The human dimensions of energy use in buildings: A review

S D'Oca, T Hong, J Langevin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The “human dimensions” of energy use in buildings refer to the energy-related behaviors of
key stakeholders that affect energy use over the building life cycle. Stakeholders include …

A review on applications of ANN and SVM for building electrical energy consumption forecasting

AS Ahmad, MY Hassan, MP Abdullah… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
The rapid development of human population, buildings and technology application currently
has caused electric consumption to grow rapidly. Therefore, efficient energy management …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 impact on operation and energy consumption of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems

W Zheng, J Hu, Z Wang, J Li, Z Fu, H Li, J Jurasz… - Advances in Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is favourable for regulating indoor
temperature, relative humidity, airflow pattern and air quality. However, HVAC systems may …

Carbon peak and carbon neutrality in the building sector: A bibliometric review

Z Sun, Z Ma, M Ma, W Cai, X **ang, S Zhang, M Chen… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to large energy consumption and carbon emissions (ECCE) in the building sector, there
is huge potential for carbon emission reduction, and this will strongly influence peak carbon …

[HTML][HTML] A zone-level, building energy optimisation combining an artificial neural network, a genetic algorithm, and model predictive control

J Reynolds, Y Rezgui, A Kwan, S Piriou - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Buildings account for a substantial proportion of global energy consumption and global
greenhouse gas emissions. Given the growth in smart devices and sensors there is an …

Dynamic economic dispatch of a hybrid energy microgrid considering building based virtual energy storage system

X **, Y Mu, H Jia, J Wu, T Jiang, X Yu - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing complexities of hybrid energy Microgrid (H-Microgrid) integrated with
renewable generations, dispatchable distribution generators (DGs) and low-carbon …

Effects of climate changes on building energy demand and thermal comfort in Canadian office buildings adopting different temperature setpoints

P Jafarpur, U Berardi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Office buildings are responsible for a substantial portion of the energy demand in the
commercial sector. To better understand and address the impacts of climate change on their …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical microgrid energy management in an office building

X **, J Wu, Y Mu, M Wang, X Xu, H Jia - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A two-stage hierarchical Microgrid energy management method in an office building is
proposed, which considers uncertainties from renewable generation, electric load demand …

Bio-solar green roofs increase solar energy output: The sunny side of integrating sustainable technologies

R Fleck, R Gill, TJ Pettit, FR Torpy, PJ Irga - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In urban spaces, localised energy generation through rooftop solar has become increasingly
popular, and green roofs are often used for a range of services such as thermal insulation. In …

MPC-based optimal scheduling of grid-connected low energy buildings with thermal energy storages

Y Zhao, Y Lu, C Yan, S Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
The mismatch between the energy demand and energy supply is one of the major problems
in low or zero energy buildings with distributed power generations. The policy of time …