[HTML][HTML] Cloud computing in construction industry: Use cases, benefits and challenges

SA Bello, LO Oyedele, OO Akinade, M Bilal… - Automation in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cloud computing technologies have revolutionised several industries for several years.
Although the construction industry is well placed to leverage these technologies for …

Building simulations supporting decision making in early design–A review

T Østergård, RL Jensen, SE Maagaard - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
The building design community is challenged by continuously increasing energy demands,
which are often combined with ambitious goals for indoor environment, for environmental …

A comparison of six metamodeling techniques applied to building performance simulations

T Østergård, RL Jensen, SE Maagaard - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Building performance simulations (BPS) are used to test different designs and systems with
the intention of reducing building costs and energy demand while ensuring a comfortable …

A prediction model for CO2 concentration and multi-objective optimization of CO2 concentration and annual electricity consumption cost in residential buildings using …

M Baghoolizadeh, M Rostamzadeh-Renani… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollutants in the air have long been a great threat to the health and life of
human society and the volume of these pollutants is rapidly increasing. Human beings …

Improving CO2 concentration, CO2 pollutant and occupants' thermal comfort in a residential building using genetic algorithm optimization

M Baghoolizadeh, M Rostamzadeh-Renani… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental air pollutants pose a serious threat to human society's health and way of life,
and their amount is rising quickly. Given that we spend the majority of our time indoors, good …

State-of-the-art review of solar design tools and methods for assessing daylighting and solar potential for building-integrated photovoltaics

N Jakica - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar design can take many different forms across disciplines with different methodologies
and goals, ranging from acquiring architectural visual effects to assessing illumination for …

Multi‐objective optimization of annual electricity consumption and annual electricity production of a residential building using photovoltaic shadings

M Baghoolizadeh, AA Nadooshan… - … Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Shading is one of the cases that has effectivity on the household energy consumption.
Shadings can be used either in horizontal or vertical form adjacent to the building's window …

Early Building Design: Informed decision-making by exploring multidimensional design space using sensitivity analysis

T Østergård, RL Jensen, SE Maagaard - Energy and Buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper describes a novel approach to explore a multidimensional design space and
guide multi-actor decision making in the design of sustainable buildings. The aim is to …

Simulation-based decision support tools in the early design stages of a green building—A review

T Han, Q Huang, A Zhang, Q Zhang - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Early simulation work in the decision-making stage faces several challenges, including, for
example, rapid changes of design, input variable uncertainties, and the lack of design …

Thermal zoning and window optimization framework for high-rise buildings

MT Kahsay, GT Bitsuamlak, F Tariku - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Window sizing and configuration can have a significant influence on building energy
consumption. Window selection often has a conflicting objective on heating, cooling, and …