Energy savings by energy management systems: A review

D Lee, CC Cheng - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated energy saving effects of published papers related to energy
management system (EMS), building energy management system (BEMS), industrial …

Impact of natural and social environmental factors on building energy consumption: Based on bibliometrics

L Li, W Sun, W Hu, Y Sun - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, building energy consumption is increasing, thereby exacerbating various issues,
including climate change and environmental pollution. However, current building energy …

State of the art of thermal storage for demand-side management

A Arteconi, NJ Hewitt, F Polonara - Applied energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) is widely recognized as a means to integrate renewable
energies into the electricity production mix on the generation side, but its applicability to the …

Regulatory and voluntary approaches for enhancing building energy efficiency

WL Lee, FWH Yik - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2004 - Elsevier
Buildings are the dominant energy consumers in modern cities but their consumption can be
largely cut back through improving efficiency, which is an effective means to lessen …

Using fuzzy multiple criteria decision making approaches for evaluating energy saving technologies and solutions in five star hotels: A new hierarchical framework

A Mardani, EK Zavadskas, D Streimikiene, A Jusoh… - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to present a hierarchical framework for evaluating and ranking
the important key energy-saving technologies and solutions in the 10 biggest Iranian hotels …

Factors and actors in climate change mitigation: a tale of two South African cities

C Holgate - Local Environment, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
South Africa, being a developing nation, is faced with many challenges, including poverty
and one of the world's highest HIV/AIDS infection rates. It is within this context that this paper …

Demand Side Management potentials for mitigating energy poverty in South Africa

CG Monyei, AO Adewumi - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
South Africa is severally posited to be Africa's most industrialized nation with an economy
heavily reliant on energy. With depleted electricity reserve margin which led to massive load …

Potential of energy savings in the hotel sector in Jordan

Y Ali, M Mustafa, S Al-Mashaqbah, K Mashal… - Energy Conversion and …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents some insights into Jordan's energy consumption in the tourist
accommodation sector. The results of a recent survey on environmental performance in the …

Impact of climate change on residential building envelope cooling loads in subtropical climates

SL Wong, KKW Wan, DHW Li, JC Lam - Energy and Buildings, 2010 - Elsevier
Future trends of cooling load due to heat gain through the building envelopes in the
residential sector in subtropical Hong Kong under different emissions scenarios in the 21st …

House energy rating schemes and low energy dwellings: The impact of occupant behaviours in Australia

L Daniel, V Soebarto, T Williamson - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
In assessing the energy efficiency of a house design, particularly methods incorporating
building performance simulation, assumptions are made about how the occupants operate …