Data analytics to improve building performance: A critical review
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DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.10.020
Abstract: Abstract The data inherent in building automation systems, computerized maintenance management systems, security and access control systems, and IT networks represent an untapped opportunity to improve the operation and maintenance (OM the challenges related with… read more here.
Keywords: data analytics; performance critical; building; building performance ... See more keywords
From urban climate to energy consumption. Enhancing building performance simulation by including the urban heat island effect
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.03.069
Abstract: Abstract Cities are dissipative structures. As such, cities generate heat, a phenomenon known as urban heat island (UHI). Even though the UHI is one of the most relevant effects of urbanization on urban climate, up-to-date… read more here.
Keywords: heat; building performance; effect; energy ... See more keywords
Qualitative analysis of the use of building performance simulation for retrofitting lower quality office buildings in Australia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.09.040
Abstract: Abstract Building Performance Simulation (BPS) has become an important tool in the upgrading of the existing commercial building stock. It allows a user to predict energy savings from upgrades, and thereby optimise the energy, financial… read more here.
Keywords: use; energy; building performance; performance simulation ... See more keywords
The role of sensitivity analysis in the building performance analysis: A critical review
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109659
Abstract: Abstract A building system is highly nonlinear and commonly includes a variety of parameters ranging from the architectural design to the building mechanical and energy system. Serving as a powerful tool to understand the complicated… read more here.
Keywords: building performance; analysis; review; role ... See more keywords
Application and characterization of metamodels based on artificial neural networks for building performance simulation: A systematic review
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.109972
Abstract: Abstract In most of the countries, buildings are often one of the major energy consumers, leading to the necessity of achieving sustainable building designs, and to the mandatory use of building performance simulation (BPS) tools… read more here.
Keywords: neural networks; building performance; performance simulation; review ... See more keywords
Do we need building performance data to propose a climatic zoning for building energy efficiency regulations?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110303
Abstract: Abstract Climatic zoning is frequently used in building energy efficiency regulations. However, there is no consensus about which climatic zoning method should be used for a given purpose. This study aims to verify if building… read more here.
Keywords: building performance; building energy; climatic zoning;
The shading effects of Green Infrastructure in private residential areas: Building Performance Simulation to support urban planning
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110531
Abstract: Abstract Over the past decades, intense urbanization processes have produced built environments with a low energy efficiency and a severe lack of green spaces, which represent the main providers of ecosystem services in cities and… read more here.
Keywords: building performance; energy; support urban; green infrastructure ... See more keywords
The design of safe classrooms of educational buildings for facing contagions and transmission of diseases: A novel approach combining audits, calibrated energy models, building performance (BPS) and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110533
Abstract: The proposed investigation is aimed at providing useful suggestions and guidelines for the renovation of educational buildings, in order to do University classrooms safe and sustainable indoor places, with respect to the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 global… read more here.
Keywords: energy; building performance; educational buildings; approach ... See more keywords
Low carbon building performance in the construction industry: a multi-method approach of system dynamics and building performance modelling
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DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2020.1748212
Abstract: Abstract The construction industry contributes significantly to energy consumption and carbon emissions. Moreover, people spend more time inside buildings, so their health is increasingly influenced by indoor environmental conditions. When considered through these lenses, the… read more here.
Keywords: energy; construction; building performance; industry ... See more keywords
Developing a building-performance evaluation framework for post-disaster reconstruction: the case of hospital buildings in Aceh, Indonesia
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DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2018.1506903
Abstract: Abstract Developing countries have faced many problems regarding humanitarian reconstructed buildings, especially during occupancy when most donors have left. Hospitals are some of the most important buildings in the disaster-management cycle. Previous studies have shown… read more here.
Keywords: framework; building performance; post disaster; disaster ... See more keywords
A preliminary study of representing the inter-occupant diversity in occupant modelling
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DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2016.1261943
Abstract: Significant diversity between occupants and their presence and actions results in major uncertainty with regard to predicting building performance. However, many current occupant modelling approaches – even stochastic ones – suppress occupant diversity by focusing… read more here.
Keywords: occupant modelling; preliminary study; diversity; building performance ... See more keywords