[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the impact of input uncertainty on urban building energy simulations using uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

E Prataviera, J Vivian, G Lombardo, A Zarrella - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy consumption of cities is increasing fast due to growing global population and
rapid urbanization. Urban Building Energy Models (UBEMs) are promising tools to simulate …

Evaluating energy retrofits of historic buildings in a university campus using an urban building energy model that considers uncertainties

Z Lin, T Hong, X Xu, J Chen, W Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban building energy model (UBEM) is a powerful tool to simulate performance and
evaluate efficiency of upgrades for a group of buildings under the urban context. However …

Advancing waste heat potential assessment for net-zero emissions: A review of demand-based thermal energy systems

J Oh, U Han, Y Jung, YT Kang, H Lee - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid the global energy and climate crises, research on waste heat recovery has become
imperative, with extensive studies focusing on assessing waste heat potential and …

Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of cooling and heating loads for building energy planning

L Zhu, J Zhang, Y Gao, W Tian, Z Yan, X Ye… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
It has become crucial to investigate the uncertainty and sensitivity of building loads (peak
cooling load, peak heating load, annual cooling demand and annual heating demand) for …

Exploiting district cooling network and urban building energy modeling for large-scale integrated energy conservation analyses

E Prataviera, A Zarrella, J Morejohn, V Narayanan - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Research effort in analyzing the energy consumption of buildings in districts or cities is
increasing as new paradigms of distributed energy production and sharing are spreading. In …

Improve decision-making process and reduce risks in the energy retrofit of existing buildings through uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

C Carpino, R Bruno, V Carpino, N Arcuri - Energy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Buildings energy efficiency has a key role in achieving the objectives set in the energy-
environment field. In energy renovation, the performance goal is generally defined based on …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock

CM Calama-González, P Symonds… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an impending need to retrofit the existing social housing stock to improve thermal
comfort and to reduce energy demand. This research proposes calibrated building stock …

Uncertainty analysis of envelope retrofits for existing residential buildings in underdeveloped areas: A case study of Daokou, China

D Wu, T Zhang, J Zhang, C Yue, J Lu, Y Zhang… - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Current envelope-related uncertainty analysis (UA) focuses mostly on the physical
properties of materials. However, the uncertainties of retrofit strategy selection, building …

Evaluation of Urban-scale building energy-use models and tools—Application for the city of Fribourg, Switzerland

V Todeschi, R Boghetti, JH Kämpf, G Mutani - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Building energy-use models and tools can simulate and represent the distribution of energy
consumption of buildings located in an urban area. The aim of these models is to simulate …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal comfort prediction of the existing housing stock in southern Spain through calibrated and validated parameterized simulation models

CM Calama-González, R Suárez… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to 2030 and 2050 targets of the latest international standards, energetically retrofitting
the existing building sector requires special attention. Prior to the proposal of retrofit …