[HTML][HTML] Infrared thermography in the built environment: A multi-scale review

M Martin, A Chong, F Biljecki, C Miller - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper presents a review on major contributions in infrared thermography to study the
built environment at multiple scales. To elaborate the review, hundreds of studies conducted …

Computer vision-based bridge inspection and monitoring: A review

K Luo, X Kong, J Zhang, J Hu, J Li, H Tang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bridge inspection and monitoring are usually used to evaluate the status and integrity of
bridge structures to ensure their safety and reliability. Computer vision (CV)-based methods …

Eyes in the sky: drones applications in the built environment under climate change challenges

N Bayomi, JE Fernandez - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the diverse applications of drone technologies in the built environment
and their role in climate change research. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

Application and improvement of Canny edge-detection algorithm for exterior wall hollowing detection using infrared thermal images

Y Lu, L Duanmu, ZJ Zhai, Z Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
The periodic hollowing inspection of the existing building exterior wall is crucial for public
safety and building energy conservation. Due to its non-destructive and intuition advantage …

Data-driven approach to predicting the energy performance of residential buildings using minimal input data

J Seo, S Kim, S Lee, H Jeong, T Kim, J Kim - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
To achieve carbon neutrality, the South Korean government has been retrofitting existing
buildings to reduce their energy consumption. However, existing buildings often lack …

Impacts of uncertainty in building envelope thermal transmittance on heating/cooling demand in the urban context

Z Liu, X Zhou, W Tian, X Liu, D Yan - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) is a promising tool to evaluate building energy
consumption at high temporal-spatial resolution at urban scale. However, state-of-the-art …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating energy consumption of residential buildings at scale with drive-by image capture

WOC Ward, X Li, Y Sun, M Dai, H Arbabi… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Data-driven approaches to addressing climate change are increasingly becoming a
necessary solution to deal with the scope and scale of interventions required to reach net …

Building envelope anomaly characterization and simulation using drone time-lapse thermography

T Rakha, Y El Masri, K Chen, E Panagoulia… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Defects in building envelopes deteriorate over time without being visible to the human eye,
while significantly impacting energy performance due to unaccounted heat transfer. Defects …

A systematic literature review of physics-based urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools, data sources, and challenges for energy conservation

E Kamel - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) is a practical approach in large-scale building
energy modeling for stakeholders in the energy industry to predict energy use in the building …

Investigation on performance of RGB point cloud and thermal information data fusion for 3D building thermal map modeling using aerial images under different …

Y Hou, M Chen, R Volk, L Soibelman - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional thermal mapping provides many benefits for auditing building energy
performance when compared with two-dimensional thermal images that provide only limited …