Study on daylighting mode of energy-efficient buildings

Optimal Control of Energy Efficient Buildings

Energy Efficient Buildings with Functional Steel Cladding

The aim of the study is to develop a model for the energy balance of buildings that includes the effect from the radiation properties of interior and exterior surfaces of the building envelope. As a first step we have used ice arenas as case study objects to investigate the importance of interior low emissivity surfaces. Measurements have been done in two ice arenas in the north part of Sweden,...

Aggregating Opinions to Design Energy-Efficient Buildings

In this research-in-progress paper we present a new real world domain for studying the aggregation of different opinions: early stage architectural design of buildings. This is an important real world application, not only because building design and construction is one of the world’s largest industries measured by global expenditures, but also because the early stage design decision making has...

Introduction to the Special Issue on Energy Efficient Buildings

The current energy prices are at a historically high level. This, ombined with technological advances, has led to a surge in the nterest in energy savings in buildings. Buildings are traditionlly the domain of civil engineers, but from a modeling, control nd optimal operation point of view, there are strong similarities ith industrial processes, where use of control and other system ngineering ...

Uniformly Illuminated Efficient Daylighting System

Different approaches have been introduced for the daylighting system to reduce energy consumption, but they were not populated due to complex, high cost, and insufficient designs. There has been a recent problem in achieving uniform distribution of sunlight at a destination deep inside the building. Therefore, we propose a system to achieve high illumination by illuminating the surface of the a...