A review on current advances in the energy and environmental performance of buildings towards a more sustainable built environment

N Soares, J Bastos, LD Pereira, A Soares… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nowadays, debates addressing climate change, fossil fuels depletion and energy security
highlight the need for a more sustainable built environment in order to reduce energy …

Evaluating energy performance in non-domestic buildings: A review

EH Borgstein, R Lamberts, JLM Hensen - Energy and buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation methods can be used to determine what constitutes good energy
performance in a building. With an increasing focus on energy use of buildings worldwide …

Artificial neural networks to predict energy performance and retrofit scenarios for any member of a building category: A novel approach

F Ascione, N Bianco, C De Stasio, GM Mauro… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
How to predict building energy performance with low computational times and good
reliability? The study answers this question by employing artificial neural networks (ANNs) to …

Grading buildings on energy performance using city benchmarking data

S Papadopoulos, CE Kontokosta - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
As the effects of anthropogenic climate change become more pronounced, local and federal
governments are turning towards more aggressive policies to reduce energy use in existing …

Develo** surrogate ANN for selecting near-optimal building energy renovation methods considering energy consumption, LCC and LCA

SA Sharif, A Hammad - Journal of Building Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Buildings are responsible for more than 30% of the total energy consumption and an equally
large amount of related greenhouse gas emissions. Improving the energy performance of …

A new methodology for investigating the cost-optimality of energy retrofitting a building category

GM Mauro, M Hamdy, GP Vanoli, N Bianco… - Energy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) Recast,
building energy retrofitting should aim “to achieving cost-optimal levels”. However, the …

A review on sustainable construction management strategies for monitoring, diagnosing, and retrofitting the building's dynamic energy performance: Focused on the …

T Hong, C Koo, J Kim, M Lee, K Jeong - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
According to a press release, the building sector accounts for about 40% of the global
primary energy consumption. Energy savings can be achieved in the building sector by …

Multi-objective optimization of building design for life cycle cost and CO2 emissions: A case study of a low-energy residential building in a severe cold climate

Q Xue, Z Wang, Q Chen - Building simulation, 2022 - Springer
Currently, building construction and operation are responsible for 36% of global final energy
usage and nearly 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. From the …

Applying machine learning to develop energy benchmarking for university buildings in Brazil

TC Quevedo, MS Geraldi, AP Melo - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
University campuses are comprised of many different types of buildings and thus, to improve
their energy efficiency, the benchmarking of these buildings is fundamental. In this regard …

Evaluation of tree-based ensemble learning algorithms for building energy performance estimation

S Papadopoulos, E Azar, WL Woon… - Journal of Building …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Tree-based ensemble learning has received significant interest as one of the most reliable
and broadly applicable classes of machine learning techniques. However, thus far, it has …