Does the energy efficiency of buildings bring price premiums? Evidence from urban micro-level energy data

B Zhang, Y Zhang, J Li, Y Song, Z Wang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy efficient buildings can facilitate the achievement of sustainable development goals.
However, higher investment costs are not conducive to the development of energy efficient …

A systematic review and comprehensive analysis of building occupancy prediction

T Li, X Liu, G Li, X Wang, J Ma, C Xu, Q Mao - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Buildings account for a significant portion of the global energy consumption. Forecasting
personnel occupancy is critical for reducing energy consumption in buildings. This study …

Deep reinforcement learning for multi-objective optimization in BIM-based green building design

Y Pan, Y Shen, J Qin, L Zhang - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
For green building design, this paper proposes a multi-objective optimization (MOO)
framework to properly adjust design parameters using a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) …

Data-driven energy consumption prediction of a university office building using machine learning algorithms

H Yesilyurt, Y Dokuz, AS Dokuz - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Redundant consumption of energy in buildings is an important issue that causes increasing
problems of climate change and global warming in the world. Therefore, it is necessary to …

[HTML][HTML] An interpretable multi-stage forecasting framework for energy consumption and CO2 emissions for the transportation sector

Q Qiao, H Eskandari, H Saadatmand, MA Sahraei - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The transportation sector is deemed one of the primary sources of energy consumption and
greenhouse gases throughout the world. To realise and design sustainable transport, it is …

Reinforcement learning approach for optimal control of ice-based thermal energy storage (TES) systems in commercial buildings

X Wang, X Kang, J An, H Chen, D Yan - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Ice-based thermal energy storage (TES) system is effective on load shifting and demand
response in public buildings under time-of-use (TOU) tariffs. The management and …

A segmented evaluation model for building energy performance considering seasonal dynamic fluctuations

D Zhang, Y Ding, X Jiang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon emissions of existing buildings in China have accounted for over 1/4 of the national
total, and energy management in the building sector is influenced by energy performance …

[HTML][HTML] A novel triangular pulsating heat pipe with enhanced heat transfer performance for building energy efficiency

T Chen, S Liu, Y Shen, B Gao, AR Mazhar - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Utilizing renewable energy in buildings is promising for alleviating the energy crisis and
environmental pollution problems. Pulsating heat pipes (PHPs) are considered as a good …

A data-driven rolling optimization control approach for building energy systems that integrate virtual energy storage systems

Y Mu, Y Xu, J Zhang, Z Wu, H Jia, X Jin, Y Qi - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The virtual energy storage system (VESS) is an innovative and cost-effective technique for
coupling building envelope thermal storage and release abilities with the electric and heat …

Energy consumption prediction and household feature analysis for different residential building types using machine learning and SHAP: Toward energy-efficient …

X Cui, M Lee, C Koo, T Hong - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
US residential buildings account for a significant share of national energy consumption,
highlighting their potential for energy-savings. Accurately predicting building energy …