Chapter 1 What Are the Barriers to Environmental Comfort in the Global South?

Chapter 2 Thermal Performance Assessment of Vernacular Earth Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Case Study in Costa Rica

Chapter 3 Bioclimatic Comfort Strategies for Typical Meso-Andean Dwellings in Peru

Chapter 4 The Thermal Behaviour of Educational Buildings in the Tropical Andes. A Case Study of the Millennium Educational Units of Ecuador

Chapter 5 Air Movement to Remove Barriers and Provide Thermal Comfort in the Global South: A Case Study of a Classroom in the Warm Humid Tropics, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Chapter 6 Occupant Thermal Perception of a Cooling System Based on Ceiling-Mounted Radiant Panels Coupled to a Roof Pond

Chapter 7 Occupant Satisfaction with Certified Green Office Buildings in Chile

Chapter 8 Layout Design to Remove Barriers to Comfort, Energy Efficiency, and Solar Systems in Housing

Chapter 9 Adaptive Passive Measures for Tropical Climates—A Case Study for Mauritius

Chapter 10 Exploring the Potential of Adaptive Behavior as a Tool Intended for Comfort and Saving Energy

Chapter 11 Thermal Adaptation in Non-Extreme Climates to Potentially Reduce Energy Consumption

Chapter 12 A Pathway to Comfort by Natural Conditioning: Selecting Bioclimatic Design Resources

Chapter 13 The Tropical Climate Matrix: An Architectural Design Tool for the Tropics

Chapter 14 Air Quality in Latin American Buildings

Chapter 15 Evaluation of a Low-Cost Air Renewal System for Indoor Air Quality Control in a Climate Chamber

Chapter 16 New Dynamic Daylight Metric Based on the Local Context and the Perception of People in the Tropics

Chapter 18 Daylighting Design Strategies for Office Spaces in Different Chilean Climates

Chapter 19 Circadian Stimulus Potential in Offices with Artificial Lighting

Chapter 20 Acoustic Comfort and Noise Control in the Design of Multi-residential Buildings in the Tropics

Chapter 21 Barriers and Challenges of Acoustic Design in Flexible Learning Spaces for Schools in Chile

Chapter 22 Impact of Urban Re-Densification on Light Consumption and Energy Poverty: On the Equator—in the City of Quito

Chapter 23 Multi-Objective Optimization of Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort Applying the MOOM Tool in Public Office Buildings in the City of San Juan, Argentina

Chapter 24 Comparison of Comfort and Energy Performance in Naturally Ventilated Classrooms, Based on the Application of Passive Architectural Design Strategies

Chapter 25 Optimized Housing Enclosures for Piura, Peru

Chapter 26 Constructive Measures to Counterbalance Climate Change Impacts on Low-Income Housing in the Brazilian Savannah Climate

Chapter 27 Impact of Passive Design Measures on the Thermal Comfort of Social Housing in the Context of Climate Changein Montevideo, Uruguay

Chapter 28 Residential Heating Use Profiles in Central-Southern Chile

Chapter 29 Energy and Environmental Comfort Policies and Standards for Buildings in the Global South

Chapter 30 Multicriteria Design: Optimizing Thermal, Acoustic, and Visual Comfort and Indoor Air Quality in Classrooms

Chapter 31 From Comfort to Life Habits. Qualitative Approaches to Comfort Research on Domestic Space in the Colombian Andean Tropics

Chapter 32 The Paradigm of Environmental Comfort in the Global South: Unattainable Goal or Design Tool?

Chapter 33 Concluding Remarks and Future Outlook