About 75% of the world's energy consumption takes place in cities. Although their large
energy consumption attracts a large number of research projects, only a small fraction of …

The aim of this paper is to provide a multi-criteria decision making framework based on the
Triple Bottom Line principles and Analytic Hierarchy Process methodology for sustainable …

The purpose of this paper is to uncover how the process of managing electricity in buildings
based on the Internet of Things occurs. In particular, the work seeks to depict the factors …

The active participation of prosumers within the energy generation and distribution stages
has revolutionized the energy market favoring the rise of decentralized energy supply …

The Passive House (PH) concept is considered an efficient strategy to reduce energy
consumption in the building sector, where most of the energy is used for heating and cooling …

Cities play a fundamental role not only in the growth processes under the sustainability
paradigm, but also as a driving-force behind economy and they constitute places of …

This paper presents a procedure based on a spatial analysis to assess the pedestrian
compatibility of streets in an urban area. The aim is to provide decision-makers with a …

This present study offers a novel approach for the improvement of energy planning. This has
become increasingly important as higher penetration of variable energy resources and …

Reliable models are necessary for optimization of building energy systems. However,
artificial neural network (ANN) models developed by measured data is hard to accurately …

The power sector is undergoing a fundamental transition from centralized fossil-fuelled to
distributed production systems. Usually, the decentralization of the energy distribution is …