Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs

A Mastrucci, L Niamir, B Boza-Kiss… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Buildings are key in supporting human activities and well-being by providing shelter and
other important services to their users. Buildings are, however, also responsible for major …

DeST 3.0: A new-generation building performance simulation platform

D Yan, X Zhou, J An, X Kang, F Bu, Y Chen, Y Pan… - Building …, 2022 - Springer
Buildings contribute to almost 30% of total energy consumption worldwide. Developing
building energy modeling programs is of great significance for lifecycle building …

EUBUCCO v0. 1: European building stock characteristics in a common and open database for 200+ million individual buildings

N Milojevic-Dupont, F Wagner, F Nachtigall, J Hu… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Building stock management is becoming a global societal and political issue, inter alia
because of growing sustainability concerns. Comprehensive and openly accessible building …

[HTML][HTML] Phase change materials in building integrated space heating and domestic hot water applications: A review

AM Nair, C Wilson, MJ Huang, P Griffiths… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCM) has been widely
investigated for various applications from very low to very high temperatures due to its …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy, operational eco-efficiency, and sufficiency. An integrated view

F Figge, AS Thorpe - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers have proposed different approaches to reduce the use of natural resources to
a sustainable level. Operational eco-efficiency, circular economy, and sufficiency are three …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the indoor air quality in residential Passive House dwellings

G Rojas, M Fletcher, D Johnston, M Siddall - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Passive House (PH) Standard is a voluntary building energy performance
standard focused upon reducing space heating demand to a very low level and therefore …

Chinese prototype building models for simulating the energy performance of the nationwide building stock

J An, Y Wu, C Gui, D Yan - Building Simulation, 2023 - Springer
Building energy modeling (BEM) has become increasingly used in building energy
conservation research. Prototype building models are developed to represent the typical …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-scale UBEM-BIPV coupled approach for the assessment of carbon neutrality of commercial building stock

U Perwez, K Shono, Y Yamaguchi, Y Shimoda - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The transitional pathway to carbon neutrality in commercial building stock requires
improvement of energy efficiency, use of renewable sources and implementation of non …

[HTML][HTML] Minimum energy efficiency standards in the commercial real estate sector: A critical review of policy regimes

P McAllister, I Nase - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the significance of carbon emissions from the existing building stock, this paper aims
to provide an international comparative analysis of pioneering policies on minimum energy …

[HTML][HTML] The artificial intelligence reformation of sustainable building design approach: a systematic review on building design optimization methods using surrogate …

I Elwy, A Hagishima - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in building performance prediction for environmental
sustainability outcomes play a significant role in compensating for computationally …