A review of net zero energy buildings in hot and humid climates: Experience learned from 34 case study buildings [PDF]
Sustainable development in the building sector requires the integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy utilization in buildings. In recent years, the concept of net zero energy buildings (NZEBs) has become a potential plausible solution to ...
Feng, W +9 more
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Electrification is an efficient way to decarbonize by replacing fossil fuels with low-emission power. In addition, energy efficiency measures can reduce consumption, making it easier to shift to a zero-carbon society.
James Bambara +2 more
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This paper investigates the energy and economic performance of several energy schemes that could potentially be applied to agricultural and zootechnical communities contributing to the international objectives of sustainable development.
Anthony Maturo +5 more
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Sustainable Approach for Conversion of Building to ‘Zero Energy Building’ [PDF]
Energy efficient infrastructure is the need of the hour for sustainable development. Zero energy building (ZEB) is one of the concepts towards sustainability.
Wadalkar Shruti S. +4 more
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Detection and diagnosis of the malfunction of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems result in more energy efficient systems with a higher level of indoor comfort.
Behrad Bezyan, Radu Zmeureanu
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Improving the measurement of air change rates using the decay method: Quantifying the uncertainty of the well-mixed assumption and identifying the required sampling locations [PDF]
Improving building ventilation has emerged as a vital imperative in today’s post-Covid-19 era, while accurately estimating air change rates continues to present a considerable challenge.
Reda Ibrahim +5 more
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A Review of Deep Learning Techniques for Forecasting Energy Use in Buildings
Buildings account for a significant portion of our overall energy usage and associated greenhouse gas emissions. With the increasing concerns regarding climate change, there are growing needs for energy reduction and increasing our energy efficiency ...
Jason Runge, Radu Zmeureanu
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Exploration and practice of zero-carbon intra-park in the context of Carbon peaking and Carbon neutrality Goals: A case study on an intra-park [PDF]
Aiming at the planning of zero carbon park under the background of double carbon, tins paper takes an industrial park as an example, and analyzes and evaluates the industrial planning situation, energy resources situation and energy plaiming situation of
Zhang Jun +7 more
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Machine Learning for Benchmarking Models of Heating Energy Demand of Houses in Northern Canada
In most cases, the benchmarking models of energy use in houses are developed based on current and past data, and they continue to be used without any update. This paper proposes the method of retraining of benchmarking models by applying machine learning
Behrad Bezyan, Radu Zmeureanu
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AN INTENSIVE METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGNING NEAR ZERO ENERGY PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN EGYPT, OFFICE BUILDING AS A CASE STUDY [PDF]
Building sector consumes 40% of the total energy consumption worldwide. This number is much higher in Egypt. It reached 52% of total energy sold in 2014 with an annual average growth of 5.2%.
Rania Fouad Ismail +2 more
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