In the last few years, the application of Model Predictive Control (MPC) for energy
management in buildings has received significant attention from the research community …

Circular bio-based building materials are “materials wholly or partly derived from renewable
biological origins, or by-products and biowaste of plant and/or animal biomass that can be …

Numerous buildings fall short of expectations regarding occupant satisfaction, sustainability,
or energy efficiency. In this paper, the performance of buildings in terms of occupant comfort …

To meet energy-reduction goals, cities are challenged with assessing building energy
performance and prioritizing efficiency upgrades across existing buildings. Although current …

Background: Retail stores are among the building typologies with the highest consumption
of natural resources. Hence, understanding how retail stores can integrate sustainability …

This study introduces a Bayesian network model to evaluate the comfort levels of occupants
of two non-residential Norwegian buildings based on data collected from satisfaction …

Abstract Buildings consume about 41.1% of primary energy and 74% of the electricity in the
US Better or even optimal building energy control and operation strategies provide great …

Energy security, environmental concerns, thermal comfort, and economic matters are driving
factors for the development of research on reducing energy consumption and the associated …

Non-domestic buildings contribute 20% of the UK's annual carbon emissions. A contribution
exacerbated by its ageing stock of which only 7% is considered new-build. Consequently …

Building energy use associated with non-domestic buildings accounts for approximately
19% of the total UK CO 2 emissions. Energy consumption in a non-domestic building is a …