Innovation in green building sector for sustainable future

CS Meena, A Kumar, S Jain, AU Rehman, S Mishra… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent advancements in green building technologies (GBTs) have grown substantially, as
an outcome of the environmental, economic and societal benefits. It has the potential to …

Recent advancements in augmentation of solar water heaters using nanocomposites with PCM: past, present, and future

PK Kushwaha, NK Sharma, A Kumar, CS Meena - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Energy consumption in India is massive, and even the quantity used for household tasks is
substantial. The majority of the requirement is satisfied by using fossil fuels, which are the …

Mathematical modeling of efficiency evaluation of double-pass parallel flow solar air heater

VP Singh, S Jain, A Karn, A Kumar, G Dwivedi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
To investigate the influencing range and optimize values of different operational and system
parameters on the double-pass parallel flow solar air heater's (DPPFSAH) thermal, effective …

Machine learning as a surrogate to building performance simulation: Predicting energy consumption under different operational settings

A Ali, R Jayaraman, A Mayyas, B Alaifan, E Azar - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Building Performance Simulation (BPS) is a powerful and widely used technique to
evaluate building design and operation strategies prior to construction or retrofitting …

Utilization of solar energy for water heating application to improve building energy efficiency: An experimental study

CS Meena, AN Prajapati, A Kumar, M Kumar - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The manuscript is written for flow escalation based on an experimental data for a Solar
Assisted Heat Pump Water Heater (SAHPWH) increasing building energy efficiency. For the …

Ecological footprint of residential buildings in composite climate of India—A case study

A Kumar, P Singh, NR Kapoor, CS Meena, K Jain… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Buildings are accountable for waste generation, utilization of natural resources, and
ecological contamination. The construction sector is one of the biggest consumers of …

Energy‐saving technologies and energy efficiency in the post‐COVID era

L Gorina, E Korneeva, O Kovaleva… - Sustainable …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic made people reevaluate their energy consumption and energy
efficiency. It held up a mirror to humanity's opportunistic and ruthless deployment of energy …

Air quality and environmental effects due to COVID-19 in Tehran, Iran: lessons for sustainability

S Tondelli, E Farhadi, B Akbari Monfared, M Ataeian… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic spread can be considered a
disastrous crisis that, in a given geographical area, significantly affects the increase in …

Characterization of Fly Ash Cenosphere–Capric acid composite as phase change material for thermal energy storage in buildings

S Perumal Arulselvan… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Energy demand in buildings has been steadily increasing in the recent past. The majority of
energy is used to heat and cool the building envelope to maintain a conducive thermal …

Water consumption optimization of hybrid heat pump water heating system

A Saxena, AN Prajapati, G Pant, CS Meena… - … Conference on Future …, 2022 - Springer
This paper describes the working principle of hybrid heat pump system which is used for the
applications of water heating in the domestic purpose along with flow rate optimization of the …