Surrogate modelling for sustainable building design–A review

P Westermann, R Evins - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Statistical models can be used as surrogates of detailed simulation models. Their key
advantage is that they are evaluated at low computational cost which can remove …

Building simulations supporting decision making in early design–A review

T Østergård, RL Jensen, SE Maagaard - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
The building design community is challenged by continuously increasing energy demands,
which are often combined with ambitious goals for indoor environment, for environmental …

A review of the energy performance gap and its underlying causes in non-domestic buildings

C Van Dronkelaar, M Dowson, E Burman… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews the discrepancy between predicted and measured energy use in non-
domestic buildings in a UK context with outlook to global studies. It explains differences …

Design optimization and optimal control of grid-connected and standalone nearly/net zero energy buildings

Y Lu, S Wang, K Shan - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Nearly/net zero energy buildings (nZEBs) have attracted increasing attention particularly
when high and complex performance is required in terms of energy-saving, indoor thermal …

Human-based energy retrofits in residential buildings: A cost-effective alternative to traditional physical strategies

AL Pisello, F Asdrubali - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Dynamic simulation is used in new buildings and renovations with the purpose to predict
their thermal-energy performance, typically assuming a standard use of the buildings. Even …

Robustness of building energy optimization with uncertainties using deterministic and stochastic methods: Analysis of two forms

S Lu, C Wang, Y Fan, B Lin - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Building performance optimization is effective in searching for optimal design solutions, but
its result may be unrobust with uncertainties in input parameters, especially for form design …

Solar performance metrics in urban planning: A review and taxonomy

A Czachura, J Kanters, N Gentile, M Wall - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metrics are instrumental in design assessments. Solar performance metrics help designers
to evaluate solar access in cities. Metrics should be used early in the urban planning stages …

Subjective thermal response driving indoor comfort perception: A novel experimental analysis coupling building information modelling and virtual reality

F Vittori, I Pigliautile, AL Pisello - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Building sector professionals, together with building physicists and human scientists,
recognize the occupants' key role in determining final buildings energy needs. Occupants' …

Impacts of renewable energy system design inputs on the performance robustness of net zero energy buildings

Y Lu, S Wang, C Yan, K Shan - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Due to the intermittent and uncontrollable nature of renewable energy resources, the
performance of nZEB (net zero energy buildings) may suffer a great degree of uncertainties …

Building energy optimisation under uncertainty using ACOMV algorithm

K Bamdad, ME Cholette, L Guan, J Bell - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
In building optimisation many parameters are uncertain due to their dependence on the
building operation and environment (eg internal loads). This uncertainty implies that the …