Review of building energy-use performance benchmarking methodologies

W Chung - Applied Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper is to review what kinds of mathematical methods used in develo**
benchmarking systems, to discuss the properties of the methods, and to classify two kinds of …

Methods for benchmarking building energy consumption against its past or intended performance: An overview

Z Li, Y Han, P Xu - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Building sector consumes a significant portion of energy worldwide. One of the reasons is
that the performance of building and its components degrades over the years. It is found that …

The dark side of occupants' behaviour on building energy use

OT Masoso, LJ Grobler - Energy and buildings, 2010 - Elsevier
While most studies focus on energy savings during occupied hours, this paper shows the
shocking quantities of energy wasted during non-occupied hours in commercial buildings. At …

Comparisons of inverse modeling approaches for predicting building energy performance

Y Zhang, Z O'Neill, B Dong, G Augenbroe - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
In building retrofit projects, retrofit savings can be estimated by comparing building energy
use before and after installing Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs). A complicating factor …

Maintaining an acceptable indoor air quality of spaces by intentional natural ventilation or intermittent mechanical ventilation with minimum energy use

W Su, Z Ai, J Liu, B Yang, F Wang - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Ventilation is essential for maintaining good indoor air quality (IAQ). However, many
buildings continue to suffer from inadequate ventilation due to a lack of either sufficient …

Fine energy consumption allowance of workpieces in the mechanical manufacturing industry

W Cai, F Liu, XN Zhou, J ** a multi-level energy benchmarking and certification system for office buildings in a cold climate region
S Vaisi, P Varmazyari, M Esfandiari, SA Sharbaf - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy benchmarking is an accurate tool to measure, monitor, and reduce end-use energy
consumption in the building sector using comparison scenarios. Various studies have …

Experimental and theoretical research of a fin-tube type internally-cooled liquid desiccant dehumidifier

Y Luo, S Shao, H Xu, C Tian, H Yang - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
The experimental studies of fin-tube type internally-cooled dehumidifiers are still limited until
now. In the present paper, the performance of a cross-flow internally-cooled dehumidifier is …

Benchmarking energy consumption for dump trucks in mines

LK Sahoo, S Bandyopadhyay, R Banerjee - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Dump trucks are used for transportation in opencast mines and consume about 32% of the
total energy use in mines. This paper presents a generic model to benchmark energy …

Development of a probabilistic graphical model for predicting building energy performance

Z O'Neill, C O'Neill - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents the development of a data driven probabilistic graphic model to predict
building energy performance. A directed graphical model, namely, a Bayesian Networks …