A review of climate change impacts on commercial buildings and their technical services in the tropics

YH Yau, S Hasbi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Climate observations in recent years indicate that the effects of climate change events are
apparently having an increasing impact on society. These impacts will likely also affect the …

Retrofitting for improving indoor air quality and energy efficiency in the hospital building

C Hama Radha - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
A growing body of research shows that retrofitting practices can potentially reduce energy
demand in hospital buildings and enhance indoor air quality. Yet, there is a lack of …

Energy consumption, energy savings, and emission analysis in Malaysian office buildings

R Saidur - Energy policy, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with the estimation of energy use in office buildings in Malaysia and
with the energy use of major equipment. Energy intensity (EI)–a measure of a building's …

Life cycle energy assessment of a typical office building in Thailand

OF Kofoworola, SH Gheewala - Energy and Buildings, 2009 - Elsevier
A typical office building in Thailand was analyzed using the life cycle energy analysis
(LCEA) method to illustrate the argument. Results indicate that although life cycle energy …

Parameter estimation of internal thermal mass of building dynamic models using genetic algorithm

S Wang, X Xu - Energy conversion and management, 2006 - Elsevier
Building thermal transfer models are essential to predict transient cooling or heating
requirements for performance monitoring, diagnosis and control strategy analysis. Detailed …

Integrated energy and carbon modeling with a decision support system: Policy scenarios for low-carbon city development in Bangkok

A Phdungsilp - Energy Policy, 2010 - Elsevier
Energy use in Bangkok accounts for a large portion of the total energy consumption in
Thailand. Few energy and carbon studies, however, have focused on the level of the city …

Applying computer-based simulation to energy auditing: A case study

Y Zhu - Energy and buildings, 2006 - Elsevier
Through a case study, this research explores an approach, which uses computer simulation
technology, to evaluate different energy conservation alternatives and to assist facility …

[HTML][HTML] RETRACTED: An innovative simulation-based methodology for evaluating cooling strategies in climate change-induced overheating

A Karimi, M Mohajerani, H Moslehi… - 2023 - Elsevier
The model used in the article is presented without appropriate attribution to the 2021
Building and Environment paper, which it clearly employs, and is instead put forward as …

A study of city-level building energy efficiency benchmarking system for China

Z Wei, W Xu, D Wang, L Li, L Niu, W Wang, B Wang… - Energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The city-level public building energy efficiency benchmarking system has an important
guiding value for building energy-saving work, especially for Bei**g, with its high energy …

Optimal simplified thermal models of building envelope based on frequency domain regression using genetic algorithm

X Xu, S Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2007 - Elsevier
Simple and effective building energy models are essentially needed for many applications,
such as building performance diagnosis and optimal control, etc. The energy model involves …