| PLEA 2013 Team | 2 |
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| Scientific Committee | 4 |
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| Supporting Reviewers to the Scientific Committee | 5 |
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| Forewords | 6 |
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| Foreword Institute of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building | 7 |
| Foreword PLEA | 9 |
| Foreword Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development | 11 |
| Foreword City of Munich | 13 |
| Foreword Bayerische Architektenkammer | 15 |
| Keynotes | 17 |
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| Thomas Herzog | 18 |
| Mario Cucinella | 19 |
| Volker Wittwer | 20 |
| Diébédo Francis Kéré | 21 |
| Michael Taylor | 22 |
| Matheos Santamouris | 23 |
| Li Xiaodong | 24 |
| Douglas G. Mulhall | 25 |
| Panel Discussion Sustainability and Building Culture | 26 |
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| Angela Garcia de Paredes | 27 |
| Uli Hellweg | 28 |
| Regine Keller | 29 |
| Matthias Sauerbruch | 30 |
| Wilfried Wang | 31 |
| Diébédo Francis Kéré and Michael Taylor | 32 |
| Session I.1 Regions, Cities, Neighborhoods: Planning Process | 33 |
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| A Regional Approach Towards a Low Carbon Built Environment | 34 |
| Training Program About Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings | 40 |
| Analysis on Factors of Summer Temperature Distribution in the Basin City | 46 |
| Towards Green Design Guidelines for Thermal Comfortable Streets | 52 |
| Energy Consumption Behaviour and Home Performance | 58 |
| Session I.2 Regions, Cities, Neighborhoods: Energy | 64 |
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| Energy and Urban Form | 76 |
| Spatial Life Cycle Energy Model of Dwellings within a Bioregional Context | 82 |
| Embodied Energy at an Urban Scale | 88 |
| Designed Grids | 94 |
| Session I.3 Regions, Cities, Neighborhoods Outdoor: Thermal Comfort 1 | 100 |
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| Design Choices and Comfort Outdoors in Sustainable Neighbourhoods | 101 |
| Effect of Canyon Geometry on Outdoor Thermal Comfort | 107 |
| The Human Bio-Meteorological Chart | 113 |
| Urban Human-Biometeorology Supports Urban Planning to Handle the Challenge by Increasing Severe Heat | 119 |
| Effect of High-Albedo Materials on Pedestrian Thermal Sensation in Urban Street Canyons in Hot Climates | 125 |
| Session I.4 Regions, Cities, Neighborhoods: Outdoor Thermal Comfort 2 | 131 |
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| Thermal Walks | 132 |
| The Moderating Effects of Surface Cover Desert Vegetation on Thermal Sensation | 138 |
| Solar Shading Effects by Tree Species in an Urban Environment | 144 |
| Effect of Street Morphology on Microclimate in Residential Areas Following FAR Rule in Dhaka City | 149 |
| Analyzing The Relationship Between Local Urban Morphology and Predicted Thermal Perception | 155 |
| Session I.5 Regions, Cities, Neighborhoods: Quality Control | 161 |
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| Evaluating the Impact of Low Carbon Communities on Household Energy Behaviours | 162 |
| Evaluating Thermal Performance of Residential Buildings in Different Urban Environments | 168 |
| Building Heating Consumptions under Present and Future Climate Scenarios | 174 |
| Comparison and Evaluation of Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment Systems | 180 |
| From Zero Energy Buildings to Zero Energy Neighbourhood | 186 |
| Session I.6 Regions, Cities, Neighborhoods: Case Studies | 192 |
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| Impact of Increasing the Height of Tel Aviv Buildings on Pedestrian Comfort and Building Energy Efficiency | 193 |
| Ventilation and Urban Morphology Relation | 199 |
| Urban Redevelopment and Microclimate Improvement | 205 |
| Weather Perception in Urban Public Spaces | 211 |
| Tur(i)ntogreen | 217 |
| Session II.1 Buildings: Refurbishment | 223 |
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| Energy Efficient Retrofit of a Protected Building of Historical Significance | 224 |
| Energy Rehabilitation of Existing Hirstorical not Monumental Buildings | 230 |
| Keeping the Historical Heritage Alive | 235 |
| Eco-Retrofitting Very Old Dwellings | 241 |
| The European Foundation House | 247 |
| Session II.2 Buildings: Schools and Universities | 252 |
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| Diagnosing and Transforming the Fiu-College of Architecture into a Net-Zero-Energy-Building by 2018 | 253 |
| Parametric Analysis of School Classroom Typologies Energy Performance | 259 |
