Usage of "smart" glass panels in commercial and residential buildings

Smart Control of Residential Buildings

Energy Implications of Filtration in Residential and Light-Commercial Buildings

Higher-efficiency HVAC filters generally have a higher pressure drop and are widely assumed to increase energy consumption in smaller air conditioning systems. To explore the effects of filters in real buildings, we monitored 17 residential and light-commercial forced air cooling systems in Austin, TX. Measurements were made once per month for one year at each site with filters from three diffe...

Transition Process for Smart Grid Compatibility in Residential Buildings

Urbanization itself accounts for a vast amount of energy and cities are centres of resource consumption and buildings can account for 40-60% of the urban energy usage which mostly relies on high Green-House-Gas (GHG) emitting fossil fuels. Climate change and other environmental concerns drive the policy initiatives to be renewable energy oriented. Increasing the share of renewable sources in th...

Residential buildings renewal towards to the Smart concept

The current global trends lead to fulfilment of specified environmental and economic objectives in all sectors of national economies. Buildings form a basic pillar of smart cities concept where all life processes and nerve centres of social life are read, in order to radically improve quality of life, opportunity, prosperity, social and economic development, thanks to the use of the new technol...

Solar Radiation and Orientation of Buildings: Case of Residential Buildings in Isfahan

Climatic conditions have a significant impact on the energy consumption of  buildings. Also check the angle of the solar radiation on buildings and controlling the amount of heat absorbed on building shell during the year have significant impact on building energy efficiency. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of orientation of the building on the energy consumption and to this...