All you need to know about model predictive control for buildings

J Drgoňa, J Arroyo, IC Figueroa, D Blum… - Annual Reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been proven that advanced building control, like model predictive control (MPC), can
notably reduce the energy use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. However, despite …

A review of operating performance in green buildings: Energy use, indoor environmental quality and occupant satisfaction

Y Geng, W Ji, Z Wang, B Lin, Y Zhu - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper aims to review the published researches on post-occupancy performance of
green buildings in terms of energy use, indoor environment quality (IEQ) and occupant …

Systematic examination of energy performance gap in low-energy buildings

Y Bai, C Yu, W Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Low-energy buildings (LEBs) play an important role in improving energy efficiency, reducing
energy use, and mitigating carbon emissions to achieve the 2050 global decarbonisation …

RETRACTED:'Decarbonizing Europe'A critical review on positive energy districts approaches

S Koutra, J Terés-Zubiaga, P Bouillard, V Becue - 2023 - Elsevier
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There is some textual overlap with a contemporaneous publication by the same first author …

The role of occupants in buildings' energy performance gap: myth or reality?

A Mahdavi, C Berger, H Amin, E Ampatzi, RK Andersen… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Buildings' expected (projected, simulated) energy use frequently does not match actual
observations. This is commonly referred to as the energy performance gap. As such, many …

Analysis of factors and their hierarchical relationships influencing building energy performance using interpretive structural modelling (ISM) approach

X Xu, PXW Zou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The gap between the designed and measured building energy consumption is one of the
biggest obstacles to the realization of energy conservation goal. The factor analysis method …

[HTML][HTML] An ontology-based innovative energy modeling framework for scalable and adaptable building digital twins

J Bjørnskov, M Jradi - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Digitalization of buildings and the use of IoT sensing and metering devices are steadily
increasing, offering new opportunities for more autonomous, efficient, and flexible buildings …

[HTML][HTML] Post-occupancy evaluation in residential buildings: A systematic literature review of current practices in the EU

M Elsayed, S Pelsmakers, L Pistore… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is a process that aims to assess buildings'
performance after occupation. Assessments are conducted to create a better understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the building energy performance gap from simulation and building lifecycle perspectives: Magnitude, causes and solutions

Z Zheng, J Zhou, Z Jiaqin, Y Yang, F Xu… - Developments in the Built …, 2024 - Elsevier
The building energy performance gap (EPG) seriously restricts the improvement of building
energy efficiency. Currently, although many studies on EPG, it is not yet fully understood and …

Data science for building energy efficiency: A comprehensive text-mining driven review of scientific literature

MM Abdelrahman, S Zhan, C Miller, A Chong - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
The ever-changing data science landscape is fueling innovation in the built environment
context by providing new and more effective means of converting large raw data sets into …