Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) tools: A state-of-the-art review of bottom-up physics-based approaches

M Ferrando, F Causone, T Hong, Y Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Regulations corroborate the importance of retrofitting existing building stocks or constructing
new energy-efficient districts. There is, thus, a need for modeling tools to evaluate energy …

[HTML][HTML] Information modelling for urban building energy simulation—A taxonomic review

A Malhotra, J Bischof, A Nichersu, KH Häfele… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Multi-objective approach to the optimization of shape and envelope in building energy design

A Ciardiello, F Rosso, J Dell'Olmo, V Ciancio… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In accordance with national and international regulations, the energy usage and emissions
of buildings need to be reduced. Both new constructions and retrofit actions should consider …

Energy demands of buildings in the framework of climate change: An investigation across Europe

V Ciancio, F Salata, S Falasca, G Curci, I Golasi… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change is considered an important global threat, with a significant impact on the
energy performance, since buildings will be subjected to higher average outdoor …

Multi-objective optimization of building retrofit in the Mediterranean climate by means of genetic algorithm application

F Rosso, V Ciancio, J Dell'Olmo, F Salata - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, as the role of energy retrofit on the existing building stock is recognized towards
energy savings and emissions' reductions, the actions to be undertaken towards this aim …

Modelling building energy use at urban scale: A review on their account for the urban environment

CHH Wong, M Cai, C Ren, Y Huang, C Liao… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
While more and more cities are planning towards sustainable development and climate
resilience, a thorough understanding of the spatiotemporal pattern of building energy …

Towards developing a systematic knowledge trend for building energy consumption prediction

Q Qiao, A Yunusa-Kaltungo, RE Edwards - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid depletion of natural sources of energy, coupled with increasing global population
has triggered the emergence of various techniques and strategies for building energy …

High albedo materials to counteract heat waves in cities: An assessment of meteorology, buildings energy needs and pedestrian thermal comfort

S Falasca, V Ciancio, F Salata, I Golasi, F Rosso… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climatological data show that the frequency of Heat Waves (HWs) has increased since the
1950s and that it will continue to increase. These phenomena exasperate the urban heat …

Techno-economic analysis of battery electricity storage towards self-sufficient buildings

A Rosati, AL Facci, S Ubertini - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective electricity storage solutions that decouple energy use and production are central to
the green energy transition. In particular, in the residential sector, the implementation of such …