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Showing 1 to 20 of 132 for “"Commercial Buildings"”.
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Systemic impediments to constructing energy-efficient commercial buildings
… wrote a paper entitled "Energy-Efficient Buildings: Institutional Barriers and Opportunities". In it, he detailed roadblocks to constructing energy efficient commercial buildings- from the fear of lenders to finance the unknown, to developers unmotivated to instill efficiency, to …
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Passive Cooling Applications in Commercial Buildings in Hot Regions
… of the whole United Arab Emirates comes from the buildings and that 70% goes into cooling (Supreme Council of Energy, 2014). Secondly, many modern buildings in the region have glazed glass façades. In line with the emirate's vision for sustainability 2021, Dubai Municipality (DM) Building …
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Decision making for energy conservation in existing commercial buildings.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1978
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Electrical Load Disaggregation and Demand Response in Commercial Buildings
… DR and ensure efficient energy operation of buildings, detailed energy monitoring is essential. This information can then be used for energy management, by monitoring the power consumption of devices and giving users detailed feedback at an individual device level. Based on the data from the …
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Automated demand response applied to a set of commercial buildings
Commercial facility demand response refers to voluntary actions by customers that change their consumption of electric power in response to price signals, incentives, or directions from grid operators at times of high wholesale market prices or when electric system reliability is jeopardized. …
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Automation of power network design in industrial and commercial buildings
… of power network design in industrial and commercial buildings is complex and time consuming. The design procedure contains several steps. It starts with data collection followed by selection of the conductors and protection devices. The process ends with the coordination of the protection …
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Software for fault detection in HVAC systems in commercial buildings
The building sector of the United States currently consumes over 41% of the United States primary energy supply. Estimates suggest that between 5 and 30% of any building's annual energy consumption is unknowingly wasted due to pathologically malfunctioning lighting and comfort conditioning systems. …
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Interaction between thermal comfort and HVAC energy consumption in commercial buildings
… (HVAC) systems and occupants’ thermal comfort in commercial buildings. A numerical model was developed to perform a thermal analysis of a single zone and simultaneously investigate its occupants’ thermal sensations as a non-linear function of the thermal environmental (i.e. temperature, thermal …
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Case studies of naturally ventilated commercial buildings in the United States
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2002.
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A critical appraisal of the use of displacement ventilation in commercial buildings
… to the use of displacement ventilation in commercial buildings to assess the degree of success that has been achieved. The findings show that there is uncertainty in several areas of performance. The major area of concern is the inability of this method of ventilation to maintain thermal …
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Establishing energy benchmarks for commercial buildings in the City of Cape Town
… relating to energy efficiency in their commercial building stock, but no clear strategy for tackling existing buildings. This research redresses this by examining international approaches to the benchmarking process and applies these in the context of South Africa.
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A physical form exploration : mixed-use conversion of several downtown commercial buildings
Thesis. 1977. M.Arch.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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The profitability of green retrofitting the building envelope of commercial buildings in Cape Town
… attention on the construction of new green buildings, rather than optimizing existing building stock. Producing new buildings, while many existing properties are utilized on a sub-optimal level, with low rental income and high vacancies is not only resource inefficient, but also contributes …
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Electrical power disaggregation in commercial buildings with applications to a non-intrusive load monitor
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1991.
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The architectural impact of using ground-source heat pumps in commercial buildings in Las Vegas
… period of time. The results are applied to a commercial office building in order to assess the net impact of combining various energy efficiency strategies. The conclusion of the comprehensive study is that energy efficient design strongly contributes to a reduction in the required size of a …
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Energy Profiling of the Prevalent Commercial Buildings in Specific Postal Districts: Potential application to GIS
… the contribution that the most<br/>prevalent commercial buildings within the city centre postcode areas of two Scottish cities make to electrical energy usage and thereby their carbon dioxide emission. Using the Scottish Assessors Association produced information about the rateable sites, …
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A method for selecting HVAC retrofit solutions for existing small- and medium-sized commercial buildings
… into different types of small- and medium-sized commercial buildings (SMSCB). Additionally, development of an advanced data-driven decision-making tool is introduced as a benefit of proposed framework. In recent years, considerable attention has been focused on retrofits of existing commercial …
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Evaluation of the potential impact of electrochromic windows on the energy performance of commercial buildings
… visual environment and energy requirements of commercial buildings. The research work presented in this thesis, which is accomplished using computer simulation, proposes to undertake an engineering evaluation of the performance of electrochromic glazings and to advance knowledge in the field by …
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