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...

In Smart grid, it enables two-way communication between the consumers and utilities by using the smart meters, where energy management becomes possible for both sides. Smart meters provide time-related consumption information which is used in Time Of Use (TOU) pricing to enable flexible billing. According to TOU, rates differ in peak, moderate peak and off peak hours. Druing peak hours, consume...

This paper aims to investigate the typical indoor environment in Tibetan residential dwellings, which has particular architectural form and environmental adaptations. The field measurements during the summer month show that the traditional house presents high humidity, low temperature. And the indoor environment is much worse in winter. Tibetan architectural features and ethnic customs are take...

Various predictive models about the residential energy demand and residential renewable energy production have been proposed. Recent studies have confirmed that they are not normally distributed over time. The increase in renewable energy installation has brought the issue of energy storage charge and discharge control. Thus, storage control methods that properly address non-normality are requi...

The data reported in this article refers to input and output information related to the research articles entitled Assessment of cost-optimality and technical solutions in high performance multi-residential buildings in the Mediterranean area by Zacà et al. (Assessment of cost-optimality and technical solutions in high performance multi-residential buildings in the Mediterranean area, in press....

With decades of economic growth and socio-economic transformation, China’s residential sector has seen rapid expansion in energy consumption, and is now the second largest energy consuming sector in the country. Faced with challenges of energy resource depletion and natural environment deterioration, China has been intensifying its efforts on energy conservation and emissions reductions in the ...

Traditional whole building energy modeling suffers from several factors, including the large number of inputs required to characterize the building, the specificity required to accurately model building materials and components, simplifying assumptions made by underlying simulation algorithms, and the gap between the as-designed and as-built building. Prior work has attempted to mitigate these ...