Energy-saving benefits of thermal insulation and glazing in code-compliant office building in cooling-dominated climates

MA Mujeebu, N Ashraf - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal insulation of wall and roof and high-performance glazing have potential to save
energy in cooling-dominated climates. However, lack of careful selection of these options …

Building envelopes toward energy‐efficient buildings: A balanced multi‐approach decision making

MA William, MJ Suárez‐López… - … journal of energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide environmentally friendly trend has focused the last decade on emphasizing
the value of energy conservation and reducing the carbon footprint in buildings, achieving …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental verification of thermal properties of the aerogel blanket

Á Lakatos, A Csík, I Csarnovics - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Decreasing the energy loss both by buildings and by vehicles perhaps one of the most
important efforts to protect our environment and energy resources. An option to achieve this …

Energy efficiency and thermal insulation code violations for residential buildings in Jordan and the role of social advocacy campaigns

A Abdel-Fattah, S Hamdan, O Ayadi… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Compared to developed countries, developing countries' building codes are less
enforceable for energy efficiency and minimum acceptable thermal insulation levels for …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of aerial thermography for measuring the thermal transmittance (U-value) of a building façade

MV Rodríguez, SG Melgar, JMA Márquez - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
In efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the construction sector, policies promoting
energy efficiency improvements in existing buildings are being implemented. Accurately …

Preparation and characterization of ultra-lightweight fly ash-based cement foams incorporating ethylene-vinyl acetate emulsion and waste-derived CSH seeds

J Zhang, G Pan, X Zheng, C Chen - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Recycling of accumulated fly ash (FA) from the coal-burning power plant positively avoids
the severe environment problems. Also, to achieve the energy-savings in building facades …

[HTML][HTML] Enviro-economic assessment of buildings decarbonization scenarios in hot climates: Mindset toward energy-efficiency

MA William, MJ Suárez-López, S Soutullo, MM Fouad… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
As buildings consume a considerable portion of the global energy output and have a key
role in greenhouse gas emissions, several steps have been taken to lower the energy and …

A decision support system for the selection of insulating material in energy retrofit of industrial buildings: a new robust ordinal regression approach

F Lolli, E Balugani, MA Butturi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The criteria for selecting insulating materials in the energy retrofitting of industrial buildings
can often be conflicting, leading to a multicriteria decision-making problem. This is the first …

Modeling the thermally adaptive performance of building exterior walls with linear temperature-dependent thermal conductivity

J Yang, H Wu, Y Liang, J Cen, X Zhang, L Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The concept of adapting to variable external thermal environments by varying the
thermophysical properties of building envelopes has gained increased attention in recent …

Study on passive ventilation and cooling strategies for cold lanes and courtyard houses—A case study of rural traditional village in Shaanxi, China

X Yao, BJ Dewancker, Y Guo, S Han, J Xu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
China's research on and specific implementation of energy saving for buildings are mainly
concentrated in urban areas, but according to 2016 statistics, the rural population accounts …