Data-driven and numerical approaches to predict thermal comfort in traditional courtyards

S Teshnehdel, S Mirnezami, A Saber… - Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper studies the climactic performance of the 10 traditional courtyards located in warm-
dry climates of Kashan and cold climates of Ardabil based on shading and sunlit coverage …

Long-term environmental monitoring for preventive conservation of external historical plasterworks

M Torres-González, C Rubio-Bellido… - Journal of building …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, an analysis of the environmental conditions in a Csa climatic zone for the
conservation of plasterwork of the Real Alcázar of Seville is carried out. The measurements …

Prediction of potential evapotranspiration using temperature-based heuristic approaches

RM Adnan, S Heddam, ZM Yaseen, S Shahid, O Kisi… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The potential or reference evapotranspiration (ET 0) is considered as one of the
fundamental variables for irrigation management, agricultural planning, and modeling …

Research on the Performance of Recycled-Straw Insulating Concrete and Optimization Design of Matching Ratio

JX Deng, X Li, XJ Li, TB Wei - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Construction solid waste and agricultural waste, as renewable resources, have gained
increasing attention recently. This research aims to explore the mechanical and thermal …

Effects of window-to-wall ratio on energy consumption: application of numerical and ANN approaches

A Saber - Soft Computing in Civil Engineering, 2021 - cris.unibo.it
Buildings account for a major part of Total Energy Consumption (TEC) in comparison to that
of industry and other sections. The opening and envelope material can affect their TEC …

[HTML][HTML] Deformation prediction model of concrete face rockfill dams based on an improved random forest model

Y Li, Q Yin, Y Zhang, H Zhou - Water Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The unique structure and complex deformation characteristics of concrete face rockfill dams
(CFRDs) create safety monitoring challenges. This study developed an improved random …

Prediction of fuel poverty potential risk index using six regression algorithms: a case-study of chilean social dwellings

D Bienvenido-Huertas, JA Pulido-Arcas… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent times, studies about the accuracy of algorithms to predict different aspects of
energy use in the building sector have flourished, being energy poverty one of the issues …