[HTML][HTML] Design considerations for net zero energy buildings for intensive, confined poultry production: A review of current insights, knowledge gaps, and future …

Y Li, V Arulnathan, MD Heidari, N Pelletier - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The livestock sector is a key source of greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts. Poultry
(meat and eggs) is the fastest growing livestock sector globally. Poultry housing, including …

[HTML][HTML] Lower temperature heating integration in the residential building stock: A review of decision-making parameters for lower-temperature-ready energy …

P Wahi, T Konstantinou, MJ Tenpierik… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lower temperature heating (LTH) involves using the lowest possible supply temperatures to
meet residential heating demands, thus supporting the integration of sustainable heating …

Accurately predicting building energy performance using evolutionary multivariate adaptive regression splines

MY Cheng, MT Cao - Applied Soft Computing, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper proposes using evolutionary multivariate adaptive regression splines (EMARS),
an artificial intelligence (AI) model, to efficiently predict the energy performance of buildings …

Low-cost aerial unit for outdoor inspection of building façades

D Roca, S Lagüela, L Díaz-Vilariño, J Armesto… - Automation in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Geometry of buildings is an essential measurement during energy inspections, since it has a
great influence in the energy performance of the building. Given the difficult access …

Large-scale parameterization of 3D building morphology in complex urban landscapes using aerial LiDAR and city administrative data

B Bonczak, CE Kontokosta - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
The form and function of the modern city are defined by the three-dimensional contours of
the built environment. The morphology of the urban landscape has significant implications …

Developing urban residential reference buildings using clustering analysis of satellite images

X Li, R Yao, M Liu, V Costanzo, W Yu, W Wang… - Energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Built-up areas tend to comprise a variety of buildings with diverse and complex shapes,
functions and construction characteristics. This variety is the source of significant challenges …

Energy use and height in office buildings

D Godoy-Shimizu, P Steadman, I Hamilton… - Building Research & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The relationship between energy use and height is examined for a sample of 611 office
buildings in England and Wales using actual annual metered consumption of electricity and …

Embodied energy on refurbishment vs. demolition: A southern Europe case study

PL Gaspar, AL Santos - Energy and Buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
Embodied energy on building materials is a concept that allows the measurement of
environmental impact, considering energy expenditure associated to the extraction …

Defining the sustainable building design process: methods for BIM execution planning in the UK

MA Zanni, R Soetanto, K Ruikar - International Journal of Energy …, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this research is to develop a building information modelling (BIM)-
enabled sustainable design process model that identifies critical decisions actions in the …

Optimization of annual energy demand in office buildings under the influence of climate change in Chile

Numerous studies about climate change have emerged in recent years because of their
potential impact on many activities of human life, amongst which, the building sector is no …