Data-driven probabilistic machine learning in sustainable smart energy/smart energy systems: Key developments, challenges, and future research opportunities in the …

T Ahmad, R Madonski, D Zhang, C Huang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current trend indicates that energy demand and supply will eventually be controlled by
autonomous software that optimizes decision-making and energy distribution operations …

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] Urban building energy modeling–A review of a nascent field

CF Reinhart, CC Davila - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, detailed individual building energy models (BEM) on the one side
and regional and country-level building stock models on the other side have become …

A multi-objective optimization framework for designing urban block forms considering daylight, energy consumption, and photovoltaic energy potential

K Liu, X Xu, W Huang, R Zhang, L Kong… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban form significantly influences building energy consumption. However, most research
has primarily focused on quantifying the relationship between the two factors, with limited …

[HTML][HTML] Urban microclimate and building energy models: A review of the latest progress in coupling strategies

N Sezer, H Yoonus, D Zhan, LL Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climatic conditions are different in cities than in their geographical environment. Precise
representation of the climatic parameters within an urban context is crucial for obtaining …

AutoBPS: A tool for urban building energy modeling to support energy efficiency improvement at city-scale

Z Deng, Y Chen, J Yang, F Causone - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
China has promised to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and become carbon neutral before
2060. Achieving this target requires actions from all sectors, especially the building sector …

Automatic generation and simulation of urban building energy models based on city datasets for city-scale building retrofit analysis

Y Chen, T Hong, MA Piette - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Buildings in cities consume 30–70% of total primary energy, and improving building
energy efficiency is one of the key strategies towards sustainable urbanization. Urban …

A comprehensive overview on the data driven and large scale based approaches for forecasting of building energy demand: A review

T Ahmad, H Chen, Y Guo, J Wang - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy consumption models play an integral part in energy management and conservation,
as it pertains to buildings. It can assist in evaluating building energy efficiency, in carrying …

Impact of urban form on building energy consumption and solar energy potential: A case study of residential blocks in Jianhu, China

K Liu, X Xu, R Zhang, L Kong, W Wang, W Deng - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban form can significantly affect building energy consumption and solar energy potential,
which is essential to sustainable urban development. However, few studies have proposed …

Urban building energy modeling: State of the art and future prospects

F Johari, G Peronato, P Sadeghian, X Zhao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
During recent years, urban building energy modeling has become known as a novel
approach for identification, support and improvement of sustainable urban development …