Cross-sectoral assessment of the performance gap using calibrated building energy performance simulation

N Jain, E Burman, S Stamp, D Mumovic, M Davies - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
The energy performance gap in buildings is a well-known phenomenon. However, its actual
definition and extent is dependent on the baseline used for defining the gap. In this paper a …

Building performance evaluation: Balancing energy and indoor environmental quality in a UK school building

N Jain, E Burman, C Robertson… - Building Services …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a policy-driven focus, at present, on improving the energy performance of buildings.
However, energy-related issues alone do not capture the full impact of buildings on …

Prior selection method using likelihood confidence region and Dirichlet process Gaussian mixture model for Bayesian inference of building energy models

DH Yi, DW Kim, CS Park - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
It is widely acknowledged that Bayesian inference is only beneficial when prior information
is properly defined. However, there is no clear rule for prior selection, and it is apparently a …

[PDF][PDF] Can we trust building energy performance models' results

E de Moura Scortegagna, N Martins… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Despite the attempt of the building's energy demand reduction as part of a mitigation
response to climate change, there is a recognized need for improvement of the accuracy in …

[PDF][PDF] Using model calibration to develop a measurement and verification framework for managing the energy performance gap in buildings

N Jain, E Burman, D Mumovic… - CIBSE ASHRAE …, 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
To deal with the concerns regarding the energy performance gap, detailed operational
performance assessment of buildings is necessary to identify and address the root causes of …

Decision-making processes in controlling exposure to sunlight supported by simulation tools: A case study in warm weather

M Huskinson, A Galiano-Garrigós, ÁB González-Avilés… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Improving the energy performance of existing buildings is one of the main strategies defined
by the European Union to reduce global energy costs. Amongst the actions to be carried out …

Using an Evidence-Based Approach to Improve Calibration of Non-Domestic Building Digital Twins

L Peinturier, D Wallom - 2024 7th International Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In 2020, 24% of UK building emissions came from commercial and public buildings
operations. Innovative methods are required to reduce energy demand and increase energy …

Calibrating Energy Performance Model of a Hospital Building: Dealing with Practical Issues of Data Availability and Granularity in a Case Study Building in the UK

N Jain, E Burman, D Mumovic… - Proceedings of Building …, 2019 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Calibration of energy models is mathematically a highly-parameterized and under-
determined problem. Hospitals are energy intensive buildings that have complex and …

건물에너지모델의베이지안추론과파라미터식별가능성분석

이동혁 - 2021 - s-space.snu.ac.kr
건물에너지 시뮬레이션 도구의 지속적인 발전에도 불구하고, 시뮬레이션 모델 예측과
건물에너지 데이터 간 간극 (이하, performance gap) 은 여전히 상당하고, 건물 시스템의 확률적 …

Evidence-based Calibration of a Building Energy Performance Model With Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis

E de Moura Scortegagna - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Dynamic simulation of buildings is an increasingly common practice in engineering and
architecture. Although the simulators currently used are increasingly powerful, the …