooling during the analyzed high-temperature period.Together,these findings indicate that rapid urbanisation not only changes BGS patterns but is also associated with weakened cooling performance and greater thermal pressure across the regional landscape.Preserving existing highquality BGSs,especially water and wetlands,and improving the spatial configuration and connectivity of urban blue-green systems are therefore essential for climate-adaptive planning in rapidly developing ecological urban agglomeration.展开更多
Bio-based materials are increasingly recognized for their potential to reduce the environmental impact of buildings while improving energy performance.However,most comparative studies evaluate these materials against ...Bio-based materials are increasingly recognized for their potential to reduce the environmental impact of buildings while improving energy performance.However,most comparative studies evaluate these materials against conventional walls of equal thickness,often overlooking the influence of thermal mass and climate-specific behavior at the whole-building scale.Given their lightweight nature and limited thermal mass,bio-based materials may pose challenges in balancing energy efficiency across diverse climates.This study presents an energy performance assessment of three bio-based systems—hemp concrete,wood concrete,and straw—at the building scale under four distinct climates,emphasizing the trade-off between thermal mass and insulation and the influence of climate on their performance.A validated co-simulation approach integrating TRNSYS and MATLAB is employed.Two scenarios are analyzed:(1)equal thermal transmittance(U-value)to isolate thermal mass effects,and(2)variable wall thickness to assess dynamic thermal behavior.Results show that bio-based materials exhibit higher energy demands than conventional insulated systems under matched U-values,particularly in oceanic and Mediterranean climates where thermal mass is critical for buffering temperature fluctuations.For instance,straw buildings increased total energy use by 122%in Vichy(France)and 126%in Tripoli(Lebanon)compared to their insulated concrete counterparts.Increasing wall thickness reduced the heating demand of bio-based structures by 35-70 kWh/m2but led to higher cooling loads in all climates by 8-17 kWh/m2,revealing a key trade-off in lightweight,high-insulation systems.Among the materials,wood concrete achieved better energy performance in hot climates,while hemp was more effective in cold regions.The discussion section outlines adaptive design strategies to optimize the energy performance of bio-based envelopes and support their broader adoption in sustainable construction.展开更多
Complex forest structures,interspecies similarities,and intraspecies variations constrain the acquisition of species-specific tree phenotypes.This study develops a scalable framework for extracting species-specific st...Complex forest structures,interspecies similarities,and intraspecies variations constrain the acquisition of species-specific tree phenotypes.This study develops a scalable framework for extracting species-specific structural parameters at the individual tree level.Leveraging ultrahigh-resolution UAV-based RGB and LiDAR data,we propose a novel self-attention-guided spectral-structural multimodal fusion transformer(SAMFormer).Key components include:(1)an adaptive feature enhancement module(AFEM)that employs spatial and channel attention to selectively highlight canopy features while suppressing background noise;(2)a cross-modal fusion module(CMFM)that captures intra-and inter-modal dependencies through the cross-attention mechanism,generating highly discriminative representations.SAMFormer achieves fine-grained tree identification in com-plex forest environments,relieving issues of blurred canopy segmentation and species misclassification.K-fold cross-validation demonstrates robust performance across diverse scenes,achieving 86.3%F1-score and 88.0%mAP@0.5,significantly outperforming single-modal inputs and mainstream instance segmentation models.We generate large-scale species-specific maps of tree structural parameters based on SAMFormer outputs,allometric equations,and a sliding window strategy.Subsequently,these parameters are utilized to map carbon stock.Ecological analysis reveals a coupling relationship between tree competition and structural parameters/carbon stock:competition intensity exhibits a significant negative correlation with both(p<0.001).Trees adapt by adjusting growth strategies(e.g.,reducing radial growth and limiting canopy expansion),ultimately lowering biomass accumulation and carbon stock.Additionally,species mixing enhances carbon stock,as mixed forests store more carbon than monocultures.This work provides a high-throughput,non-destructive pathway for forest phenotyping,supporting precision forestry and climate-adaptive management practices.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC Grant No.52178009)National Key Research and Development Programme(NKRDP)project,"Urban Renewal Design Theory and Methods"(Project No.2022YFC3800300)"Research on the Integration of Full-Cycle Design Methods and Technologies for Urban Renewal Projects"(Project No.2022YFC3800304).
摘要Maintaining indoor air quality(IAQ)in dense university campuses is increasingly challenging due to urban densification and limited winter ventilation.This study proposes six climate-adaptive,health-oriented passive ventilation prototypes,combining three inlets(M1:underground pipes;M2:sunken square;M3:windcatcher)and two outlets(N1:negative pressure roof;N2:solar chimney).Using ANSYS Fluent 2024R2,CFD simulations were conducted in five representative high-density Chinese cities across major thermal zones,considering low-rise(T1)and high-rise(T2)urban forms.Results show that under winter closed-window conditions,the N1 configuration achieved higher health ventilation performance(HVP),reducing indoor CO2 by 82.6%-86.0%,while N2 enhanced thermal gain and energy efficiency.Climate zone influenced performance more than urban form type,highlighting the need for climate-specific design strategies.Long-term evaluation under the SSP5-8.5 scenario indicated that recommended prototypes maintained higher HVP in warmer regions and greater stability under extreme conditions in colder regions.This study develops a health-oriented prototype combination design methodology that systematically integrates multiple passive strategies,accounts for climatic adaptability and urban morphology,and provides context-specific solutions to improve IAQ and promote respiratory health.The outcomes offer an expandable,replicable,and operational design method for designing health-focused buildings and guiding sustainable urban renewal in high-density environments.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFD2200405)support from a NASA GEDI award(#80NSSC24K0600)a NASA Carbon Cycle award(#80NSSC21K1705)。
摘要Strategic selection and precise matching of climate-resilient tree species are crucial for maximizing the mitigation and adaptation potential of Climate-Smart Forestry.However,current forestation plans often overlook species-specific environmental shifts,leading to suboptimal long-term carbon sequestration.Here we developed a climate-adaptive optimization framework to guide tree species selection and planting in China,based on projected habitat suitability and range shifts under future climate scenarios.Utilizing over 200,000 tree records from China’s National Forest Inventory(1999-2018),we quantified habitat suitability declines of 12.1%-42.9%for currently dominant plantation species by 2060 due to climate change.By optimizing species-site matching and strategically harvesting timber at peak carbon uptake,we identified 43.2 million hectares suitable for climate-resilient forestation between 2025 and 2060,enabling the planting of approximately 46 billion climate-adapted trees with a total sequestration potential of 3822.6 Tg of carbon-a 28.7%increase compared to unmanaged scenarios.Our study highlights the importance of optimizing adaptive forestation strategies to enhance carbon sequestration under future climate conditions,providing technical guidance for climate-resilient forest management in support of China’s net-zero commitment.
基金Under the auspices of State Key Laboratory of Spatial Datum(No.SKLSD2025-HNZZ-07)National Key R&D Program of China(No.2024YFD1600700,2024YFD1600701)+5 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42101324,42371311)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2023M740995,2024M750770)Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province(No.232300420164,232300420160)the National Youth Talent Support Program of China(No.FJ3050A0300021)the China Scholarship Council-Henan Provincial Government Cooperation Project(No.202220)the Henan Provincial International Training Program for High-Level Talents(No.CX3070F0011097)。
摘要Ecological urban agglomeration in China face increasing pressure to reconcile rapid urban expansion with the maintenance of blue-green spaces(BGSs)that sustain urban cooling island(UCI)effects.While existing research has documented UCI dynamics in mature cities,an important unresolved issue remains in understanding how rapid urbanisation reshapes BGS patterns and weakens their cooling capacity in newly developing ecological urban agglomeration.Here,using multi-source remote sensing data,Markov land transition analysis and Weather Research and Forecasting simulations,we investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics of BGSs and their thermal effects in a representative ecological urban agglomeration in eastern China during 2000–2020.We found that historical landcover change in the study area was characterised not only by the expansion of development land from 7.18%in 2000 to 13.55%in 2020,but also by the transition and spatial reorganisation of BGSs,accompanied by declining BGS continuity and increasing ecological fragmentation.Thermal analyses further showed that water and wetlands consistently provided the strongest cooling effects,whereas developed land and bare land were associated with higher relative land surface temperature.Transitions to water and wetland generally produced stronger cooling effects than most other land-cover transitions;however,the cooling performance of newly converted ecological land remained weaker than that of long-established natural BGSs.In the representative city of Huai’an of Jiangsu Province,simulated temperature patterns also showed that connected blue-green structures were associated with relatively stronger local cooling during the analyzed high-temperature period.Together,these findings indicate that rapid urbanisation not only changes BGS patterns but is also associated with weakened cooling performance and greater thermal pressure across the regional landscape.Preserving existing highquality BGSs,especially water and wetlands,and improving the spatial configuration and connectivity of urban blue-green systems are therefore essential for climate-adaptive planning in rapidly developing ecological urban agglomeration.
摘要Bio-based materials are increasingly recognized for their potential to reduce the environmental impact of buildings while improving energy performance.However,most comparative studies evaluate these materials against conventional walls of equal thickness,often overlooking the influence of thermal mass and climate-specific behavior at the whole-building scale.Given their lightweight nature and limited thermal mass,bio-based materials may pose challenges in balancing energy efficiency across diverse climates.This study presents an energy performance assessment of three bio-based systems—hemp concrete,wood concrete,and straw—at the building scale under four distinct climates,emphasizing the trade-off between thermal mass and insulation and the influence of climate on their performance.A validated co-simulation approach integrating TRNSYS and MATLAB is employed.Two scenarios are analyzed:(1)equal thermal transmittance(U-value)to isolate thermal mass effects,and(2)variable wall thickness to assess dynamic thermal behavior.Results show that bio-based materials exhibit higher energy demands than conventional insulated systems under matched U-values,particularly in oceanic and Mediterranean climates where thermal mass is critical for buffering temperature fluctuations.For instance,straw buildings increased total energy use by 122%in Vichy(France)and 126%in Tripoli(Lebanon)compared to their insulated concrete counterparts.Increasing wall thickness reduced the heating demand of bio-based structures by 35-70 kWh/m2but led to higher cooling loads in all climates by 8-17 kWh/m2,revealing a key trade-off in lightweight,high-insulation systems.Among the materials,wood concrete achieved better energy performance in hot climates,while hemp was more effective in cold regions.The discussion section outlines adaptive design strategies to optimize the energy performance of bio-based envelopes and support their broader adoption in sustainable construction.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32271877)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFE0128100).
摘要Complex forest structures,interspecies similarities,and intraspecies variations constrain the acquisition of species-specific tree phenotypes.This study develops a scalable framework for extracting species-specific structural parameters at the individual tree level.Leveraging ultrahigh-resolution UAV-based RGB and LiDAR data,we propose a novel self-attention-guided spectral-structural multimodal fusion transformer(SAMFormer).Key components include:(1)an adaptive feature enhancement module(AFEM)that employs spatial and channel attention to selectively highlight canopy features while suppressing background noise;(2)a cross-modal fusion module(CMFM)that captures intra-and inter-modal dependencies through the cross-attention mechanism,generating highly discriminative representations.SAMFormer achieves fine-grained tree identification in com-plex forest environments,relieving issues of blurred canopy segmentation and species misclassification.K-fold cross-validation demonstrates robust performance across diverse scenes,achieving 86.3%F1-score and 88.0%mAP@0.5,significantly outperforming single-modal inputs and mainstream instance segmentation models.We generate large-scale species-specific maps of tree structural parameters based on SAMFormer outputs,allometric equations,and a sliding window strategy.Subsequently,these parameters are utilized to map carbon stock.Ecological analysis reveals a coupling relationship between tree competition and structural parameters/carbon stock:competition intensity exhibits a significant negative correlation with both(p<0.001).Trees adapt by adjusting growth strategies(e.g.,reducing radial growth and limiting canopy expansion),ultimately lowering biomass accumulation and carbon stock.Additionally,species mixing enhances carbon stock,as mixed forests store more carbon than monocultures.This work provides a high-throughput,non-destructive pathway for forest phenotyping,supporting precision forestry and climate-adaptive management practices.