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On occupant-centric building performance metrics [PDF]
Building and Environment, 2017 Existing building performance metrics cover a wide variety of domains including energy performance, equipment performance, electric lighting, indoor environmental quality, capital and operating costs, and environmental impact.
William O’Brien +2 more
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Distributed dynamic simulations of networked control and building performance applications. [PDF]
Simulation, 2018 The use of computer-based automation and control systems for smart sustainable buildings, often so-called Automated Buildings (ABs), has become an effective way to automatically control, optimize, and supervise a wide range of building performance ...
Yahiaoui A.
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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 +5 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 +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 +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 +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 +4 more
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Energies, 2022 One contributor’s name was missing in the original version of the authorship of the paper [...]
Jaume Salom +15 more
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Energies, 2021 There are international activities and on-going initiatives, particularly at the European level, to define what Positive Energy Districts should be, as the driving concept for the urban transition to a sustainable future. The first objective of the paper
Jaume Salom +15 more
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Using Machine Learning to Predict Retrofit Effects for a Commercial Building Portfolio
Energies, 2021 Buildings account for 40% of the energy consumption and 31% of the CO2 emissions in the United States. Energy retrofits of existing buildings provide an effective means to reduce building consumption and carbon footprints. A key step in retrofit planning
Yujie Xu +2 more
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