From a sustainable development perspective, reducing hot water consumption poses the
opportunity for increasing water and energy efficiency simultaneously. Comparing with the …

Valid tools for building designers and building simulation professionals to evaluate
transparently CO 2 saving potential of energy efficiency measures are needed to achieve …

This paper puts forward the simulations of different configurations of combined solar
evacuated tubular collector with a ground source heat pump system to meet the heating …

Net-zero energy buildings (NZEBs) have been considered as an efficient solution to limit the
growing energy consumption and pollution emissions from buildings. The configurations …

Water heating is one of the most energy intensive applications in households and domestic
electric water heating systems (DEWH) offer large thermal storage for moving electrical load …

In this paper a novel low temperature district heating and cooling system based on
renewable energy sources is investigated by means of a dynamic simulation model and an …

Integrating large shares of renewables into energy systems requires energy storage
technologies able to efficiently dispatch and convert different energy vectors at a local level …

COVID-19 made considerable changes in the lifestyle of people, which have led to a rise in
energy use in homes. So, this study investigated the relationship between COVID-19 and …

This study reports the development of occupancy, lighting and appliance hourly schedules
for new energy calculation input data standards. Developed schedules apply for 10 building …

Forecast uncertainties pose a considerable challenge to the success of model predictive
control (MPC) in buildings. Numerous possibilities for considering forecast uncertainties in …