Recent advances toward sustainable cities have promoted the concept of near-zero energy
consumption. A Positive Energy Building (PEB) model has been developed by the European …

Many problems in real life can be seen as Expensive Optimization Problems (EOPs).
Compared with traditional optimization problems, the evaluation cost of candidate solutions …

In the present research, the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) was used to minimize the yearly
energy consumption of an office building in Seattle weather conditions. The GWO is a meta …

Proper analysis of building energy performance requires selecting appropriate models for
handling complicated calculations. Machine learning has recently emerged as a promising …

Residential buildings account for nearly 60% of electrical energy consumption in hot
climates as in Kuwait. As a result, this study proposes a reliable multi-objective model to …

Abstract “Framework” and “case-study” are the two most prominent features in the
optimization of architectural building design. The first can improve the speed of the process …

Indoor thermal comfort represents a key aspect of building design. The reference standards
do not consider the thermal adaptability of the human body, and HVAC system control …

As a state-of-the-art green façade technology, building-integrated microalgae bioreactor has
the potential to reduce buildings' carbon footprint and energy consumption. The present …

Building energy usage has been an important issue in recent decades, and energy
prediction models are important tools for analysing this problem. This study provides a …

This paper aims to investigate the causal links among export diversification, per capita
income, and energy demand for 20 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries …