Urban energy use modeling is important for understanding and managing energy
performance in cities. However, the existing methods and tools have limitations in …

As the effects of anthropogenic climate change become more pronounced, local and federal
governments are turning towards more aggressive policies to reduce energy use in existing …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Of the three primary components of housing
affordability measures—rent, transportation, and utilities—utility costs are the least …

In recent years, many cities have adopted energy disclosure policies to better understand
how energy is consumed in the urban built environment and how energy use and carbon …

In the last decade, a new policy area has emerged to boost energy efficiency in buildings
that focuses on the simple action of measuring energy use as compared to buildings of …

Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) plays a pivotal role in effective urban energy
management and the holistic understanding of citywide energy performance. This book …

Reliable quantification of energy consumption by buildings plays a key role in development
of sustainable cities. However, there are methodological uncertainties embedded in the …

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in comparing and benchmarking the
energy use of buildings in cities. Existing frameworks such as the US Environmental …

Nearly every major US city has committed itself to ambitious climate action goals–for
Washington, DC this means a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2032 and …

This paper is devoted to solving the problem of reducing the time costs of the process of data
quality assessment. The data describe energy resources consumption of various enterprises …