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Architecture and Urbanism Sustainability of courtyard building

to provide reference value for contemporary architectural Methodology: Chuan He
design and construction, aiding in reducing capital costs Writing – original draft: Chuan He
and energy consumption of contemporary buildings, and Writing – review & editing: All authors
promoting sustainable development and energy savings in
developing countries. Ethics approval and consent to participate
This study used Autodesk Revit, SketchUp, and other Not applicable.
tools to model the target building, make adjustments,
and export the results. Sefaira, DepthmapX, and derived Consent for publication
weather data were used to perform energy consumption, Not applicable.
comfort, daylight, and topology depth simulations on the
built model. The simulation results were compared with Availability of data
the literature and Green Star rating criteria to evaluate the The data that support the findings of this study are available
performance of the building in terms of environmental from the author upon reasonable request.
sustainability. At the same time, a literature review was
conducted to evaluate aspects of the building that cannot Further disclosure
be quantified, to obtain qualitative results.
The authors declare that the manuscript was uploaded to
The results demonstrate the performance of the Flag Stall the preprint server SSRN. The following URL links to the
courtyard building in terms of material, courtyard structure, abstract page on SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=4494897
energy consumption, IEQ, transport, ambiance, and aesthetics.
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