Regulations corroborate the importance of retrofitting existing building stocks or constructing
new energy-efficient districts. There is, thus, a need for modeling tools to evaluate energy …

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems account for almost half of the
energy consumption in buildings. By benefiting from advancements in information and …

Urbanization can lead to changes in urban morphology that alter the urban thermal
environment and energy demand. Improving urban ventilation can alleviate the urban heat …

Climate, technologies, and socio-economic changes will influence future building energy
use in cities. However, current low-resolution regional and state-level analyses are …

Buildings consume energy for different purposes. One core function is to provide healthy
and comfortable living conditions for the humans that inhabit these buildings. The …

Occupant behavior has been widely considered as one of the key influencing factors on
building energy consumption. The complexity of its formation mechanism and the dynamic …

Guest behaviour is important in driving hotel energy consumption, operating cost and
environmental issues. Promoting energy-saving behaviours of guests is a promising strategy …

Three main categories of occupant behaviors were summarized for building through this
literature review, including the occupancy, interactions and behavioral efficiency. The results …

In the last four decades several methods have been used to model occupants' presence and
actions (OPA) in buildings according to different purposes, available computational power …

Accurate energy consumption prediction models can bring tremendous benefits to building
energy efficiency, where the use of data-driven models allows models to be trained based …