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] A review of assessment methods for the urban environment and its energy sustainability to guarantee climate adaptation of future cities

D Mauree, E Naboni, S Coccolo, ATD Perera… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current climate change is calling for a drastic reduction of energy demand as well as of
greenhouse gases. Besides this, cities also need to adapt to face the challenges related to …

Challenges resulting from urban density and climate change for the EU energy transition

ATD Perera, K Javanroodi, D Mauree, VM Nik, P Florio… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Dense urban morphologies further amplify extreme climate events due to the urban heat
island phenomenon, rendering cities more vulnerable to extreme climate events. Here we …

Data-driven Urban Energy Simulation (DUE-S): A framework for integrating engineering simulation and machine learning methods in a multi-scale urban energy …

A Nutkiewicz, Z Yang, RK Jain - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The world is rapidly urbanizing, and the energy intensive built environment is becoming
increasingly responsible for the world's energy consumption and associated environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-domain urban-scale energy modelling tools: A review

A Sola, C Corchero, J Salom, M Sanmarti - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The development of Urban-Scale Energy Modelling (USEM) at district or city level is
today the goal of many research groups due to the increased interest in applications such as …

Technological advancements towards the net-zero energy communities: A review on 23 case studies around the globe

KR Ullah, V Prodanovic, G Pignatta, A Deletic… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract “Net-zero energy”, a burning concept of the current world, has been being
considered and applied on a building scale for the last few decades, however, there are …

How building energy models take the local climate into account in an urban context–A review

N Lauzet, A Rodler, M Musy, MH Azam… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The urban context is often simplified or neglected in Building Energy Models (BEMs) due to
the difficulties of taking accurately into account all the heat fluxes emanating from the …

Application of BEM and using BIM database for BEM: A review

Z Pezeshki, A Soleimani, A Darabi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract This paper reviews Building Energy Modeling (BEM) development using
classification and review of articles for the recent years (2015–2018) to explore how much …

Forecasting energy demand of PCM integrated residential buildings: A machine learning approach

M Zhussupbekov, SA Memon, SA Khawaja… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forecasting energy demand has become an essential element for energy stakeholders in
planning and reducing the energy consumption of buildings. Machine learning techniques …

A GIS-statistical approach for assessing built environment energy use at urban scale

ST Moghadam, J Toniolo, G Mutani… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy consumption modelling at the urban scale is crucial for supporting a transition
towards the low-carbon city. Unfortunately, there are not many robust examples or …