Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event

SL Miller, WW Nazaroff, JL Jimenez, A Boerstra… - Indoor …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract During the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic, an outbreak occurred following attendance
of a symptomatic index case at a weekly rehearsal on 10 March of the Skagit Valley Chorale …

Results of a literature review on methods for estimating buildings energy demand at district level

S Ferrari, F Zagarella, P Caputo, A D'Amico - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the framework of distributed energy planning, evaluating reliable energy profiles of
different sectors has a prominent role. At the same time, it is a quite challenging task, since …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming a residential building cluster into electricity prosumers in Sweden: Optimal design of a coupled PV-heat pump-thermal storage-electric vehicle …

P Huang, M Lovati, X Zhang, C Bales, S Hallbeck… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Smart grid is triggering the transformation of traditional electricity consumers into electricity
prosumers. This paper reports a case study of transforming an existing residential cluster in …

Urban building energy and microclimate modeling–From 3D city generation to dynamic simulations

A Katal, M Mortezazadeh, LL Wang, H Yu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Dynamic urban simulations often face three main challenges: 3D digital city generations,
building archetype creations, and inclusions of urban microclimate impacts due to limited …

Predictive rule-based control to activate the energy flexibility of Norwegian residential buildings: Case of an air-source heat pump and direct electric heating

J Clauß, S Stinner, I Sartori, L Georges - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The building energy flexibility potential of a Norwegian single-family detached house is
investigated using predictive rule-based control (PRBC) and building performance …

Stochastic simulation of occupant-driven energy use in a bottom-up residential building stock model

J Chen, R Adhikari, E Wilson, J Robertson, A Fontanini… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The residential buildings sector is one of the largest electricity consumers worldwide and
contributes disproportionally to peak electricity demand in many regions. Strongly driven by …

Modeling building resilience against extreme weather by integrated CityFFD and CityBEM simulations

A Katal, M Mortezazadeh, LL Wang - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past decade, urban building energy models have been developed to address the
increasing concerns over energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission due to rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Heating energy demand estimation of the EU building stock: Combining building physics and artificial neural networks

A Veljkovic, DA Pohoryles, DA Bournas - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to present a novel data-driven approach developed for space
heating energy demand calculation of the whole EU building stock. To develop a …

[HTML][HTML] Extending the concept of high-performance buildings to existing dwellings

RM Palma, JS Ramos, MCG Delgado, TRP Amores… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing energy crisis in Europe is highlighting the role of the building sector in energy
consumption, particularly in countries like Spain, where 90.4% of existing dwellings lack …

The significance of occupancy profiles in determining post retrofit indoor thermal comfort, overheating risk and building energy performance

H Elsharkawy, S Zahiri - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, retrofit of tower blocks has gained momentum particularly in the UK social housing
sector due to the increasing rate of fuel poverty coupled with deteriorating indoor living …