Intelligent building control systems for thermal comfort and energy-efficiency: A systematic review of artificial intelligence-assisted techniques

GH Merabet, M Essaaidi, MB Haddou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Building operations represent a significant percentage of the total primary energy consumed
in most countries due to the proliferation of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning …

A comprehensive review on latent heat and thermal conductivity of nanoparticle dispersed phase change material for low-temperature applications

BE Jebasingh, AV Arasu - Energy Storage Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Today's power infrastructure involves unpredictability in both demand and supply. Power
management using energy storage is becoming a promising method to have sustainable …

Urban planning schemes for developing low-carbon cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council region

IR Abubakar, MS Alshammari - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable cities aim to achieve a harmonious balance between human socioeconomic
activities and the natural environment to foster low-carbon and livable societies. However …

Phase change material based advance solar thermal energy storage systems for building heating and cooling applications: A prospective research approach

VV Tyagi, K Chopra, B Kalidasan, A Chauhan… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper explicitly deals with the role of thermal energy storage (TES) with respect to
energy performance measures in buildings. Buildings constitute about 50% of the total …

Life cycle assessment in the building design process–A systematic literature review

M Roberts, S Allen, D Coley - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings contribute a significant portion of global greenhouse gas emissions and have the
potential for large-scale impact reductions. Reducing the whole-life impacts of buildings is …

Generative urban design: A systematic review on problem formulation, design generation, and decision-making

F Jiang, J Ma, CJ Webster, AJF Chiaradia, Y Zhou… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban design is the process of designing and shaping the physical forms of cities, towns,
and suburbs. It involves the arrangement and design of street systems, groups of buildings …

Impact of natural and social environmental factors on building energy consumption: Based on bibliometrics

L Li, W Sun, W Hu, Y Sun - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, building energy consumption is increasing, thereby exacerbating various issues,
including climate change and environmental pollution. However, current building energy …

Challenges and opportunities for integrating BIM and LCA: Methodological choices and framework development

K Safari, H AzariJafari - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The main objectives of this review are to identify the advanced strategies and research gaps
in the integration of BIM-LCA approaches and to propose research opportunities for …

Techno-economics and life-cycle assessment of biological and thermochemical treatment of bio-waste

MK Awasthi, S Sarsaiya, S Wainaina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The energy sector contributed to three-fourth of overall global emissions in the past decade.
Biological wastes can be converted to useful energy and other byproducts via biological or …

Critical consideration of buildings' environmental impact assessment towards adoption of circular economy: An analytical review

MU Hossain, ST Ng - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
A rapid development of building environmental research from the globe is witnessed in
recent years to deal with the environmental issues, especially in terms of energy …