Lower temperature heating (LTH) involves using the lowest possible supply temperatures to meet residential heating demands, thus supporting the integration of sustainable heating …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …