Proposal of a correction factor for predicting the thermal transmittance of building envelopes in existing buildings accounting for aging and environmental conditions

J Byun, J Baek, J Shim, S Park, D Song - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal transmittance is often considered a constant value in building design and
assessment of building performance. However, the thermal transmittance of the building …

The Sereine test: Advances towards short and reproducible measurements of a whole building heat transfer coefficient

S Juricic, M Rabouille, A Challansonnex, A Jay… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In a global effort to reduce carbon emissions from the building sector, reliable on-site
thermal intrinsic performance measurements could positively contribute to reducing the …

Linking dataset quality and MPC in buildings: impact of temporal resolution

A Erfani, T Jafarinejad, S Roels… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This study aims at assessing the impact of dataset quality on the performance of Model
Predictive Control (MPC). The dataset feature, which is the target of this study, is temporal …

Impact of dataset sampling period on building thermal models used for flexibility activation

A Erfani, T Jafarinejad, S Roels, D Saelens - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Buildings could help solve the supply and demand mismatch of electricity by providing
energy flexibility to the grid. Thermal models of a dwelling are required to properly exploit …

Party Wall Behaviour and Impact in QUB and Coheating Tests

M Collett, A Hardy, J Meulemans, D Glew - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
In situ measurement can enable accurate evaluation of a building's as-built performance.
However, when measuring whole house performance, party walls introduce measurement …

Evaluating Floor Losses in the Context of QUB Measurements of a Passivhaus Dwelling

M Collett, A Hardy, J Meulemans… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Measuring the performance of building fabric is increasingly important as stakeholders wish
to compare as-built performance with design expectations. When measuring whole house …

Building Energy Performance Evaluation of a Norwegian single-family house applying ISO-52016

K Skeie, A Gustavsen - E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 - e3s-conferences.org
In the following work, we have implemented a version of the hourly method in the ISO 52016-
1: 2017 standard, informed by the central input table in the SN/TS 3031: 2021 specification …

The potential of smart home for comfort and energy use optimization in residential buildings

N Callegaro - 2024 - tesidottorato.depositolegale.it
The design of a residential building to maximize comfort and energy savings is nowadays
anchored in technical guidelines, although it is clear that individual preferences and …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating the impact of insulation on activating energy flexibility in residential dwellings

A Erfani, T Jafarinejad, W Jacobs… - … : 18th Conference of …, 2023 - lirias.kuleuven.be
Building sector could play an important role in tackling the issue of supply and demand
mismatch. To this end, flexibility of the buildings should be harnessed. However, activating …

[PDF][PDF] Critical review of using metered energy consumption data on Scottish EPCs

A Berner, F Burns, H Dunne - 2023 - era.ed.ac.uk
Critical review of using metered energy consumption data on Scottish EPCs Page 1 Report
template This page contains the report sign-off table and the quick reference style guide, and …