Aiming to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions at the community level is
a valuable endeavour because of synergies and efficiency gains through mixed energy …

The influence of increasing oil prices, the effects of climate change, and the desire to
become independent of fossil fuel imports have stimulated many countries and their …

The United States Department of Defense (US DoD) has established challenging goals to
increase the energy efficiency and reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) ernissions of their …

Community-scale modeling is a rapidly growing area of interest for planners, policy makers,
and researchers. There are, however, few software tools that enable large-scale parametric …

Task automation is a great productivity enhancer in any workflow. In building energy
modeling, scripting has emerged as a powerful tool for automating both standard tasks such …

Cities are on the front lines of tackling the intertwined challenges of sustainable
development, climate adaptation, and a clean energy future. Many have aggressive energy …

Until recently, most planners at military installations addressed energy systems for new
facilities on an individual facility basis without consideration of community-wide goals …

The International Energy Agency (IEA) was established in 1974 within the framework of the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement an …

The process of building sustainable communities requires careful coordination between a
number of stakeholders, including master planners, energy planners, and building …

Abstract The European Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD
recast) establishes the target of nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) for all new buildings …