[HTML][HTML] A review on zero energy buildings–Pros and cons

T Wilberforce, AG Olabi, ET Sayed, K Elsaid… - Energy and Built …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhancing the energy efficiency of structures has been a staple of energy policies. The key
goal is to slash electricity usage in order to minimize the footprint of houses. This goal is …

A review of occupancy-based building energy and IEQ controls and its future post-COVID

P Anand, D Cheong, C Sekhar - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupancy schedules and density can have a substantial influence on building plug,
lighting, and air conditioning energy usage. In recent years, the study related to occupancy …

Impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on energy consumption in a Canadian social housing building

J Rouleau, L Gosselin - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic hit societies in full force in 2020 and compelled people all around
the world to change their lifestyle. The time spent at home significantly surged during the …

Deep learning-based industry 4.0 and internet of things towards effective energy management for smart buildings

M Elsisi, MQ Tran, K Mahmoud, M Lehtonen… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, energy consumption and saving represent the main challenges for all sectors,
most importantly in industrial and domestic sectors. The internet of things (IoT) is a new …

[HTML][HTML] Generative pre-trained transformers (GPT)-based automated data mining for building energy management: Advantages, limitations and the future

C Zhang, J Lu, Y Zhao - Energy and Built Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Advanced data mining methods have shown a promising capacity in building energy
management. However, in the past decade, such methods are rarely applied in practice …

[HTML][HTML] An improved attention-based deep learning approach for robust cooling load prediction: Public building cases under diverse occupancy schedules

C Lu, J Gu, W Lu - Sustainable cities and society, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Space cooling in buildings is responsible for massive energy consumption and
carbon emissions. Accurate cooling load prediction can facilitate the implementation of …

Occupancy-based energy consumption modelling using machine learning algorithms for institutional buildings

P Anand, C Deb, K Yan, J Yang, D Cheong… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupancy information is one of the crucial variables in modelling and predicting the energy
use in buildings. However, the presence of occupants is often stochastic in nature. In the …

Data sources and approaches for building occupancy profiles at the urban scale–A review

S Nejadshamsi, U Eicker, C Wang, J Bentahar - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Buildings' occupant profiles at the urban scale play an important role in various applications
like Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM) and assessing energy consumption patterns …

Transfer learning for thermal comfort prediction in multiple cities

N Gao, W Shao, MS Rahaman, J Zhai, K David… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system is an important part of
a building, which constitutes up to 40% of building energy usage. The main purpose of …

Occupancy data at different spatial resolutions: Building energy performance and model calibration

A Chong, G Augenbroe, D Yan - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupancy is a significant area of interest within the field of building performance simulation.
Through Bayesian calibration, the present study investigates the impact of the availability of …