[HTML][HTML] Urban microclimate and building energy models: A review of the latest progress in coupling strategies

N Sezer, H Yoonus, D Zhan, LL Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climatic conditions are different in cities than in their geographical environment. Precise
representation of the climatic parameters within an urban context is crucial for obtaining …

Impact of urban wind environment on urban building energy: A review of mechanisms and modeling

P Jie, M Su, N Gao, Y Ye, X Kuang, J Chen, P Li… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, improving energy-use efficiency is an important research
topic in the fields of green buildings and eco-cities. There is an indivisible coupling …

AutoBPS-Prototype: A web-based toolkit to automatically generate prototype building energy models with customizable efficiency values in China

J Yang, Q Zhang, C Peng, Y Chen - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Prototype building energy models are significant in building energy performance evaluation
and energy efficiency potential analysis. However, their establishment process is time …

Fourier neural operator for real-time simulation of 3D dynamic urban microclimate

W Peng, S Qin, S Yang, J Wang, X Liu… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global urbanization has underscored the significance of urban microclimates for human
comfort, health, and building/urban energy efficiency. However, analyzing urban …

Evaluating a combined WRF and CityFFD method for calculating urban wind distributions

J Wang, LL Wang, R You - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Inflow boundary conditions are critical for simulating urban wind fields by CFD methods, and
wind profiles within the atmospheric boundary layer are significantly affected by local …

Urban building energy modeling (UBEM): a systematic review of challenges and opportunities

D Kong, A Cheshmehzangi, Z Zhang, SP Ardakani… - Energy Efficiency, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, urban energy consumption and carbon emissions have expanded rapidly
on a global scale. Building sector, in particular, accounts for approximately 40% of overall …

Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook

N Mondal, P Anand, A Khan, C Deb, D Cheong… - Building …, 2024 - Springer
Energy demand fluctuations due to low probability high impact (LPHI) micro-climatic events
such as urban heat island effect (UHI) and heatwaves, pose significant challenges for urban …

Simulating annual autoregulation of daylight by grating smart window with angular-selective transmission

RS Zakirullin, IA Odenbakh - Journal of Building Performance …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As a basis for further development of the BPS computer software, a method for simulating
the characteristics of buildings with grating smart windows is proposed. This novel smart …

A comprehensive review of applications and feedback impact of microclimate on building operation and energy

L Pasandi, Z Qian, WL Woo, R Palacin - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
With climate change affecting buildings differently across various local climates, there's a
heightened focus on local microclimates and their impact on building energy consumption …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating urban heat island impact into building energy assessment in a hot-arid city

D Zhan, N Sezer, D Hou, L Wang, IG Hassan - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dense cities usually experience the urban heat island (UHI) effect, resulting in higher
ambient temperatures and increased cooling loads. However, the typical lack of combining …