Building energy simulation (BES) plays a significant role in buildings with applications such
as architectural design, retrofit analysis, and optimizing building operation and controls …

It is estimated that EU cultural heritage (CH) buildings represent 30% of the total existing
stock. Nevertheless, all actions in terms of refurbishment need a deep knowledge based on …

Energy retrofits have the potential to reduce building energy consumption and carbon
emissions, but face particular challenges when implemented in historic and traditionally …

Energy retrofit and renovation of existing buildings have an effective role in reducing carbon
dioxide emissions and ultimately global warming. Therefore, there is an increasing interest …

Residential buildings account for nearly 60% of electrical energy consumption in hot
climates as in Kuwait. As a result, this study proposes a reliable multi-objective model to …

Building energy simulation (BES) tools are key instruments for sizing the PCM based system
in the built environment and analyzing its effect on thermal comfort and energy demand. Due …

Building dynamic simulation tools, traditionally used to study the hygrothermal performance
of new buildings during the preliminary design steps, have been recently adopted also in …

Buildings contribute to climate change by consuming a considerable amount of energy to
provide thermal comfort for occupants. Cooling energy demands are expected to increase …

Climate change is varying the mean and pattern of the climatic factors as well as it is
increasing the frequency of extreme events. Consequently, these changes trigger the …

The current global energy scarcity challenges and the urgent need to enhance building
sustainability have emphasized the utilization of energy storage systems as a highly …