Modeling and forecasting building energy consumption: A review of data-driven techniques

M Bourdeau, X qiang Zhai, E Nefzaoui, X Guo… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Building energy consumption modeling and forecasting is essential to address buildings
energy efficiency problems and take up current challenges of human comfort, urbanization …

The interaction between humans and buildings for energy efficiency: A critical review

T Harputlugil, P de Wilde - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Buildings consume energy for different purposes. One core function is to provide healthy
and comfortable living conditions for the humans that inhabit these buildings. The …

[HTML][HTML] The role of occupants in buildings' energy performance gap: myth or reality?

A Mahdavi, C Berger, H Amin, E Ampatzi, RK Andersen… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Buildings' expected (projected, simulated) energy use frequently does not match actual
observations. This is commonly referred to as the energy performance gap. As such, many …

Robust non-intrusive interpretation of occupant thermal comfort in built environments with low-cost networked thermal cameras

D Li, CC Menassa, VR Kamat - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
About 40% of the energy produced globally is consumed within buildings, primarily for
providing occupants with comfortable work and living spaces. However, despite the …

Classification of daily electric load profiles of non-residential buildings

M Bourdeau, P Basset, S Beauchêne, D Da Silva… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigated clustering techniques on time series of daily electric load profiles of fourteen
higher education buildings on the same campus. A k-means algorithm is implemented, and …

A managed framework for energy-efficient building

MSS Danish, T Senjyu, AM Ibrahimi, M Ahmadi… - Journal of Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a holistic approach in the context of energy management and efficiency is
utilized, integrating different standpoints and best recent world-wide practices to establish a …

[HTML][HTML] Design and construction of a new metering hot box for the in situ hygrothermal measurement in dynamic conditions of historic masonries

M Andreotti, M Calzolari, P Davoli, L Dias Pereira… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The main purpose of the HeLLo project is to contribute to data available on the literature on
the real hygrothermal behavior of historic walls and the suitability of insulation technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Methodology for estimating energy and water consumption patterns in university buildings: Case study, Federal University of Roraima (UFRR)

AP Almeida, V Sousa, CM Silva - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Knowing water and energy consumption patterns sets the baseline for understanding their
drivers and assessing the performance of potential measures to increase efficiency and/or …

Reducing university energy use beyond energy retrofitting: The academic calendar impacts

X Gui, Z Gou, Y Lu - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
With a strong commitment to sustainability, numerous universities set their carbon reduction
targets, with the common measure being energy retrofitting of their campus buildings. Based …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmarking of energy consumption in higher education buildings in Saudi Arabia to be sustainable: Sulaiman Al-Rajhi University case

FA Alfaoyzan, RA Almasri - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electricity is used in educational buildings, and there are now numerous attempts to reduce
consumption, achieve sustainability, and protect the environment. This paper aims to study …