Energy crisis and the global impetus to “go green” have encouraged the integration of
renewable energy resources, plug‐in electric vehicles, and energy storage systems to the …

There have been a considerable number of studies that underscored the need to integrate
sustainability into the sustainable project management concept. However, there is a limited …

Retrofitting existing buildings with energy-efficient facilities is an effective method to improve
their energy efficiency, especially for old buildings. A multi-objective optimization model for …

This research investigated the first zero energy building (ZEB) in Southeast Asia which was
retrofitted from an existing building and incorporated diverse passive and active design …

To promote sustainable development and expedite the progress on moving to a green
building sector, the government of South Africa has developed an energy performance …

Purpose Maintenance is a critical business function with a great impact on economic,
environmental and social aspects. However, maintenance decisions' planning has been …

In this paper combined demand side management strategy for residential consumers is
studied for five households in South Africa. This study is twofold; the first part proposes an …

BEER (Building energy efficiency retrofit) projects are initiated in many nations and regions
over the world. Existing studies of BEER focus on modeling and planning based on one …

Generally, conventional controllers for comfort are designed by using on/off control or
proportional-integral (PI) control, with little consideration of energy consumption of the …

Many papers have been written on financial indicators to assess the use of a maintenance
policy based on Total Productive Maintenance, while others have compared results showing …