Climate change and global warming as the main human societies' threats are fundamentally
associated with energy consumption and GHG emissions. The residential sector …

Energy retrofits are significant in improving the energy efficiency of existing residential
buildings (ERB) and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. While many countries have …

Retrofit actions applied to the existent building stock aim at increasing the energy
performance, considering the optimal trade-off between energy savings and costs …

This paper examines the effect of building shape, zones, orientation and window to wall ratio
(WWR) on the lighting energy requirement and the thermal comfort in the naturally ventilated …

Abstracts Energy Efficiency Retrofit (EER) of existing buildings is a key program for
improving building energy efficiency in northern regions of China. This paper presents a …

The accurate demand prediction with high efficiency and advanced demand-side controller
are essential for the enhancement of energy flexibility provided by buildings, whereas the …

Although demand-side management (DSM) needs to be more customer centred, either with
or without smart technologies (eg smart grid), less attention has been paid to the develo** …

The building sector is one of the key consumers of energy worldwide. Thus, the retrofitting of
existing buildings provides excellent opportunities for reducing energy consumption and …

Assessing the energy performance of existing residential buildings (ERB) has been
identified as key to improving building energy efficiency and reducing associated …

Building sector accounts for nearly 30% of global final energy usage, and its energy demand
is expected to keep growing with the increasing population and expanding tertiary industry …