Life cycle assessment of the building industry: An overview of two decades of research (1995–2018)

M Bahramian, K Yetilmezsoy - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
An overview of current status of the available literature on Life Cycle Energy, Life Cycle
Greenhouse gasses, and Conventional Life Cycle Assessment of commercial and …

Building energy model calibration: A review of the state of the art in approaches, methods, and tools

O Vera-Piazzini, M Scarpa - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Building energy simulations can be effective in the real world only if the building energy
model is appropriately tuned, ie, calibrated. Whatever the purpose, from detailed energy …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of energy consumption and potential energy savings of an institutional building in Malaysia

SBM Ali, M Hasanuzzaman, NA Rahim… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The building sector is one of the major energy users and greenhouse gasses emitter. An
energy audit is one of the effective approaches to identify efficient energy usages and …

Building energy comparison for dynamic cool roofs and green roofs under various climates

H Yazdani, M Baneshi - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, dynamic cool roof (DCR), with the ability to reduce its solar reflectance during
heating period, is introduced as a proper replacement for traditional cool roof. Another ideal …

[HTML][HTML] Emissions and power demand in optimal energy retrofit scenarios of the Finnish building stock by 2050

J Hirvonen, J Heljo, J Jokisalo, A Kurvinen… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Finland and the European Union aim to reduce CO 2 emissions by 80–100%
before 2050. This requires drastic changes in all emissions-generating sectors. In the …

A review on effective use of daylight harvesting using intelligent lighting control systems for sustainable office buildings in India

GS Odiyur Vathanam, K Kalyanasundaram… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lighting is a fundamental requirement of our daily life. A lot of research and development is
carried out in the field of daylight harvesting, which is the need of the hour. One of the most …

Energy and economic performance assessment of efficiency measures in zero-energy office buildings in Greece

P Pallis, K Braimakis, TC Roumpedakis… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study includes a combined assessment of the energy efficiency and economic
performance of energy measures in five-story existing and newly constructed office buildings …

Building stock energy modeling considering building system composition and long-term change for climate change mitigation of commercial building stocks

Y Yamaguchi, B Kim, T Kitamura, K Akizawa, H Chen… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant improvement in the building stock energy efficiency is imperative to mitigate
climate change. Building stock energy models (BSEMs) that employ reference building …

Urban building energy modeling considering the heterogeneity of HVAC system stock: A case study on Japanese office building stock

B Kim, Y Yamaguchi, S Kimura, Y Ko, K Ikeda… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban building energy model (UBEM) is an important tool in coping with energy issues of
building sector. This paper focuses on an issue that the stock of heating, ventilation, and air …

Economic feasibility of green office building: combining life cycle cost analysis and cost–benefit evaluation

P Miraj, MA Berawi, SR Utami - Building Research & Information, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Construction practitioners have adopted the green building (GB) concept to restore
environmental damage caused by the built environment over the last decade. However …