[HTML][HTML] Architecture trends and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa's construction industry: A theoretical guideline of a bioclimatic architecture evolution based on the …

PV Genovese, AN Zoure - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Architecture developed when humans decided to settle, beginning with vernacular
architecture that influenced many subsequent concepts. In sub-Saharan nations, the notion …

Learning-based CO2 concentration prediction: Application to indoor air quality control using demand-controlled ventilation

S Taheri, A Razban - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
There have been increasing concerns over the air quality inside buildings as high levels of
bio-effluents can cause nausea, dizziness, headaches, and fatigue to the people working in …

Effect of different building envelope materials on thermal comfort and air-conditioning energy savings: A case study in Basra city, Iraq

RZ Homod, A Almusaed, A Almssad, MK Jaafar… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, a numerous number of houses has been built using AAC materials, which
consume the most amount of energy in the building sector by Heating, ventilation, and air …

An innovative clustering technique to generate hybrid modeling of cooling coils for energy analysis: A case study for control performance in HVAC systems

RZ Homod, H Togun, AA Ateeq, FN Al-Mousawi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite past studies, no comprehensive models or empirical correlations cover all aspects
of performances of cooling coils under different flow regimes (laminar, transition, and …

Solutions for enhancement of energy and exergy efficiencies in air handling units

W Liu, R Kalbasi, M Afrand - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, five layouts of using air-to-air heat exchangers (AAHE) were added in the Air
Handling Unit (AHU) to diminish the cooling and heating coils energy usage through the …

Dynamics analysis of a novel hybrid deep clustering for unsupervised learning by reinforcement of multi-agent to energy saving in intelligent buildings

RZ Homod, H Togun, AK Hussein, FN Al-Mousawi… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems energy demand can be
reduced by manipulating indoor conditions within the comfort range, which relates to control …

Energy usage reduction in an air handling unit by incorporating two heat recovery units

AS Goldanlou, R Kalbasi, M Afrand - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the high energy usage in buildings, researchers have sought to reduce energy
consumption in this sector. In this regard, lower energy demands undoubtedly reduce the …

Evaluation of energy-saving potential for optimal time response of HVAC control system in smart buildings

RZ Homod, KS Gaeid, SM Dawood, A Hatami… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In some fields, such as the semiconductor manufacturing process, museum, pharmaceutical,
and medicine manufacturing industry, the HVAC system needs a very fast response time to …

Deep clustering of cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning to optimize multi chiller HVAC systems for smart buildings energy management

RZ Homod, ZM Yaseen, AK Hussein… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chillers are responsible for almost half of the total energy demand in buildings. Hence, the
obligation of control systems of multi-chiller due to changes indoor environments is one of …