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Primary Energy Balance driven Integrated Energy Design Process of Positive Energy Building [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
The ISO 52000–1:2017 is the overarching Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB) standard, providing the general framework of the EPB assessment. It is applicable to the assessment of overall energy use of a building, by measurement or calculation, and the ...
Tamm Meril, Ortiz Joana, Pascual Jordi, Kurnitski Jarek, Thalfeldt Martin, Salom Jaume   +5 more
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Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Building Performance through BEMS-BIM Integration

Energies, 2023
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the potential benefits and feasibility of integrating Building Energy Management Systems (BEMSs) with Building Information Modeling (BIM) in, but not limited to, the construction and building management ...
M. Kozlovská, Štefan Petkanič, F. Vranay, Dominik Vranay   +3 more
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Influence of Crack on Concrete Damage in Salt-Freezing Environment

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2021
The damage development trend of concrete with cracks in salt-freezing environment is systematically studied. The cracks are also tested in intact concrete for comparison, and crack characterization is introduced.
Guangyan Liu, Song Mu, Jingshun Cai, Deqing Xie, Ying Zhou, Xiaocheng Zhou   +5 more
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Integrating low energy cooling and ventilation strategies in Indian residences

Buildings & Cities, 2022
Rapidly developing economies of countries in hot climates face the risk of a significant increase in CO2 emissions. This study developed strategies for low energy cooling and ventilation for Indian residences (LECaVIR). Ventilation and cooling techniques
Malcolm John Cook, Yash Shukla, Rajan Rawal, Charalampos Angelopoulos, Luciano Caruggi-De-Faria, Dennis Loveday, Eftychia Spentzou, Jayamin Patel   +7 more
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Competencies Driving Waste Minimization during the Construction Phase of Buildings

Buildings, 2023
It is thought that there is a low level of awareness of key competencies that drive material waste reduction at the construction stage of a project which has led to the low impact of waste minimization in the construction industry. This study, therefore,
Edward Ayebeng Botchway, Samuel Senyah Asare, Kofi Agyekum, Burcu Salgin, Hayford Pittri, Victoria Maame Afriyie Kumah, Annabel Morkporkpor Ami Dompey   +6 more
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BIM-Based Green Hospital Building Performance Pre-Evaluation: A Case Study

Sustainability, 2022
With ecological problems and energy crises intensifying today, greening is essential to sustainable development. Compared with other types of buildings, hospital buildings account for a relatively larger proportion of building energy consumption.
Zhaoxi Zhan, Wenna Xu, Lin Xu, Xinyue Qi, Wenjie Song, Chen Wang, Ziye Huang   +6 more
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A PCM based cooling system for office buildings: a state of the art review [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Cooling of air in buildings has a significant effect on thermal comfort and, consequently, productivity of office occupants. This study presents a state of the art review of energy efficient cooling systems that will provide occupants in buildings with ...
Paroutoglou Evdoxia, Afshari Alireza, Bergsøe Niels Chr., Fojan Peter, Hultmark Göran   +4 more
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Assessing and Monitoring of Building Performance by Diverse Methods

Sustainability, 2022
Buildings are one of the largest contributors to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the world. There is an increased interest in building performance evaluation as an essential practice to design a sustainable building.
Paola Seminara, B. Vand, S. Sajjadian, L. Tupėnaitė   +3 more
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Correction: Salom et al. An Evaluation Framework for Sustainable Plus Energy Neighbourhoods: Moving beyond the Traditional Building Energy Assessment. Energies 2021, 14, 4314

Energies, 2022
One contributor’s name was missing in the original version of the authorship of the paper [...]
Jaume Salom, Meril Tamm, Inger Andresen, Davide Cali, Ábel Magyari, Viktor Bukovszki, Rebeka Balázs, Paraskevi Vivian Dorizas, Zsolt Toth, Sheikh Zuhaib, Clara Mafé, Caroline Cheng, András Reith, Paolo Civiero, Jordi Pascual, Niki Gaitani   +15 more
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A high-fidelity building performance simulation test bed for the development and evaluation of advanced controls

Journal of Building Performance Simulation, Taylor & Francis, 2022
We present an open-source building performance simulation test bed, the Advanced Controls Test Bed (ACTB), that interfaces high-fidelity Spawn of EnergyPlus building models, with advanced controllers implemented in Python. The ACTB leverages the Building
Thibault Marzullo, Sourav Dey, N. Long, José Leiva Vilaplana, G. Henze   +4 more
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