Climate change, increasing emissions and rising global temperatures have gradually affected the way we think about the future of our planet. Urban areas possess significant …
E Prataviera, J Vivian, G Lombardo, A Zarrella - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy consumption of cities is increasing fast due to growing global population and rapid urbanization. Urban Building Energy Models (UBEMs) are promising tools to simulate …
Occupant-related inputs are significant parameters that influence energy simulation accuracy at both the building and urban levels. In most previous research works, fixed …
Cities officials are increasingly interested in understanding spatial and temporal energy patterns of the built environment to facilitate their city's transition to a low-carbon future. In …
L Dahlström, T Broström, J Widén - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to rapid urbanisation and the significant contribution of cities to worldwide energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, urban energy system planning is growing more important …
Traditional occupant behavior modeling has been studied at the building level, and it has become an important factor in the investigation of building energy consumption. However …
X Zhang, F Pellegrino, J Shen, B Copertaro, P Huang… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak is exacerbating uncertainty in energy demand. This paper aims to investigate the impact of the confined measures due to COVID-19 outbreak on energy …
The proliferation of urban sensing, IoT, and big data in cities provides unprecedented opportunities for a deeper understanding of occupant behaviour and energy usage patterns …
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 …