Chen, Bing, Pitts, Adrian and Ward, Ian (2008) Indicator for Sustainable Housing Design: from EcoHomes to the Code for Sustainable Homes. In: Towards Zero Energy Building. 25th Passive and Low Energy Architecture International Conference (2008). PLEA, Dublin, Ireland.
Dang, Thanh Hung and Pitts, Adrian (2017) Influences of Building and Urban Typologies on the Study of Thermal Comfort in ‘Shophouse’ Dwellings in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In: PLEA 2017, 3rd-5th July, 2017, Edinburgh, UK.
Gao, Yun, Pitts, Adrian, Dong, Lili and Chen, Guo (2017) Building environment assessment methods and social studies of rural villages in Yunnan and urban development in Chongqing City, Southwest China. In: Passive Low Energy Architecture - Design to Thrive, 3rd - 5th July 2017, Edinburgh.
Gao, Yun, Pitts, Adrian and Gao, Jing (2014) The Role of Ecotourism in the Sustainable Development of Qinkou village, Yunnan, China, 2001 to 2013. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, 268. pp. 1-25.
Gao, Yun and Pitts, Adrian (2014) Design in Different Cultures as a Participant Rather Than an Observer. In: Innovation in Built Environment Education 2014: Collaborative Futures: Practice, Place and Professionals, 15-16 May 2014, Nottingham Trent Univesity. (Unpublished)
Jiang, Wen, Pitts, Adrian and Gao, Yun (2015) Planning and Design Strategies for Sustainable Urban Development. In: The 1st international Conference on Sustainable Buildings and Structures & The 2nd Low Carbon Construction Industrialization Forum, 30th - 31st October 2015, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China.
Mehibel, Mia and Pitts, Adrian (2017) Analysis of sustainable collective housing in Jijel, Algeria: evaluation of resident satisfaction. In: PLEA 2017, 3rd-5th July, 2017, Edinburgh, UK.
Mehibel, Mia, Pitts, Adrian and Gao, Yun (2014) Sustainability and the Urban Planning Context: Housing Development in Algeria. In: PLEA (Passive and Low Energy Architecture) Conference 2014, 16th-18th December 2014, Ahmedabad, India.
Pitts, Adrian and Gao, Yun (2017) Sustainable and Green Design in Villages of Rural Southwest China. In: PLEA 2017, 3rd-5th July, 2017, Edinburgh, UK.
Pitts, Adrian (2017) Passive House and Low Energy Buildings: Barriers and Opportunities for Future Development within UK Practice. Sustainability, 9 (2). p. 272. ISSN 2071-1050
Pitts, Adrian (2016) Establishing Priorities for Sustainable Environmental Design in the Rural Villages of Yunnan, China. Buildings, 6 (3). ISSN 2075-5309
Pitts, Adrian (2016) From tobacco to tourism - new traditions in Shilin County. In: Habits Beliefs, and Tacit Knowledge: Everyday Ritual in East Asian Villages, 30th June 2016, University of Sheffield. (Unpublished)
Pitts, Adrian (2016) Impacts of Variations in Air Conditioning System Set-Point Temperature on Room Conditions and Perceived Thermal Comfort. In: Proceedings of the 9th Windsor Conference : Making comfort relevant. NCEUB, pp. 600-611. ISBN 9780992895730
Pitts, Adrian (2015) How to build a city for 50C heatwaves. The Conversation. ISSN 2044-5032
Pitts, Adrian and Gao, Yun (2014) Design of Dwellings and Interior Family Space in China: Understanding the History of Change and Opportunities for Improved Sustainability Practices. Buildings, 4 (4). pp. 823-848. ISSN 2075-5309
Pitts, Adrian (2014) Prevalence and Evaluation of Bioclimatic Design Techniques used to achieve Low Energy Comfort in Architectural Design Proposals. In: Proceedings of The Windsor Conference: Counting the Cost of Comfort. 8th Windsor Conference 10th-13th April 2014 . NCEUB: Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings, Windsor, UK, pp. 1078-1090. ISBN 9780992895709
Pitts, Adrian and Liao, Hanwen (2013) An assessment technique for the evaluation and promotion of sustainable Olympic design and urban development. Building Research & Information, 41. ISSN 1466-4321
Pitts, Adrian (2013) Thermal Comfort in Transition Spaces. Buildings, 3 (1). pp. 122-142. ISSN 2075-5309
Pitts, Adrian and Ashby, Rob (2012) Insulation Prioritization Programmes, Relative Income and the Implications for the Green Deal. In: Proceedings Retrofit 2012, 24-26 January 2012, University of Salford.
Pitts, Adrian and Ashby, Rob (2011) A study of the relationships between income, energy consumption and home insulation installation. In: UK Energy Research Centre Conference: Energy and People: Futures, Complexity and Challenge, September 2011, Oxford.
Pitts, Adrian (2011) Energy Efficiency and Conservation in the UK: Missed Opportunities and Future Possibilities. In: UK Energy Policy and the End of Market Fundamentalism. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 978-0-19-959300-2
Pitts, Adrian (2010) Occupant acceptance of discomfort in an atrium building: to sweat or to shiver. In: Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings NCEUB Windsor 2010 Conference, 9-11 April 2010, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK.
Pitts, Adrian (2009) Energy in high density cities. In: Designing High-Density Cities For Social and Environmental Sustainability. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 978-1-84407-460-
Pitts, Adrian and Liao, Hanwen (2009) Sustainable Olympic Design and Urban Development. Taylor & Francis, London, UK. ISBN 978-0-415-46761-2
Pitts, Adrian (2008) Future proof construction—Future building and systems design for energy and fuel flexibility. Energy Policy, 36 (12). pp. 4539-4543. ISSN 03014215
Pitts, Adrian, bin Saleh, Jasmi and Sharples, Steve (2008) Building Transition Spaces, Comfort and Energy Use. In: Towards Zero Energy Building. 25th Passive and Low Energy Architecture International Conference (2008). PLEA, Dublin, Ireland.
Pitts, Adrian (2004) Planning and design strategies for sustainability and profit. Architectural Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0750654643
Sabie, Khalid Kamil, Pitts, Adrian and Nicholls, Richard (2014) Sustainability Assessment Methods for the Gulf Region. In: PLEA (Passive and Low Energy Architecture) Conference 2014, 16th-18th December 2014, Ahmedabad, India.
Taleb, H.M. and Pitts, Adrian (2009) The potential to exploit use of building-integrated photovoltaics in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Renewable Energy, 34 (4). pp. 1092-1099. ISSN 0960-1481
Ware, Jacob and Pitts, Adrian (2011) The role and impact of passive buffer spaces retrofitted to existing houses. In: Architecture & Sustainable Development. 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 2 . Presses universitaires de Louvain, Louvain-le-Neuve, Belgium, pp. 645-649. ISBN 978-2-87463-277-8
Wienand, Norman, Pitts, Adrian, Arksey, Jonathan and Rotherham, Jake (2008) Environmentally Sensitive Building Extensions and the Progression to Zero Carbon Existing Buildings. In: Towards Zero Energy Building. 25th Passive and Low Energy Architecture International Conference (2008). PLEA, Dublin, Ireland.