The achievement of European climate energy objectives which are contained in the
European Union's (EU)“20–20–20 ″targets and in the European Commission's (EC) …

Sharing of renewable energy and reduction of conventional energy consumption as an
attempt to ameliorate environmental issues such as global warming has become the main …

Since cooling and heating loads are regarded as significant parameters to examine the
energy performance of buildings, the need to predict and analyze them for the residential …

In this paper, the Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) neural network is optimized with two
metaheuristic algorithms, namely Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) and Particle Swarm …

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) are extremely energy consuming,
accounting for 40% of total building energy consumption. It is crucial to design some energy …

The energy performance in buildings is influenced by many factors, such as ambient
weather conditions, building structure and characteristics, the operation of sub-level …

Three main groups of internal and external influencing factors have been identified through
this review, including building characteristics, equipment and technologies, and occupant's …

Heat pumps are a promising technology for heating (and cooling) domestic buildings that
provide exceptionally high efficiencies compared with fossil fuel combustion. There are in …

Principles of Solar Engineering, Fourth Edition addresses the need for solar resource
assessment and highlights improvements and advancements involving photovoltaics and …

Geothermal is considered to be one of the most promising renewable sources for district
heating. Ground source heat pump systems coupled with the coaxial deep borehole heat …