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Optimizing energy efficiency and thermal comfort in building green retrofit
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A simulation-based energy-comfort optimization model is presented to facilitate evaluating various design alternatives and balancing multiple objectives in building green retrofit to achieve better energy efficiency and comfort in green building development.About:
This article is published in Energy.The article was published on 2021-12-15. It has received 63 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Green retrofit & Efficient energy use.read more
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BIM-based green building evaluation and optimization: A case study
TL;DR: A BIM-based model that is able to effectively perform the green building evaluation and optimization in a wide range and also incorporate the regional features as needed is presented and a novel grading rule is proposed that makes influential factors under different standards measurable in a more intuitive manner.
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Techno-economic analysis of energy storage systems using reversible fuel cells and rechargeable batteries in green buildings
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors proposed a model to evaluate and compare three ESS technologies linked to a stand-alone photovoltaic system, namely Li-ion (Li-ion) batteries, reversible fuel cells (PEM RFC), and reversible solid oxide cells (RSOC).
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Advancement on Thermal Comfort in Educational Buildings: Current Issues and Way Forward
TL;DR: In this article, a literature study was performed on thermal comfort in educational buildings comprising of 143 field studies, to identify all possible confounding parameters involved in thermal perception, including educational stage, climate zone, model adopted to investigate comfort, and operation mode.
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Significance of occupancy patterns and habitual household adaptive behaviour on home-energy performance of post-war social-housing estate in the South-eastern Mediterranean climate: Energy policy design
TL;DR: In this article , a questionnaire-based survey was conducted with 118 households in base-case representative residential tower blocks in the South-Eastern Europe to statistically determine occupant behavioural patterns associated with heating and cooling energy consumption and to identify household socio-demographic characteristics that contribute to the development of energyuser profiles.
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BIM-based retrofit method (RBIM) for building envelope thermal performance optimization
Taki Eddine Seghier,Yaik Wah Lim,Muhamad Farhin Harun,Mohd Hamdan Ahmad,Azurah A. Samah,Hairudin Abdul Majid +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method for retrofitting building information modelling (RBIM) is proposed to achieve a tradeoff design set between two conflicting objectives, namely minimizing OTTV and minimizing the retrofit cost.
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