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A. Mahdavi, M. Vuckovic:
"Urban Microclimate, Thermal Comfort, And Energy Performance: An integrated Approach";
Keynote Lecture: 46th International Congress and Exhibition on Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, Belgrade, Serbien; 2015-12-02 - 2015-12-04; in: "Proceedings of the 45th Congress and Exhibitionon HVAC&R", B. Todorovic et al. (ed.); (2015), 21 - 40.

Cities are highly complex entities: A multitude of environmental, economic, and social disciplines,
approaches, and studies are needed to better understand the intricate life and evolution of
structures we call cities. In this context, the present keynote paper focuses on the challenging and
consequential topics of the urban microclimate, thermal comfort, and energy performance. In
recent history, cities have grown in number and size, emerging thus as massive anthropogenic
interventions in the planetary environment. The urban microclimate with its temporal and spatial
variance can significantly influence the performance of buildings and the well-being of the city
dwellers. There is thus a critical need for a deeper understanding of the tightly intertwined feedback
loops between the local, regional, and global climate and their consequences for urbanism.

[serbokroatisch] Gradovi su kompleksne strukture; za bolje razumevanje zamrsenog zivota i evolucije izgrađenih
struktura koje nazivamo gradovima potrebno je intenzivno istrazivanje vise ambijentalnih,
ekonomskih i drustvenih disciplina, kao i upotreba različitih naučnih pristupa. Imajući to u vidu,
prikazani rad je usmeren na izazove i posledične teme vezane za urbanu mikroklimu, termalni
komfor i energetske performanse objekata. Savremena ljudska istorija je oblikovana sve većim
sirenjem gradova, koji se pojavljuju kao masivne antropogene intervencije u ukupnom ambijentu.
Mikroklima grada, sa svojim privremenim i prostornim varijacijama, značajno utiče na
performanse zgrada i udobnost stanovanja u urbanim strukturama. Stoga postoji potreba za boljim
razumevanjem isprepletanih veza između lokalne, regionalne i globalne klime, i njihovog uticaja na
urbanizam i dalji razvoj urbanih struktura.

Urban microclimate; Urban heat islands; Microclimatic variance.