In construction industry, refurbishment is an alternativewayto upgrade the lifespan of existing infrastructure. The approach has been widely used even though it seems riskier, complex, and more difficult than constructing new projects. Despite several risk-management tools are available, a high level uncertainties, risks requirements for commercial projects have not reduced becomes challenging....

Utility programs have successfully delivered energy efficiency for decades. Today, increasing emphasis is being placed on demand response (DR) that incentivize customers to reduce, or “shed” electric load during grid peak periods. The most common methods used predict building peaks and quantify DR reductions rely simple averaging algorithms using hourly temperature data from the days preceding ...

The ripple effects of the pandemic have resulted in an unprecedented shift sectoral energy consumption as workforce predominantly stays and works from home. Quantifying impact these restrictions on offers a new direction toward intelligent services post-coronavirus (post-COVID-19) world, especially for commercial buildings. Thus, utilizing actual power data, study evaluates how usage buildings ...