A growing body of research shows that retrofitting practices can potentially reduce energy
demand in hospital buildings and enhance indoor air quality. Yet, there is a lack of …

Retrofitting existing buildings with energy-efficient facilities is an effective method to improve
their energy efficiency, especially for old buildings. A multi-objective optimization model for …

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of the
refurbishment of heritage buildings with special emphasis on sustainability and universal …

To promote sustainable development and expedite the progress on moving to a green
building sector, the government of South Africa has developed an energy performance …

BEER (Building energy efficiency retrofit) projects are initiated in many nations and regions
over the world. Existing studies of BEER focus on modeling and planning based on one …

In response to rising energy costs and the impetus to reduce environmental impacts,
upgrading the large building stock that is responsible for 40% of the total energy …

Given that energy-efficiency policies focus on meso-or macro-scale interventions, it is
imperative to establish a macro-scale evaluation approach for building retrofits to support …

Generally, conventional controllers for comfort are designed by using on/off control or
proportional-integral (PI) control, with little consideration of energy consumption of the …

A method of fast multi-objective optimization and decision-making support for building retrofit
planning is developed, and lifecycle cost analysis method taking into account of future …

Building retrofit is effective in reducing building energy use and improving comfort levels for
existing buildings. However, conducting multi-objective optimization for individual buildings …