Greenhouse gas emissions have reached critical levels and climate change is threatening
the globe. Thus, the space heating and cooling sector is striving to decarbonize assets …

The building sector is known to have the largest inventories of materials in industrialized
societies. In comparison to residential buildings, non-residential buildings (NRBs) are much …

In light of the Swiss government's reduction targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
under the Paris Agreement, this article investigates how and with which policy measures …

Abstract The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recast imposed on all
Member States to establish representative reference buildings as an important step in …

Calibration of an urban-scale building energy model is crucial for advancing building energy
efficiency codes and policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions whereas the accuracy of …

This chapter reviews emerging simulation methods and implementation workflows for
bottom-up urban building energy models. It discusses simulation input organization, thermal …

Population decline is leading to a shrinking city size in industrialized countries. In some
developing countries, because majority of the population is concentrated in big cities, the …

In recent years, the application of district heating systems for the heat supply of residential
districts has been increasing in Germany. Central supply systems can be very efficient due …

The research investigates the validity of the simple hourly method, as introduced by the EN
ISO 52016-1 standard, for the assessment of the building energy demand for heating and …

Urban Building Energy Modelling (UBEM) requires adequate geometrical information to
represent buildings in a 3D digital form. However, open data models usually lack essential …