Modeling urban building energy use: A review of modeling approaches and procedures

W Li, Y Zhou, K Cetin, J Eom, Y Wang, G Chen… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
With rapid urbanization and economic development, the world has been experiencing an
unprecedented increase in energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …

Modeling of end-use energy consumption in the residential sector: A review of modeling techniques

LG Swan, VI Ugursal - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in reducing energy consumption and the associated greenhouse
gas emissions in every sector of the economy. The residential sector is a substantial …

Review of utilization of genetic algorithms in heat transfer problems

L Gosselin, M Tye-Gingras, F Mathieu-Potvin - International journal of heat …, 2009 - Elsevier
This review presents when and how Genetic Algorithms (GAs) have been used over the last
15 years in the field of heat transfer. GAs are an optimization tool based on Darwinian …

Modeling and forecasting of Turkey's energy consumption using socio-economic and demographic variables

M Kankal, A Akpınar, Mİ Kömürcü, TŞ Özşahin - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
This study deals with the modeling of the energy consumption in Turkey in order to forecast
future projections based on socio-economic and demographic variables (gross domestic …

A novel hybrid approach based on particle swarm optimization and ant colony algorithm to forecast energy demand of Turkey

MS Kıran, E Özceylan, M Gündüz, T Paksoy - Energy conversion and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new hybrid method (HAP) for estimating energy demand of Turkey
using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). Proposed …

Forecasting of daily natural gas consumption on regional basis in Turkey using various computational methods

F Taşpınar, N Celebi, N Tutkun - Energy and buildings, 2013 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that natural gas is a clean energy source that can be used to meet
energy demand for heating and industrial purpose among the fossil fuels and its usage …

Estimates of energy consumption in Turkey using neural networks with the teaching–learning-based optimization algorithm

E Uzlu, M Kankal, A Akpınar, T Dede - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The main objective of the present study was to apply the ANN (artificial neural network)
model with the TLBO (teaching–learning-based optimization) algorithm to estimate energy …

Modeling of energy consumption based on economic and demographic factors: The case of Turkey with projections

G Aydin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Modeling and forecasting of the primary energy consumption (PEC) play a vital role for
policy makers and related organizations in developing countries such as Turkey. In this …

Turkey's net energy consumption

A Sözen, E Arcaklioğlu, M Özkaymak - Applied Energy, 2005 - Elsevier
The main goal of this study is to develop the equations for forecasting net energy
consumption (NEC) using an artificial neural-network (ANN) technique in order to determine …

China's building energy efficiency and urbanization

B Lin, H Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
China is currently experiencing rapid urbanization. The building sector plays an important
role in China's energy conservation and emission reduction. An increasing amount of …