Buildings contribute a major component of the world’s total energy consumption. During the design phase, building energy simulation models can be used to predict building performance and design energy-efficient buildings that consume an optimal amount of energy, if operated and maintained within the confines of energy model assumptions. Similarly, Dynamic DataDriven Simulation and Analysis (DDD...

The energy consumptions in households and the energy resources used for fulfilling the energy needs have been changing in a quite short period of time. The present study aims to provide a background of the energy consumptions in Portugal in a European context. A significant part of the energy consumptions is related to buildings. It is estimated that buildings use about 40% of all the energy ne...

Driven by the development of smart buildings and smart grids, numerous of research has focused on developing optimal operation strategies for smart buildings with the aims of reducing energy consumption and cost, as well as improving the grid reliability. Unfortunately, most of the studies from smart building perspective only target on a single building with elaborated energy forecasting models...

Many innovative techniques and policy measures have been introduced to reduce energy consumption. Despite the high ambitions and societal pressures, the adoption rate of energy measures in office buildings is still low. Using adoption theories this paper provides a framework to analyse the adoption process of energy saving techniques in building processes. This framework is used to analyse the ...

Close to 40% of the primary energy consumption in the U.S. comes from commercial and residential buildings [1]. Therefore, reducing this energy consumption is very important, both economically, and environmentally (due to the amount of CO2 emitted in the process of generating the electricity). Predicting the energy consumption of buildings (energy modeling) is a key component in reducing the bu...

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in particular, by identifying clusters of individuals, households, organizations, cities, countries and nationalities with similar behavioural patterns, it can assist in the crafting of more effective interventions and incentives targeted to specific energy cultures. it also helps energy supply companies understand different behavioural clusters among their customers, so as to better tailor the...

Considerable effort is being made to reduce the primary energy consumption in buildings. As part of this effort, fuel cell systems are attracting attention as a new/renewable energy systems for several reasons: (i) distributed generation system; (ii) combined heat and power system; and (iii) availability of various sources of hydrogen in the future. Therefore, this study aimed to develop an eco...

Buildings currently account for 30–40 percent of total global energy consumption. In particular, commercial buildings are responsible for about 12 percent of global energy use and 21 percent of the United States’ energy use, and the energy demand of this sector continues to grow faster than other sectors. This increasing rate therefore raises a critical concern about improving the energy perfor...