Modeling techniques used in building HVAC control systems: A review

Z Afroz, GM Shafiullah, T Urmee, G Higgins - Renewable and sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
The appropriate application of advanced control strategies in Heating, Ventilation, and Air-
conditioning (HVAC) systems is key to improving the energy efficiency of buildings …

The human dimensions of energy use in buildings: A review

S D'Oca, T Hong, J Langevin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The “human dimensions” of energy use in buildings refer to the energy-related behaviors of
key stakeholders that affect energy use over the building life cycle. Stakeholders include …

A comprehensive overview on the data driven and large scale based approaches for forecasting of building energy demand: A review

T Ahmad, H Chen, Y Guo, J Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy consumption models play an integral part in energy management and conservation,
as it pertains to buildings. It can assist in evaluating building energy efficiency, in carrying …

Review of 10 years research on building energy performance gap: Life-cycle and stakeholder perspectives

PXW Zou, X Xu, J Sanjayan, J Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
The reliability, security, and sustainability of energy generation and supply are of global
importance and the building sector accounts for up to 32% of total energy consumption …

Building simulation: Ten challenges

T Hong, J Langevin, K Sun - Building simulation, 2018 - Springer
Buildings consume more than one-third of the world's primary energy. Reducing energy use
and greenhouse-gas emissions in the buildings sector through energy conservation and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of urban energy systems at building cluster level incorporating renewable-energy-source (RES) envelope solutions

X Zhang, M Lovati, I Vigna, J Widén, M Han, C Gal… - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The emergence of renewable-energy-source (RES) envelope solutions, building retrofit
requirements and advanced energy technologies brought about challenges to the existing …

[HTML][HTML] A review of energy simulation tools for the manufacturing sector

TL Garwood, BR Hughes, MR Oates… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Manufacturing is a competitive global market and efforts to mitigate climate change are at
the forefront of public perception. Current trends in manufacturing aim to reduce costs and …

Smart buildings as Cyber-Physical Systems: Data-driven predictive control strategies for energy efficiency

M Schmidt, C Åhlund - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to its significant contribution to global energy usage and the associated greenhouse
gas emissions, existing building stock's energy efficiency must improve. Predictive building …

Estimating heating load in buildings using multivariate adaptive regression splines, extreme learning machine, a hybrid model of MARS and ELM

SS Roy, R Roy, VE Balas - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Heating load and cooling forecasting are essential for estimating energy consumption, and
consequently, helping engineers in improving the energy performance right from the design …

Simulation tools to build urban-scale energy models: A review

A Sola, C Corchero, J Salom, M Sanmarti - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The development of Urban-Scale Energy Modelling (USEM) at the district or city level is
currently the goal of many research groups due to the increased interest in evaluating the …