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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Building energy modeling"”.
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Accelerating Urban Building Energy Modeling
… and urgent decarbonization goals. In the building sector, urban building energy models (UBEMs) have become a valuable tool for jurisdictions to develop evidence-based retrofitting policies, but dynamically exploring solutions is hampered by the computational expense and organizational …
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Building archetype calibration for effective urban building energy modeling
… their built environment. Given the relevance of energy use in buildings, such plans introduce a variety of efficiency and supply planning strategies ranging from the scale of buildings, to full districts. Their implementation requires information about current building energy demands, and how …
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Numerical solution of nonlinear algebraic systems in building energy modeling
When solving a system of nonlinear equations by Newton-Raphson's method, a common means of avoiding divergence requires each step to reduce some vector norm of the residual errors, usually the convenient and tractable sum of squares. Unfortunately, the descent requirement subjects the solver to …
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Urban building energy modeling as a dynamic tool for sustainability planning
… the most effective strategies to achieving energy efficiency in order to meet these objectives. This thesis explores how urban building energy modeling (UBEM) can be utilized to develop high-impact community-led energy efficiency programs. UBEM is a recently developed type of bottom-up …
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Meeting A Community’s Emissions Reduction Targets Using Urban Building Energy Modeling
… paper lays out a six-step process using urban building energy modeling to identify a combination of building energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy deployment strategies that meet emissions goals. The process involves key decision makers in each municipality working with an energy …
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Using Urban Building Energy Modeling to Develop Carbon Reduction Pathways for Cities
… growth, but they have an insatiable appetite for energy. In response to the challenges and potential impact of climate change, cities and municipalities around the world are developing climate action plans to reduce carbon emissions and enhance resilience of their built environments. However, …
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Urban building energy modeling and retrofit design as a means to inform effective public policy : Boston case study
Residential buildings use upwards of 20% of the total energy consumed annually in the United States. This, coupled with the desire to reduce overall utility costs and improve occupant comfort on the part of residents, places cities, as the main catalyst for local energy policy, at the forefront of …
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La simulazione termoenergetica dinamica del sistema edificio-impianti applicata a un caso studio:l'azienda ospedaliera "G. Brotzu"
… first part that involved the validation test of building energy modeling software, in order to compare calibrate numerical solution to experimental measures of energy demand and thermo-hygrometric parameters. Once installed in the Internal Medicine Department (of the AOB Hospital in Cagliari) a …
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Simplified Floor-Area-Based Energy-Moisture-Economic Model for Residential Buildings
In the United States, 21% of all energy is used in residential buildings (40% of which is for heating and cooling homes). Promising improvements in residential building energy efficiency are underway such as the Building America Program and the Passive House Concept. The ability of improving energy …
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Physics-based Estimates of Structural Material Quantities for Urban-level Embodied Carbon Assessment in Buildings
… add to the urgency of this challenge. In fact, buildings account for about 40% of all energy and carbon emissions from operations and materials’ production and construction processes. More specifically, buildings’ structural systems are responsible for a significant share of the upfront embodied …
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How Much Does It Really Cost? A Dynamic Approach to Building Retrofit Costs for Decarbonization Pathways
… their part, often without a concrete plan. With buildings accounting for 40% of total global emissions, building retrofits are a key component to these pathways to zero carbon. Urban building energy modeling (UBEM) research efforts have developed physics-based decision-making tools to define …
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Beyond the Bioclimatic Chart: An Automated Simulation-Based Method for Assessing Natural Ventilation and Passive Design Potential
Technological advancements in the building industry have significantly transformed climate and comfort control in buildings. This allows for air conditioning in deserts and heating in the Arctic, ensuring occupant comfort. This innovation, however, has contributed to a homogenization in …
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The power-gas demand impacts and regulatory implications for the future of gas systems under the electrification of space heating in cold climates
… necessitates the decarbonization of the building sector. The electrification of heating, especially via efficient air-source heat pumps coupled with a low-carbon electricity grid, is considered an attractive option for displacing emissions from fossil-fueled heating systems. While the …
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An Expert-based Approach for Grid Peak Demand Curtailment using HVAC Thermostat Setpoint Interventions in Commercial Buildings
… peak demand curtailment by turning commercial buildings into interactive assets for building owners during the demand control period. The work presented here is useful for both ab initio design of new sites and for existing or retrofitted sites. An analytical hierarchy process (AHP)-based …
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Whose fault is it anyway? evaluating the energy efficiency gap in commercial buildings & measuring energy savings associated with fault detection and diagnostics
According to the International Energy Agency, energy efficiency programs make up 72% of global greenhouse gas abatement strategies. However, there is extensive literature that shows compelling evidence for an "energy efficiency gap" in which expected energy savings from energy efficiency programs …
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Analysis of Energy Savings and Feasibility of Retrofitting New York City Midrise Multifamily Buildings with Air Source Heat Pump Technology
… decarbonization policies that will require buildings to replace fossil fuel space and water heating systems with electric powered alternatives. In many cities, especially in the northeast, fossil fuel space and water heating systems are used in a vast majority of buildings and significantly …
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A critical analysis of the passive house standard for the climates of the United States
"A ""passive house"" is a building that ""can provide the necessary heating, cooling, and dehumidification through supply air ventilation"" (Schneiders 2009). This study demonstrates that when using current technologies and practices, the functional definition of passive house as defined above by …
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Buildings' Energy modeling and Platforms for a Sustainable Development of Cities and Communities
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Climate-neutral Turin: evaluating energy, emissions, and life cycle costs in district-scale building retrofit scenarios
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment