References

Workshops

	La lumière naturelle dans les projets architecturaux et urbains, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), Département Génie des Systèmes Urbains (GSU), Laboratoire AVENUES, May 16 2008.
	SEUS - Solar Energy at Urban Scale, Compiègne University of Technology (UTC),Urban Systems Engineering Department (GSU), AVENUES Laboratory, May 25-26 2010.
	Morning Research Seminar on: Optimization of the urban solar potential, Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), AVENUES & ROBERVAL Laboratories, June 1 2011.
	Morning Research Seminar on: Optimization of radiation exchanges in urban areas, Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), AVENUES & ROBERVAL Laboratories, June 7 2012.
	Morning Research Seminar on: Numerical methods for the urban heat, Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), AVENUES & ROBERVAL Laboratories, June 14 2013.
	Morning Research Seminar on: Numerical methods applied to urban physics, Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), AVENUES & ROBERVAL Laboratories, May 20 2014.
	Seminar on: Daylight simulation in historical buildings and urban environment, Compiègne University of Technology (UTC), AVENUES & ROBERVAL Laboratories, July 10 2015.
	First International Conference on Urban Physics, B. Beckers, T. Pico, S. Jimenez (Eds), 26 – 30 September, 2016, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador
	Workshop on: Architecture and Urban Physics I, Anglet, France, February, 7, 2017.
	Workshop on: Architecture and Urban Physics II, Anglet, France, February, 12-13, 2018.
	Workshop on: Architecture and Urban Physics III, Girona, Spain, February, 14-15, 2019.
	Winter School on Architecture and Urban Physics IV, Turin, Italy, January 29 – February 8, 2020.
	Workshop en Arquitectura & Física Urbana V, Donostia, España, 9 de Julio del 2021.
	Workshop on: Architecture and Urban Physics VI, Lausanne, Suisse, Mai, 20, 2022.
	Workshop on: Architecture and Urban Physics VII, Anglet, France, Septembre, 29 2023.
	Workshop en Arquitectura & Física Urbana VIII, Burgos, España, 4 de Octubre 2024.

Publications and Conferences

	Descriptive Geometry Mutating to Design Tool, B. Beckers, L. Masset & P. Beckers, International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences ICCES’05, Chennai and Jaipur, India, December 2005.
	Enrichment of the visual experience by a wider choice of projections, B. Beckers, L. Masset and P. Beckers, 11^th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, April 26-28, Melbourne, Australia, IEEE pp. 355-360, 2007,
	Una proyección sintética para el diseño arquitectónico con la luz del sol, B. Beckers, L. Masset & P. Beckers, 8^th Ibero-american Conference of Mechanical Engineering CIBIM08, October 23-25 2007, Cusco, Perú, Libro virtual: ISBN 978-9972-2885-3-1
	Optimization of daylight in architectural and urban projects, B. Beckers & P. Beckers, 2^th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Applications, ASMDO, September 2-5 2008, Gijón, Spain.
	Las escalas de la sombra, B. Beckers, Guest speaker for the opening session of the academic year of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Geography of the University of Concepción, April 4 2009, Concepción, Chile.
	Le bâtiment et la lumière; projets, contrôle et simulation, B. Beckers, Guest speaker, Conseil de l’enveloppe du bâtiment du Québec (CEBQ) / Quebec Building Envelope Council (QBEC), April 29 2009, Montréal, Canada.
	Helping architects to design their personal daylight, B. Beckers & D. Rodríguez, Proceedings of the 11th WSEAS International Conference on Sustainability in Science Engineering (SSE '09) , May 27-29 2009, Timisoara, Romania, ISBN: 978-960-474-080-2.
	Las escalas de la luz, B. Beckers, 5º Congreso Internacional Ciudad Y Territorio Virtual, June 2009, Barcelona, Spain.
	Helping architects to design their personal daylight, B. Beckers & D. Rodríguez, WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, Issue 7, Volume 5, July 2009, pp. 467-477, (see WSEAS website)
	Geometrical interpretation of sky light in architecture projects, B. Beckers, Proceedings of the international scientific conference on renewables in a changing climate: from nano to urban scale, September 2-3 2009, EPFL, Lausanne, Suisse, Conférence Internationale Scientifique pour le BATiment CISBAT, pp. 231-236.
	La ville et la lumière; aspects thermiques, visuels et numériques, B. Beckers, Guest speaker, Conseil de l’enveloppe du bâtiment du Québec (CEBQ) / Quebec Building Envelope Council (QBEC), November 25 2009, Montréal, Canada.
	Réflexions sur la modélisation multi-échelles de la ville : état de l'art, défis et propositions , B. Beckers, Séminaire NAFEMS France : Modélisation des systèmes complexes, des composants au système, du système aux détails : le juste nécessaire en simulation ? December 9 2009, Paris, France.
	Correlation between Measured and Calculated Solar Radiation Data in Compiègne, France, E. Antaluca, L. Merino & B. Beckers, WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, Issue 6, Volume 6, pp. 478-487, June 2010, ISSN: 1790-5079 (see WSEAS website)
	About solar energy simulation in the urban framework: The model of Compiègne, B. Beckers, D. Rodríguez, E. Antaluca & J.L. Batoz, 3rd International Congress Bauhaus SOLAR, pp. 10-11, November 10 - 11, 2010, Erfurt, Germany.
	Optimiser l’efficacité énergétique du bâti et de la ville grâce à la modélisation 3D. Enjeux et perspectives d’application, A. Prévost, D. Rodríguez, N. Molines, B. Beckers & I. Caudron, Conférence internationale de Géomatique et Analyse Spatiale, SAGEO’10, 17-19 Novembre 2010, Toulouse.
	Solar Energy Inputs Estimation for Urban Scales Applications , L. Merino, E. Antaluca, B. Akinoglu, B. Beckers, 8th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, December 13-15, 2010, Liège, Belgium.
	The universal projection for computing data carried on the hemisphere, B. Beckers, L. Masset & P. Beckers, Computer-Aided Design, Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 219-226, February 2011
	Définition d’un modèle géométrique urbain pour la simulation du potentiel solaire, D. Rodríguez, A. Prévost, N. Molines & B. Beckers, Workshop « GIS Modélisation Urbaine », La modélisation de la ville : du modèle au projet urbain, February 23-24 2011, Marne la Vallée, France.
	Evaluation du potentiel solaire urbain à l’échelle de la France, E. Ghanassia, M.-H. Laurent, M. Maïzia & B. Beckers, Workshop « GIS Modélisation Urbaine », La modélisation de la ville : du modèle au projet urbain, February 23-24 2011, Marne la Vallée, France.
	Planification énergétique urbaine, B. Beckers, Invited speaker in "Innovations numériques au service de la ville durable - Vers la ville intelligente", 5ème edition, Ville numérique, Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP), May 4, 2011, Paris, France.
	Analysis of cloud distribution effect on daylighting in urban environment, T. Vermeulen, L. Merino & B. Beckers, International Conference on Smart and Sustainable City (ICSSC 2011), July, 6-8, 2011, Shanghai, China.
	Impact of Solar Energy on Cities Sustainability, B. Beckers, in Architecture & Sustainable Development, July 13-15, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture PLEA, vol.2, pp. 395-400 2011.
	Urban outlines 2D abstraction for flexible and comprehensive analysis of thermal exchanges, B. Beckers, Conférence Internationale Scientifique pour le BATiment CISBAT 2011, EPFL, September 2011, Lausanne, Suisse.
	Solar energy quantification for the whole French urban area, E. Ghanassia, M. Laurent, M. Maizia, B. Beckers, Conférence Internationale Scientifique pour le BATiment CISBAT 2011, EPFL, September 2011, Lausanne, Suisse.
	La modélisation 3D : une nouvelle voie pour les documents d’urbanisme ? Application à l’optimisation énergétique des bâtiments , A. Prévost, D. Rodríguez, N. Molines, B. Beckers, Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Volume 21- n°4, 577-583, 2011, Lavoisier, Paris.
	A general rule for disk and hemisphere partition into equal-area cells, B. Beckers & P. Beckers, Computational Geometry - Theory and Applications, Volume 45, Issue 7, Pages 275–283, August 2012.
	Worldwide Aspects of Solar Radiation Impact, B. Beckers, Solar Energy at Urban Scale, Beckers, B. (ed. ), John Wiley and Sons Inc, chapter 5, pp. 99 - 118, 2012
	Radiative Simulation Methods, P. Beckers & B. Beckers, Solar Energy at Urban Scale, Beckers, B. (ed. ), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., chapter 10, pp. 205 - 236, 2012
	Solar Potential and Solar Impact, F. Monette & B. Beckers, Solar Energy at Urban Scale, Beckers, B. (ed. ), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., chapter 14, pp. 311 - 333, 2012
	Procedural models to better compute solar flux at the neighborhood scale, D. Rodríguez, G. Besuievsky, G. Patow, B. Beckers, Flow modeling for urban development European Congress, June 13-14, 2012, Lille, France.
	Daylight and Solar Energy Simulation at Urban Scale, B. Beckers, keynote speaker, Smart City Forum, International Conference on Audio, Language and Image Processing (ICALIP), July 16 - 18, 2012, Shanghai, China.
	Is it already possible to optimize the urban heat balance? Pierre Beckers, Catherine Knopf-Lenoir, Thibaut Vermeulen, Pierre Villon, Benoit Beckers, Invited Conference, Faculty of Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, November 4, 2012, Xi’An, China.
	Optimal design of urban patterns to improve the energetic performance of the buildings, Thibaut Vermeulen, Catherine Knopf-Lenoir, Pierre Villon, Benoit Beckers, 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Applications, ASMDO, November 5-9, 2012, Xi’An, China.
	Switching from spacecrafts to cities analysis and optimization, Benoit Beckers & Pierre Beckers, 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Applications, ASMDO, November 5-9, 2012, Xi’An, China.
	Taking Advantage of Low Radiative Coupling in 3D Urban Models, Benoit Beckers, Eurographics Workshop on Urban Data Modelling and Visualisation, May 6-10, 2013, Girona, Spain.
	Optimization of Urban Systems to Maximize Passive Solar Input, Thibaut Vermeulen, Benoit Beckers, Catherine Knopf-Lenoir, Pierre Villon, Third African Conference on Computational Mechanics, International Conference AfriCOMP13, July 30 - August 2, 2013, Livingstone, Zambia.
	An Adaptive 3D Model for Solar Optimization at the Urban Scale, Raphaël Nahon, Thibaut Vermeulen, Benoit Beckers, IET/IEEE Second International Conference on Smart and Sustainable City, August 19-20, 2013, Shanghai, China.
	Comparison of Solar Irradiation Models in an Urban Context with Shanghai Climate, Luis Merino, Thibaut Vermeulen, Benoit Beckers, IET/IEEE Second International Conference on Smart and Sustainable City, August 19-20, 2013, Shanghai, China.
	Urban Form Optimization for the Energy Performance of Buildings Using Citysim, Thibaut Vermeulen, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Benoit Beckers, International conference CISBAT on “Clean Technology for Smart Cities and Buildings", September 4-6, 2013, EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland
	Dynamic finite element analysis of thermal behavior in urban areas, Shanshan Qu, Benoit Beckers, Catherine Knopf-Lenoir, International conference CISBAT on “Clean Technology for Smart Cities and Buildings", September 4-6, 2013, EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland
	A Configurable LoD for Procedural Urban Models intended for Daylight Simulation, Gonzalo Besuievsky, Santiago Barroso, Benoit Beckers and Gustavo Patow, Eurographics Workshop on Urban Data Modelling and Visualisation, April 7-11, 2014, Strasbourg, France.
	Super Element Technique for Solar Energy Optimization at Urban Level, Benoit Beckers and Pierre Beckers, OPT-i, International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization, 4-6 June 2014, Kos Island, Greece.
	Reconciliation of Geometry and Perception in Radiation Physics, B. Beckers & P. Beckers, John Wiley and Sons, 192 pages, July 2014.
	Acceso solar en barrios urbanos, B. Beckers, Guest speaker, University of Chile, August 20, 2014, Santiago, Chile.
	Sky vault partition for computing daylight availability and shortwave energy budget on an urban scale, Benoit Beckers, Pierre Beckers, Lighting Research and Technology, vol. 46 n°. 6, Pages 716-728, December, 2014
	Urban layout optimization framework to maximize direct solar irradiation, T Vermeulen, C Knopf-Lenoir, P Villon, B Beckers, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 51, 1-12 2015.
	An up-to-date research program to support the urban physics paradigm, B. Beckers, 2nd International conference on Multi-scale Computational Methods for Solids and Fluids (ECCOMAS MSF), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 10-12 2015.
	Introducción a la Fisica Urbana, B. Beckers, Guest speaker, University of Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, July 29, 2015, Bogotá, Colombia.
	Exploring metrics on the evaluation of the bioclimatic potential at early stages of urban project, R. Nahon, G. Besuievsky, E. Fernández, B. Beckers, O. Blanpain, International conference CISBAT on “Future buildings and districts sustainability from nano to urban scale", September 9-11, 2015, EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland.
	Characterization of solar access in Mediterranean cities: oriented sky factor, Elena Garcia-Nevado, Anna Pages-Ramon, Helena Coch, Benoit Beckers, Proc. International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. "PLEA 2015: Architecture in (R)Evolution – 31st International PLEA Conference – Bologna 9-11 September: full papers". Bologna: Building Green Futures, p. 1-7 2015
	Far-LoD: Level of Detail for Massive Sky View Factor Calculations in Large Cities, D. Muñoz, B. Beckers, G. Besuievsky and G. Patow, 3rd Eurographics Workshop on Urban Data Modelling and Visualisation, November 23, 2015, Delft, the Netherlands
	A 66 line heat transfer finite element code to highlight the dual approach, P. Beckers, B. Beckers, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Volume 70 Issue 10, November 2015, Pages 2401-2413.
	Multiscale Analysis as a Central Component of Urban Physics Modeling, B. Beckers, In: Computational Methods for Solids and Fluids, Multiscale Analysis, Probability Aspects and Model Reduction, Adnan Ibrahimbegovic (Ed.), Springer International Publishing, 2016, Pages 1- 27.
	A fast daylighting method to optimize opening configurations in building design, E. Fernández, B. Beckers, G. Besuievsky, Energy and Buildings, Volume 125, 1 August 2016, Pages 205–218
	Modélisation de l'éclairage naturel dans les premières étapes d'un projet d'aménagement, R. Nahon, B. Beckers, O. Blanpain, 34èmes Rencontres de l’AUGC, Université de Liège, Belgique, 25 au 27 mai 2016
	Why Urban Physics and Why in Ecuador, B. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. VII - XV.
	Sparse Matrix Solution for Computing Urban Radiation Exchange, J. Aguerre, E. Fernández, G. Besuievsky, B. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 2 - 13.
	Fast and accurate view factor generation, B. Beckers, P. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 22 - 31.
	Skyline-control Based LoD Generation for Solar Analysis in 3D Cities, G. Besuievsky, B. Beckers, G. Patow, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 32 - 44.
	A study of solar access in Bogotá: the Las Nieves neighborhood, R. Franco, P. Bright, J. Benitez, B. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 96 - 121.
	Multiphysic Design of a Street Section, C. Knopf-Lenoir, D. Muñoz, R. Nahon, B. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 147 - 156.
	Sky Access versus Shading for Pedestrian Comfort in the Hot Tropical Climate of Jeddah, B. Masoud, B. Beckers, H. Coch, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 168 - 177.
	Impact of the anisotropy of the sky vault emissivity on the building envelope radiative budget, R. Nahon, O. Blanpain, B. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 188 - 198.
	A robust smoothed voxel representation for the generation of finite element models for computational urban physics, A. Rassineux, B. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 249 - 259.
	Periodic 3D model to optimize urban shapes for solar radiation, T. Vermeulen, C. Knopf-Lenoir, L. Merino, P. Villon, B. Beckers, FICUP, September 26 – 30, Quito – Galápagos, Ecuador, First International Conference on Urban Physics, Beckers Benoit, Pico Tannya, Jimenez Sylvia (eds), pp. 349 - 357.
	Optimizing Window Shape for Daylighting: An Urban Context Approach, E. Fernández, J.P. Aguerre, B. Beckers and G. Besuievsky, Eurographics Workshop on Urban Data Modelling and Visualisation, December 8, 2016, Liège, Belgium
	Evaluation of the daylight conditions at early stages of an urban project, R. Nahon, B. Beckers, O. Blanpain, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 23(6), pp.728-742. 2017
	Computing Urban Radiation: A Sparse Matrix Approach, J.P. Aguerre, E. Fernández, G. Besuievsky and B. Beckers, Graphical Models, Volume 91, May 2017, Pages 1-11
	Façade design and energy demand: fenestration indexes from an urban approach, Elena García-Nevado, Benoit Beckers, Helena Coch Roura, Isabel Crespo, PLEA 2017 Design to Thrive 2nd-5th July 2017, Edinburgh, Proceedings Volume III, 5230-5237
	Visualizing the infrared response of an urban canyon throughout a sunny day, Benoit Beckers, José Pedro Aguerre, Gonzalo Besuievsky, Eduardo Fernández, Elena García Nevado, Christian La Borderie, Raphaël Nahon, WREN-WREC Med Green Forum – 4, Firenze, Italy, 31st July – 2nd August 2017
	Characterization of façade fenestration for energy studies within the “Eixample” urban tissue of Barcelona, Elena García-Nevado, Benoit Beckers, Helena Coch, CISBAT 2017 6-8 September 2017, Lausanne, Switzerland, Energy Procedia 122 (2017) 397-402
	Editorial for Special issue on “Massive 3D Urban Models”, B. Beckers, P. Alliez and D. Aliaga, Graphical Models, Volume 95, January 2018, Pages 27-28
	Skyline-Based Geometric Simplification for Urban Solar Analysis, G. Besuievsky, B. Beckers and G. Patow, Graphical Models, Volume 95, January 2018, Pages 42-50
	Periodic urban models for optimization of passive solar irradiation, T. Vermeulen, L. Merino, C. Knopf-Lenoir, P. Villon, B. Beckers, Solar Energy 162 (2018) 67–77,
	A technique for massive sky view factor calculations in large cities, D. Muñoz, B. Beckers, G. Besuievsky, G. Patow, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39:12, 4040-4058 (2018)
	Maquette Numérique d’une rue du vieux Bayonne pour son étude thermique par éléments finis, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, V. Lefort, C. Lawrence, B. Beckers, A la pointe du BIM, Ingénierie & architecture, enseignement & recherche (ed. Eyrolles) 103–115 , May 15-16 2018 , Clermont-Ferrand, France
	How can reflected light modify solar gains in a compact urban district?, B. Beckers, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, C. Lawrence, World Renewable Energy Congress, July 30 - August 3 2018, Kingston University, UK
	Effects of urban morphology on shading for Pedestrians. Sky view factor (SVF) as an indicator of solar access, B. Massoud, H. Coch, I. Crespo, B. Beckers, PLEA Hong Kong, Smart and Healthy within the 2-degree Limit, December 2018
	Visualizing the Infrared Response of an Urban Canyon Throughout a Sunny Day. B. Beckers, J. Aguerre, G. Besuievsky, E. Fernández, E. Garcia Nevado, C. La Borderie, R. Nahon. In: Sayigh A. (eds) Sustainable Building for a Cleaner Environment. Innovative Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham, Pages 276-284 (2019)
	A street in perspective: Thermography simulated by the finite element method, J. Aguerre, R. Nahon. E. Garcia Nevado, C. La Borderie, E. Fernández, B. Beckers, In: Building and Environment, Volume 148, January 2019, Pages 225-239 (2019)
	FEM-based Heat Transfer Simulations on an Urban Scale, B. Beckers, In: LAE'19, Oxford, United Kingdom , 14 - 15 March 2019, Keynote Abstract (2019)
	Importance-driven approach for reducing urban radiative exchange computations, J. Aguerre, E. Fernández, B. Beckers, Building Simulation, April 2019, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 231–246
	Urban Planning Enriched by Its Representations, from Perspective to Thermography, B. Beckers, E. Garcia-Nevado, in: Sayigh A. (eds) Sustainable Vernacular Architecture. Innovative Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham, Pages 165-180 2019
	4Pi Thermography: A projection to Understand Thermal Balance, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, C. Lawrence, B. Beckers, Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference, Rome, Italy, Sept. 2-4 2019, Pages 448 - 455
	Improving FEM computations for the simulation of thermograms at the urban scale, J.P. Aguerre, R. Nahon, E. Fernández, B. Beckers, Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference, Rome, Italy, Sept. 2-4 2019, Pages 3274 - 3281
	A Multi-Scale Consideration of Daylight in a Real Urban Context, A. Bugeat, E. Fernández, B. Beckers, J.P. Aguerre, Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference, Rome, Italy, Sept. 2-4 2019, Pages 3460 - 3467
	Handling 3D Model of a Street for an Urban Thermal Study with the Finite Element Method, N. Duport, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, B. Beckers, Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference, Rome, Italy, Sept. 2-4 2019, Pages 3385 - 3392
	Exploring the Sky Longwave Radiance Distribution in the French Basque Country, R. Nahon, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, B. Beckers, Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference, Rome, Italy, Sept. 2-4 2019, Pages 4134 - 4140
	The use of thermography to highlight the relationship between air and surface temperatures in urban scenes, E. Garcia-Nevado, H. Coch-Roura, B. Beckers, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 1343, No. 1, pp. 012018.
	A radiosity-based methodology considering urban environments for assessing daylighting, G. Besuievsky, E. Fernandez, J. P. Aguerre and B. Beckers, CISBAT 2019 September 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1343 012018
	Recent Advances in Urban Physics, B. Beckers, EESAP10 - CICA3, European Congress 2019, 11-12 Septiembre, Vitoria, Spain, Guest speaker 2019
	The Oasis Effect Concept in Hot Desert Climate Cities: Densifying and Compacting Around Metro Stations to Enhance Pedestrian Comfort, Masoud Badia, Coch Helena, Beckers Benoit, In XIII CTV 2019 Proceedings: XIII International Conference on Virtual City and Territory: “Challenges and paradigms of the contemporary city”: UPC, Barcelona, October 2-4, Pages 1 - 16 2019
	How Can Reflected Light Modify Solar Gains in a Compact Urban District?, B. Beckers, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, C. Lawrence, in: Sayigh A. (eds) Renewable Energy and Sustainable Buildings. Innovative Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham, Pages 699-707 2020
	The Correlation Between Urban Morphology Parameters and Incident Solar Radiation Performance to Enhance Pedestrian Comfort, Case Study Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Badia Masoud, Helena Coch, Benoit Beckers, in: Springer, Singapore, Part of the Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series (SIST, volume 163), Pages 543 - 554 2020
	Physically Based Simulation and Rendering of Urban Thermography , J.P. Aguerre, E. García-Nevado, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, E. Fernández and B. Beckers, Computer Graphics Forum. Volume 39 (2020), number 6 pp. 377–391, doi:10.1111/cgf.14044, 2020
	Visual metering of the Urban Radiative Environment through 4p imagery, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, C. Lawrence and B. Beckers, Infrared Physics & Technology. vol. 110, Article 103463., 2020
	Improving the daylighting performance of residential light wells by reflecting and redirecting approaches, A. Bugeat, B. Beckers and E.Fernández, Solar Energy. vol. 207, pp. 1434-1444. 2020
	Assessing the cooling effect of urban textile shading devices through time-lapse thermography, E. Garcia-Nevado, B. Beckers, H. Coch, Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020, vol. 63, p. 102458
	Using textile canopy shadings to decrease street solar loads, E. Garcia-Nevado, A. Bugeat, E.Fernández, B. Beckers, 35th PLEA Conference Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, Planning Post Carbon Cities, A Coruña, 1st - 3rd September 2020
	Benefits of street sun sails to limit building cooling needs in a Mediterranean city, E. Garcia-Nevado, N. Duport, A. Bugeat, B. Beckers, Building and Environment, vol. 187, Article 107403 2021
	Radiative Exchanges in the Dense City, E. Garcia-Nevado, B. Beckers, in: Chiesa G. (eds) Bioclimatic Approaches in Urban and Building Design. PoliTO Springer Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59328-5_17, pp. 321-349, 2021
	Pixel-by-pixel rectification of urban perspective thermography, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, N. Duport, B. Beckers, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 266, Article 112689 2021
	Procedural modeling buildings for finite element method simulation, G. Besuievsky, E. García-Nevado, G. Patow, B. Beckers, CISBAT 2021, 8-10 September 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2042 012074
	Influence of optical characteristics of façades on pedestrian thermal comfort within the streets of Manhattan access, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, I. de Bort, B. Beckers, in: Mediterranean Architecture and the Green-Digital Transition: Selected Papers from the World Renewable Energy Congress Med Green Forum (pp. 511-520) Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2022
	Driving a photovoltaic panel in Manhattan with well-chosen projections of the reflections of the Mirror city, Benoit Beckers, Jairo Acuña Paz y Miño and Inès de Bort, in: Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2022 (pp. 175-184). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore
	Ultraviolet exposure of a historical educational building in the high-altitude city of Quito, Jairo Acuña Paz y Miño, Inès de Bort and Benoit Beckers, 17th Advanced Building Skins Conference, Berna, Switzerland, October 2022
	Image-based measurement of clear sky radiation distribution from 0 to 5000 meters above sea level, J. Acuña Paz y Miño, I. de Bort, B. Beckers, Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), Crete, Greece 17-19 May, 2023
	Taking a step back from glass towers facades to make them compatible with the 2050 targets, B. Paule, S. Aguacil Moreno, B. Beckers, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2600_082036, CISBAT 2023
	Urban Physics Lecture Program for Architects, Benoit Beckers, in New Energies for the cities, ed. Alessandro Rogora and Paolo Carli (pp 3 - 30) 2024
	Renewable energy sources in the city, Benoit Beckers, Jairo Acuña Paz y Miño, Inès de Bort, in Paesaggi a Rischio, Fragilità, vulnerabilità e Progetto, ed. Pasquale Miano • Bruna Di Palma, © LetteraVentidue Edizioni, Novembre 2024
	Study of thermal comfort through the Sky View Factor and the Mean Radiant Temperature in the city of Burgos, Spain, Garrachón-Gómez, E., García, I., Alonso-Tristán, C., Beckers, B. 15º Congreso Internacional sobre Eficiencia Energética y Sostenibilidad en Arquitectura y Urbanismo (EESAP). Universidad del País Vasco. 2024

PhD Theses

	Effets de la morphologie des bâtiments en zones urbaines sur le gisement physique en énergies renouvelables, Elie Ghanassia, supervisors: Mindjid Maïzia, Benoit Beckers 2012.
	Modélisation du rayonnement solaire pour la simulation thermique en milieu urbain, Luis Merino, supervisor: Benoit Beckers 2013.
	Optimisation de formes urbaines soumises au rayonnement solaire, Thibaut Vermeulen, supervisors: Benoit Beckers, Pierre Villon 2014.
	Modélisation des échanges radiatifs à l'échelle urbaine pour un urbanisme bioclimatique, Raphaël Nahon, supervisors: Benoit Beckers, Olivier Blanpain, 2017.
	Radiation techniques for urban thermal simulation with the Finite Element Method, José Pedro Aguerre Alonso, supervisors: Eduardo Fernández, Benoit Beckers, 2020.
	Application des méthodes d'imagerie au rayonnement dans les scènes urbaines, Jairo Acuña Paz y Miño, supervisors: Benoit Beckers, Claire Lawrence, 2020.
	Développement d'une méthode de radiosité pour l'étude du rayonnement solaire en milieu urbain, Antoine Bugeat, supervisors: Benoit Beckers, Eduardo Fernández, 2020.
	Enhancement of pedestrian comfort in the hot climate of Jeddah, Badiah Ghassan Masoud, supervisors: Dr. Helena Coch Roura, Dr. Benoit Beckers, 2021.
	Études thermiques urbaines à différentes échelles par éléments finis, Nicolas Duport, supervisor: Benoit Beckers, 2021.

Master Theses, Supervisor: Benoit Beckers

	Ver, mirar, contemplar, M. Bonilla, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2005.
	La luz natural de Peter Zumthor, C. Ribera, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, November 2005.
	Los colores, cuando entra el sol, D. González, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, February 2006.
	El juego de las geometrías bajo el sol, D. Rodríguez, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
	Análisis climático en la ciudad ecuatorial de Belén del Pará - Brasil, A. Bartolomeu, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
	Luz natural, tema central de la Arquitectura; sobre la obra de Alberto Campo Baeza, T. Pico, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
	Simulación y representación de la luz natural en el proyecto arquitectónico, R. López, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
	Interacción entre la luz solar y la urbe construida por medio de pantallas verdes, M. Gutiérrez, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2007.
	Luz natural y geometría computacional, R. Paullo, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, February 2008.
	Estudios de iluminación natural en Guatemala, M. Ríos, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, February 2008.
	La ventana: análisis y estrategias respecto a la energía solar, A. Iturriaga, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2008.
	Estudio de la luz y geometría en iglesias románicas y góticas, C. Villazón, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, October 2008.
	“Fotoagnosis”: leer una fotografia para comprender la luz, G. W. Libertino, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, September 2010.
	Impacto Solar en la Escala Urbana, D. Lecea, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, September 2010.
	Análisis de la necesidad solar en una tranformación urbana de densificación. Una experiencia en Tokio , M. Puig, Fundación UPC, Barcelona, 2011.

Other Master Theses & Students Reports

	Modélisation de la position du soleil, Nguyen Minh Ngoc, University of Liège, January 2007.
	Facteur de ciel : un paramètre d'évaluation des masques en architecture, O. Collin, University of Liège, September 2008.
	Les méthodes de Monte-Carlo appliquées aux problèmes urbains, T. Dubernet, Compiègne University of Technology, March 2010.
	Réalisation d'un outil d'évaluation de la radiosité, T. Vermeulen, Compiègne University of Technology, March 2011.
	Évaluation des apports solaires à l’échelle d’un quartier urbain en période de chauffe selon sa typologie, son orientation et sa latitude dans un contexte de densification de la ville, L. Chénard, Ecole de Technologie Supérieure du Québec, May 2014.
	Conception et Evaluation de la Lumière Naturelle en Bâtiment, A. Bugeat, ISA BTP - Nobatek, August 2017.
	Analyse des outils permettant l’évaluation du confort visuel dans les bâtiments Modèle 3D d’une rue pour une étude thermique urbaine à l’aide des éléments finis, N. Duport, ISA BTP - Nobatek, September 2018.
	Evaluation de la lumière du jour à l'échelle urbaine, V. Lahaye, ISA BTP - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 2020.

Lectures on daylight and solar energy

	Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Benoit Beckers, UPC, Barcelona, España) "M4: Espacio y ambiente en la arquitectura, Master en Integración de las Energías renovables a la arquitectura, Fundación UPC" since 2004.
	Université de Technologie de Compiègne (Benoit Beckers, UTC, France) "UB04: Ambiances et environnement lumineux, Département de Génie des Systèmes urbains, cours de branche", 2008 - 2016.
	Université de Technologie de Compiègne (Benoit Beckers, UTC, France) "UB10: Thermique urbaine, Département de Génie des Systèmes urbains, cours de branche", 2009 - 2016.
	École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal (Frédéric Monette & Benoit Beckers, ÉTS, Montréal, Canada) "ENV835: Écosystèmes Urbains, Département de Génie de la Construction, cours de maîtrise" since 2008.