Incentive initiatives on energy-efficient renovation of existing buildings towards carbon-neutral blueprints in China: Advancements, challenges and perspectives

Z Liu, C Yu, QK Qian, R Huang, K You, H Visscher… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Under China's national strategy of carbon neutrality by 2060, it is urgently necessary and
challenging for the governments to proactively explore policy tools to facilitate energy …

[HTML][HTML] A survey of recommender systems for energy efficiency in buildings: Principles, challenges and prospects

Y Himeur, A Alsalemi, A Al-Kababji, F Bensaali… - Information …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recommender systems have significantly developed in recent years in parallel with the
witnessed advancements in both internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) …

Digital Twin-driven approach to improving energy efficiency of indoor lighting based on computer vision and dynamic BIM

Y Tan, P Chen, W Shou, AM Sadick - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Intelligent lighting systems and surveillance systems have become an important part of
intelligent buildings. However, the current intelligent lighting system generally adopts …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing building energy efficiency using a random forest model: A hybrid prediction approach

Y Liu, H Chen, L Zhang, Z Feng - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The building envelope considerably influences building energy consumption. To enhance
the energy efficiency of buildings, this paper proposes an approach to predict building …

[HTML][HTML] A data-driven approach to optimize urban scale energy retrofit decisions for residential buildings

U Ali, MH Shamsi, M Bohacek, C Hoare, K Purcell… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban planners face significant challenges when identifying building energy efficiency
opportunities and developing strategies to achieve efficient and sustainable urban …

[HTML][HTML] A machine learning-based surrogate model to approximate optimal building retrofit solutions

E Thrampoulidis, G Mavromatidis, A Lucchi… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The building sector has the highest share of operational energy consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions among all sectors. Environmental targets set by many countries …

Exploring the benefits and limitations of digital twin technology in building energy

F Tahmasebinia, L Lin, S Wu, Y Kang, S Sepasgozar - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Buildings consume a significant amount of energy throughout their lifecycle; Thus,
sustainable energy management is crucial for all buildings, and controlling energy …

Vision-based detection and prediction of equipment heat gains in commercial office buildings using a deep learning method

S Wei, PW Tien, JK Calautit, Y Wu, R Boukhanouf - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Building energy consumption accounts for a large proportion of energy use globally.
Previous works have shown that a large amount of energy is wasted in under-or over …

BIM-aided large-scale group decision support: Optimization of the retrofit strategy for existing buildings

ZS Chen, LP Yang, RM Rodríguez, Z Zhu… - Applied Soft …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the construction industry, buildings have become the single
largest consumer of energy in the world. The retrofitting of existing buildings offers an …

Visualized literature review on sustainable building renovation

C He, Y Hou, L Ding, P Li - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable building renovation is an important way to address energy and environmental
problems. The paper uses CiteSpace, a visualized method to present a literature review …