Energy use in the building is responsible for one-third of total carbon dioxide (CO 2)
emissions globally. Nearly half of the energy loss occurs through the building envelope due …

The design of buildings has become a complex and multidisciplinary problem involving
multiple conflicting objectives as architects and designers address competing technical …

Nowadays, as the role of energy retrofit on the existing building stock is recognized towards
energy savings and emissions' reductions, the actions to be undertaken towards this aim …

The comprehensive optimization of building energy design is fundamental to promote
sustainability but it is an arduous issue that involves a huge domain of variables and …

The paper deals with the multi-objective optimization of the HVAC control in museums.
Scientific literature, technical standards and museums stakeholders mainly focus on the …

Simulations can often benefit microclimate-sensitive urban design by offering insightful
abstractions of stochastic urban system behaviors, yet many of them are difficult to use and …

The majority of energy sources are limited and non-renewable and will soon be depleted if
overused. One of the world's significant energy consumers is the building sector, which also …

Optimization algorithms and decision-making techniques are major components of multi-
objective optimization. This study evaluated the performance of population-based …

Heritage preservation presents uncertainties in the global warming context. Both predicting
the performance of environmental variables within the built environment and assessing the …

Indoor microclimate and energy performance analyses of historic buildings require tailored
methodologies, because of their complexities, eg presence of artworks, lack of documents or …