Calibrating building energy simulation models: A review of the basics to guide future work

A Chong, Y Gu, H Jia - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Building energy simulation (BES) plays a significant role in buildings with applications such
as architectural design, retrofit analysis, and optimizing building operation and controls …

A review of uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment

W Tian, Y Heo, P De Wilde, Z Li, D Yan, CS Park… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment has become an active research field
because a number of factors influencing energy use in buildings are inherently uncertain …

Ten questions on urban building energy modeling

T Hong, Y Chen, X Luo, N Luo, SH Lee - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings in cities consume up to 70% of all primary energy. To achieve cities' energy and
climate goals, it is necessary to reduce energy use and associated greenhouse gas …

Whole building energy model for HVAC optimal control: A practical framework based on deep reinforcement learning

Z Zhang, A Chong, Y Pan, C Zhang, KP Lam - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Whole building energy model (BEM) is a physics-based modeling method for building
energy simulation. It has been widely used in the building industry for code compliance …

A novel approach of day-ahead cooling load prediction and optimal control for ice-based thermal energy storage (TES) system in commercial buildings

X Kang, X Wang, J An, D Yan - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) is an effective method for load shifting and demand response
in buildings. Optimal TES control and management are essential to improve the …

The role of sensitivity analysis in the building performance analysis: A critical review

Z Pang, Z O'Neill, Y Li, F Niu - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
A building system is highly nonlinear and commonly includes a variety of parameters
ranging from the architectural design to the building mechanical and energy system. Serving …

Building simulation: Ten challenges

T Hong, J Langevin, K Sun - Building simulation, 2018 - Springer
Buildings consume more than one-third of the world's primary energy. Reducing energy use
and greenhouse-gas emissions in the buildings sector through energy conservation and …

Application and characterization of metamodels based on artificial neural networks for building performance simulation: A systematic review

ND Roman, F Bre, VD Fachinotti, R Lamberts - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
In most of the countries, buildings are often one of the major energy consumers, leading to
the necessity of achieving sustainable building designs, and to the mandatory use of …

Review on building energy model calibration by Bayesian inference

D Hou, IG Hassan, L Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
A building energy model (BEM) is essential for understanding building energy consumption,
evaluating energy-saving measures, and developing associated codes, standards, and …

[HTML][HTML] On the accuracy of urban building energy modelling

A Oraiopoulos, B Howard - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing demand for energy in urban areas has led to the development of a variety of
methodologies for modelling energy in buildings at large scale. However, their accuracy has …