The effects of urban form on local climate, thermal com- fort and energy consumption have been well researched during the past 50 years. Starting with Olgyay’s (1963) work on bio-regionalism, research in related areas has led to guidelines for climate-sensitive urban design (Givoni, 1998); form optimization for different climatic contexts: solar access rights in temperate climates (Knowles, 1981), solar shading in the tropics (Emma- nuel, 1993), passive urban form for tropical cities (Mar- tins, Adolphe, & Bastos, 2014), and archetypical built forms for arid climates (Ratti, Raydan, & Steemers, 2003); passive energy resource enhancement (Steemers, Raydan, Ratti, & Robinson, 2000); and urban energy management (Futcher, Kershaw, & Mills, 2013; Ratti, Baker, & Streemers, 2005). Tools for the analysis of energy performance of urban form – such as the Lighting and Thermal (LT) energy method (Baker & Steemers, 1994), Energy Index (Yannas, 1994) or Urban Energy Index for Buildings (UEIB) (Rodríguez-Álvarez, 2016) have been demonstrated.