Buildings are one of the largest energy consumers in the world, and have great energy
saving potential. Thermal systems and lighting systems take most of the energy in a building …

Environmental problems, especially climate change, have become a serious global issue
waiting for people to solve. In the construction industry, the concept of sustainable building is …

Public activities are mostly carried out in large public buildings, which are closely related to
social management. At present, people's demand for public building facilities is increasing …

The concept of sustainable building has been widespread in the construction industry to
reduce the environmental impacts from buildings. Considering the whole life cycle of a …

The energy consumption of the construction industry has been increasing year by year,
posing a huge challenge to China's dual carbon goals of peaking carbon emissions and …

The lighting design objectives (LiDOs) procedure allows the practitioners to reconcile
interacting LiDOs. The main purpose is to provide indoor lighting to stimulate an intended …

Repeated modifications of multiple design parameters are required to optimize daylighting
system design. However, a large number of optional design parameters increase the …

Daylighting is one of the sustainable methods of controlling the flow of natural light into the
interior surfaces of the building. Over past years of research daylighting are analyzed …

Lighting control can be categorized into open-loop and closed-loop. For the closed-loop
control, illuminance sensors are generally mounted on a horizontal workplane, or the …

This paper proposed an optimization method to minimize the building energy consumption
and visual discomfort for a passive building in Shanghai, China. A total of 35 design …