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Improving the passive building energy efficiency through numerical simulation–A case study for Tetouan climate in northern of Morocco

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2018
Nowadays the construction in Morocco is poorly adapted to the climatic conditions of the country. This contributes to the increase of electricity demand by 7% annually.
Meriem Lebied, Friedrich Sick, Zakaria Choulli, Abdelmajid El Bouardi   +3 more
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Evaluating diverse patterns of occupant behavior regarding control-based activities in energy performance simulation

Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2018
Simulation is recognized as an effective tool for building energy performance assessment during design or retrofit processes. Nevertheless, simulation models yield deviating outcomes from the actual building performance and a significant portion of this ...
Basak Gucyeter
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Development of virtual natural lighting solutions with a simplified view using lighting simulation [PDF]

, 2013
Computational building performance simulation can be employed to develop various future solutions. The development of Virtual Natural Lighting Solutions (VNLS), which are systems that artificially provide natural lighting and view comparable to those of ...
Hensen, J.L.M., Mangkuto, RA Rizki, Hensen, Jan L. M.,, Loenen, EJ Evert van, Mangkuto, R.A., van Loenen, Evert J.,, Loenen, van, E.J., Aries, Myriam,, Aries, MBC Myriam, Aries, M.B.C., Hensen, JLM Jan, Mangkuto, Rizki A.,   +11 more
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Building Energy Performance Modelling and Simulation

Energies
The building sector is currently facing two conflicting challenges—the urgent need to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and the continuous growth of expectations regarding thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and health [...]
Joanna Ferdyn-Grygierek, Krzysztof Grygierek, Agnes Psikuta   +2 more
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Simulation and the building performance gap

Buildings & Cities
Highlights This special collection examines simulation and the building performance gap. It focuses on quality assurance measures, case studies, user studies that address the development of trust in the performance calculations of designers.
Michael Donn
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A Two-Stage Building Information Modeling Based Building Design Method to Improve Lighting Environment and Increase Energy Efficiency

Applied Sciences, 2019
Buildings are one of the largest energy consumers in the world, and have great energy saving potential. Thermal systems and lighting systems take most of the energy in a building.
Sha Liu, Xin Ning
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BIM-Based Approach to Simulate Building Adaptive Performance and Life Cycle Costs for an Open Building Design

Applied Sciences, 2017
In the long-term use of buildings, renovations are sometimes required as usage behaviors have changed and residents’ demands for space are adjusted. However, the public in general are deficient in renovation knowledge and information regarding building ...
Yi-Kai Juan, Nai-Pin Hsing
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Reducing Building Energy Performance Gap: Integrating Agent-Based Modelling and Building Performance Simulation

Buildings
The building energy performance gap (BEPG) remains a significant challenge, undermining the accuracy of energy simulations and complicating efforts to design energy-efficient buildings.
Chi-Li Chiang, John Calautit
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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
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Experiences testing enhanced building performance simulation prototypes on potential user group [PDF]

, 2009
Previous work involving literature review, simulation tool analysis and interviews with world leading building performance consulting engineers and designers has shown that building performance simulation (BPS) is mostly limited to code compliance ...
Hopfe, C.J., Hensen, J.L.M., Hopfe, CJ Christina, Hensen, JLM Jan   +3 more
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