Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs

DB Crawley, JW Hand, M Kummert, BT Griffith - Building and environment, 2008 - Elsevier
For the past 50 years, a wide variety of building energy simulation programs have been
developed, enhanced and are in use throughout the building energy community. This paper …

Energy performance assessment of existing dwellings

B Poel, G van Cruchten, CA Balaras - Energy and buildings, 2007 - Elsevier
The existing buildings stock in European countries accounts for over 40% of final energy
consumption in the European Union (EU) member states, of which residential use …

Energy efficiency and household behavior: the rebound effect in the residential sector

E Aydin, N Kok, D Brounen - The RAND Journal of Economics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This article investigates the rebound effect in residential heating, using a sample of 563,000
households in the Netherlands. Using instrumental variable and fixed‐effects approaches …

Biopolymers impact on hygrothermal properties of rammed earth: from material to building scale

AE Losini, AC Grillet, L Vo, G Dotelli… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Three biopolymers were tested as rammed earth (RE) stabilizers, evaluating their impact on
the hygrothermal behavior from material to building scale. Hygrothermal characterization …

An applied artificial intelligence approach towards assessing building performance simulation tools

A Yezioro, B Dong, F Leite - Energy and buildings, 2008 - Elsevier
With the development of modern computer technology, a large amount of building energy
simulation tools is available in the market. When choosing which simulation tool to use in a …

History and development of validation with the ESP-r simulation program

PA Strachan, G Kokogiannakis, IA Macdonald - Building and Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
It is well recognised that validation of dynamic building simulation programs is a long-term
complex task. There have been many large national and international efforts that have led to …

Assessment of the technical potential for achieving net zero-energy buildings in the commercial sector

B Griffith, N Long, P Torcellini, R Judkoff, D Crawley… - 2007 - osti.gov
This report summarizes the findings from research conducted at NREL to assess the
technical potential for zero-energy building technologies and practices to reduce the impact …

Model validation and testing: The methodological foundation of ASHRAE Standard 140

R Judkoff, J Neymark - 2006 - osti.gov
Ideally, whole-building energy simulation programs model all aspects of a building that
influence energy use and thermal and visual comfort for the occupants. An essential …

Energy modeling system using building information modeling open standards

H Kim, K Anderson - Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
There is an urgent need in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries for new
programs and methods of producing reliable energy simulations using building information …

Co-simulation of innovative integrated HVAC systems in buildings

M Trčka, JLM Hensen, M Wetter - Journal of Building Performance …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Integrated performance simulation of buildings' heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
(HVAC) systems can help in reducing energy consumption and increasing occupant comfort …