...Shammy Kumar; Krishnan Murugesan; Elangovan Rajasekar Using a one-dimensional model for transient heat conduction through building enclosure walls, the present research examines the effects of thermo-physical building envelope parameters on transient heat exchange, peak cooling, and heating load...

... usage. The results provide insights into the inter-appliance association and peak hours, which will be used to design an Energy Demand Management System (EDMS) for Moroccan buildings in the future. The purpose of this research is to support the development of an effective EDMS and to encourage end-user...

...AbdlMonem H. Beitelmal; Jorge E. Gonzalez-Cruz; Christos Fountoukis Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) hosted a workshop entitled “Impact of Sustainable Buildings in Arid Environment on the Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality,” held in Doha, Qatar, on May 17–19, 2022, co-funded...

...: francisco.javier.arias@upc.edu Email: salvador.delasheras@upc.edu 12 05 2022 07 07 2022 08 07 2022 17 08 2022 building energy waste heat noise mitigation cooker hoods building energy heat transfer mass transfer system thermal comfort Ducted kitchen hoods are the most...

...Qurat Faiz; Jorge E. González Air temperature and humidity affect human comfort and health in warm and humid climates, and consequently energy demands from buildings to maintain indoor comfort levels. An effective way to measure the overall effect of temperature and humidity on human comfort...

... Reference Al Horr et al. [ 49 ] Allen et al. [ 40 ] Awada et al. [ 50 ] Evans [ 45 ] Altomonte et al. [ 51 ] Thermal comfort and moisture X X X X IAQ and ventilation X X X X Lighting and daylighting X X X X X Noise and acoustics X X X X X Building design (layout...

...Praveen Cheekatamarla; Vishaldeep Sharma; Bo Shen Economic and population growth is leading to increased energy demand across all sectors—buildings, transportation, and industry. Adoption of new energy consumers such as electric vehicles could further increase this growth. Sensible utilization...

... community using Phoenix, Arizona, as a primary location for weather and utility inputs. A baseline home is established using International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) 2018 code requirements. Three occupancy levels are evaluated in BEopt to provide diversity in the community’s building stock. The loads...

... identification algorithm from our prior work that periodically re-learns building dynamics and unmeasured internal heat loads from data without requiring re-tuning by experts. The estimated model is guaranteed to be stable and has desirable physical properties irrespective of the data; (ii) an MPC planner...

...Marin Vratonjic; Ali Rahmatmand; Feras Marish; Pierre Sullivan To reduce the environmental impact and cost, energy and water consumption of multi-resident buildings should be improved while ensuring resident comfort. Inefficient mixing of hot and cold-water streams and a non-optimal domestic hot...

... is changed. Some minor differences exist due to the different HVAC models used; the rest of the simulation setup is basically the same. However, the manipulated variables are different because of the fact that we have changed the model. Therefore, we would again build a rank order list of the training data...

...Rawad El Kontar; Xin Jin Optimizing the placement of photovoltaic (PV) panels on residential buildings has the potential to significantly increase energy efficiency benefits to both homeowners and communities. Strategic PV placement can lower electricity costs by reducing the electricity fed from...

... hybrid systems that meet the energy demand of non-electrified and electrified districts. The analysis indicates that the implementation of common and proven EEMs to all the district buildings can reduce its annual energy consumption and CO 2 emissions by 13% and 13.8%, respectively. These EEMs...

...Ammar H. A. Dehwah; Moncef Krarti Switchable building envelope systems, including passive and active systems, have recently seen an increase interest in the literature. Unlike static insulation, switchable insulation systems (SISs) have the ability to adjust the thermal properties of envelope...

..., and UHI. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, coupled with a multilayer building environment parameterization and building energy model (BEP–BEM), is used to perform this analysis. The BEP–BEM schemes are modified to account for partial AC use and used to analyze current and full AC adoption...

... storms was observed, but the intensity of the storms is projected to be higher than during the historical period. These changes in extreme wind events could have serious implications for NYC in terms of urban planning, potential power outages, transportation disruptions, impacts on building structures...

... : = { h 1 , h 2 , … , h H } participating in the DSM program, each of the homes are connected to a bus in the distribution network, and it has a energy supply contract with a unique energy retail company. Furthermore, each end-user h ∈ H has a home or building EM system...

...) impacts on the heating and cooling energy demand of buildings, and on the surrounding urban climate. The adverse consequences can be compounded if PV is installed on top of an otherwise highly reflective (“white”) rooftop. This study investigates these impacts on a test building in Tempe, AZ, by directly...

...Khuram Pervez Amber; Muhammad Waqar Aslam; Anila Kousar; Muhammad Sajid Khan; Ghulam Qadir Chaudhary; Muhammad Amar Energy usage intensity (EUI, kWh/m 2 /year) of a building category helps energy managers and building owners in evaluating the energy performance of their buildings. Banks are energy...

... to this challenge, where the demand can be controlled to follow energy supply, rather than the conventional way of controlling energy supply to follow demand. Recent research has shown that electric building climate control systems like heat pumps can provide this demand flexibility by effectively storing energy...