Over the past 15 years, the evaluation of energy demand and use in buildings has become
increasingly acute due to growing scientific and political pressure around the world in …

Buildings consume a significant amount of energy, estimated at about one-third of total
primary energy resources. Building energy efficiency has turned out to be a major issue in …

The energy consumption for the artificial lighting in school buildings is one of the main
consumers of electricity. In Greece, there is a large number of school buildings with quite old …

Thermal comfort is a complex issue in the built environment due to the physiological and
psychological differences of each individual in a building. There is a growing worry over the …

In recent decades, the need for an accurate evaluation of energy use in buildings has
become increasingly growing due to the rise in environmental awareness and political …

Since a traditional centralized control system (eg, building energy management system) with
a fixed schedule and manual control is not appropriate to irregularly occupied rooms, it is …

South Africa's private sector–under significant pressure to become energy efficient and
employ sustainability principles–has long been implementing energy-saving mechanisms …

This paper presents a general methodology to model and activate the energy flexibility of
electrically heated school buildings. The proposed methodology is based on the use of …

There is a growing interest in the literature to understand how actions taken by occupants
and facility managers can affect building performance. However, user-centric building …

The impact of factors influencing the performance of air source heat pumps (ASHPs) under
frost conditions is complicated. Despite this, many preexisting studies focus only on the …