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Solar Heat Gain Simulations for Energy-Efficient Guest Allocation in a Large Hotel Tower in Madrid

open access: yesBuildings
The current climate and energy crises demand innovative approaches to operating buildings more sustainably. HVAC systems, which significantly contribute to a building’s energy consumption, have been a major focus of research aimed at improving ...
Iker Landa del Barrio   +4 more
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Thermal Characterization of Buildings with as-is Thermal-Building Information Modelling

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Developing methodologies to accurately characterise the energy conditions of existing building stock is a fundamental aspect of energy consumption reduction strategies.
Víctor Pérez-Andreu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian Calibration for Office-Building Heating and Cooling Energy Prediction Model

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Conventional building energy models (BEM) for heating and cooling energy-consumption prediction without calibration are not accurate, and the commonly used manual calibration method requires the high expertise of modelers.
Yu Cui   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energy Sustainability of a Cluster of Buildings with the Application of Smart Grids and the Decentralization of Renewable Energy Sources

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
The optimal design of a building and city, including the balance of their energy performance, must include requirements from a wide range of areas, especially electrical engineering, informatics, technical equipment of buildings, construction and ...
Bohumír Garlík
doaj   +1 more source

Toward a Fast but Reliable Energy Performance Evaluation Method for Existing Residential Building Stock

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
Building a reliable energy model for old residential buildings with insufficient documentation and user assistance is a challenging and time-consuming task.
Stefano Converso   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Exploration of Building Energy Model (BEM) Calibration in New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
<p>This study explored the use of Building Energy Modelling (BEM) and BEM calibration techniques for existing buildings as currently employed in New Zealand Industry.  Research on the use of BEM for existing building energy efficiency retrofits has increased dramatically over the past few decades.
openaire   +1 more source

TOWARDS DIGITAL TWIN DRIVEN CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT: A HBIM-BASED WORKFLOW FOR ENERGY IMPROVEMENT OF MODERN BUILDINGS [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022
Europe has numerous historic buildings that need to become more energy-efficient, which need permanent maintenance and refurbishment to fulfill sustainability and use requirements.
A. Massafra, G. Predari, R. Gulli
doaj   +1 more source

A SEMANTICALLY ENRICHED AND WEB-BASED 3D ENERGY MODEL VISUALIZATION AND RETRIEVAL FOR SMART BUILDING IMPLEMENTATION USING CITYGML AND DYNAMIZER ADE [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020
Smart Cities are complex distributed systems which may involve services, applications, sensors and IoT devices. In order to be able to link and use such heterogeneous data, spatial data infrastructures for Smart Cities can play an important role in ...
E. Chatzinikolaou   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cold Climate Foundation Retrofit Energy Savings: The Simulated Energy and Experimental Hygrothermal Performance of Cold Climate Foundation Wall Insulation Retrofit Measures -- Phase I, Energy Simulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A split simulation whole building energy/3-dimensional earth contact model (termed the BUFETS/EnergyPlus Model or BEM) capable of modeling the full range of foundation systems found in the target retrofit housing stock has been extensively tested.
Goldberg, L. F., Steigauf, B.
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