Masanori Shukuya, Ph.D., is a professor at the Department of Restoration Ecology and Built Environment and at the Graduate School of Environmental and Information Studies, Yokohama campus, Tokyo City University (YC-TCU). His major interests in research and education are 1) the development of exergy evaluation methods for various builtenvironmental systems for human thermal comfort with the rational use of various exergy resources; 2) the development of a method for the holistic approach to built-environmental education.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSBuilt Environment and Human BeingsPassive and Active Systems for Conditioning the Built Environment Basics of Human BiologySolar and Lunar Effects on Built EnvironmentVisible Light and Luminous Environment Heat and Thermal Environment Thermodynamics Air and Moisture Mathematical Modelling Human-Body Exergetic BehaviourFlow and Circulation of Matter Global Environmental System Enfolding Built-Environmental Systems .

Masanori Shukuya, Ph.D., is a professor at the Department of Restoration Ecology and Built Environment and at the Graduate School of Environmental and Information Studies, Yokohama campus, Tokyo City University (YC-TCU). His major interests in research and education are 1) the development of exergy evaluation methods for various builtenvironmental systems for human thermal comfort with the rational use of various exergy resources; 2) the development of a method for the holistic approach to built-environmental education.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSBuilt Environment and Human BeingsPassive and Active Systems for Conditioning the Built Environment Basics of Human BiologySolar and Lunar Effects on Built EnvironmentVisible Light and Luminous Environment Heat and Thermal Environment Thermodynamics Air and Moisture Mathematical Modelling Human-Body Exergetic BehaviourFlow and Circulation of Matter Global Environmental System Enfolding Built-Environmental Systems .

Masanori Shukuya, Ph.D., is a professor at the Department of Restoration Ecology and Built Environment and at the Graduate School of Environmental and Information Studies, Yokohama campus, Tokyo City University (YC-TCU). His major interests in research and education are 1) the development of exergy evaluation methods for various builtenvironmental systems for human thermal comfort with the rational use of various exergy resources; 2) the development of a method for the holistic approach to built-environmental education.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSBuilt Environment and Human BeingsPassive and Active Systems for Conditioning the Built Environment Basics of Human BiologySolar and Lunar Effects on Built EnvironmentVisible Light and Luminous Environment Heat and Thermal Environment Thermodynamics Air and Moisture Mathematical Modelling Human-Body Exergetic BehaviourFlow and Circulation of Matter Global Environmental System Enfolding Built-Environmental Systems .