Building PV integration according to regional climate conditions: BIPV regional adaptability extending Köppen-Geiger climate classification against urban and climate …

N Skandalos, M Wang, V Kapsalis, D D'Agostino… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the technical maturity and substantial potential cost reduction of BIPV technologies,
there are still challenges to overcome for the expansion of BIPV applications and their wider …

Design approaches and typologies of adaptive facades: A review

A Tabadkani, A Roetzel, HX Li… - Automation in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The most ambitious challenge for designers is an effective shading system that is able to
keep the balance between the daylight harvesting and view out maximization while …

Tunable photovoltaics: adapting solar cell technologies to versatile applications

H Meddeb, M Götz‐Köhler… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar photovoltaics (PV) offer viable and sustainable solutions to satisfy the growing energy
demand and to meet the pressing climate targets. The deployment of conventional PV …

Modeling and energy dynamic control for a ZEH via hybrid model-based deep reinforcement learning

Y Li, Z Wang, W Xu, W Gao, Y Xu, F Xiao - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient and flexible energy management strategy can play an important role in energy
conservation in building sector. The model-free reinforcement learning control of building …

A review on switchable building envelopes for low-energy buildings

G Zhang, H Wu, J Liu, Y Liu, Y Ding, H Huang - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The switchable building envelope is an innovative technology for low-energy buildings that
can dynamically switch the thermal and optical properties for energy saving, thereby to …

Photonics for photovoltaics: Advances and opportunities

EC Garnett, B Ehrler, A Polman, E Alarcon-Llado - ACS photonics, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photovoltaic systems have reached impressive efficiencies, with records in the range of 20–
30% for single-junction cells based on many different materials, yet the fundamental …

Field‐induced transparent electrode‐integrated transparent solar cells and heater for active energy windows: Broadband energy harvester

M Patel, S Kim, J Kim - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invisible power generation by natural and artificial light enables sustainability by onsite‐
power deployment, lower cost, and minimal burden on the built environment. However, dark …

Design and optimization of a novel phase change photovoltaic thermal utilization structure for building envelope

X Huang, F Li, Z Liu, X Gao, X Yang, J Yan - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The building envelope is of great significance for building thermal comfort, and photovoltaic
heat (PV/T) can be effectively utilized through phase change heat storage technology to …

Multispectral thermal management designs for net-zero energy buildings

X Li, W Xie, C Sui, PC Hsu - ACS Materials Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The energy consumption of building for heating and cooling accounts for about 15% of the
total energy consumption of the world. Owing to the rapid progress in nanophotonic …

Shape-morphing materials and structures for energy-efficient building envelopes

Y Li, Y Zhao, Y Chi, Y Hong, J Yin - Materials Today Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Buildings account for 30% of global energy consumption. Improving the energy efficiency of
buildings becomes essential to reducing energy consumption for alleviating their …