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In the context of global warming, it is important to find solutions to decrease emission of greenhouse gases. It becomes clear that reducing energy consumption will be a big part of this challenge. The operation of buildings (heating, cooling and lighting) ...
An increased use of renewable energy and of energy efficiency measures in buildings is needed to face the urgency of climate change. Buildings are in fact among the highest worldwide consumers of primary energy, mostly of fossil fuel origin, while still ma ...
The optimization of building envelopes plays a substantial role in reducing global energy consumption and meeting energy and climate targets. Now, a dynamic photovoltaic building envelope has been demonstrated to improve building energy self-sufficiency, w ...
Expectations for high performance green buildings have been evolving over the last four decades. Green certification systems define, recognize, and demonstrate leadership in addressing building problems related to people and the environment. These systems ...
Quality of the indoor environment has become an important parameter to account for in new and ex- isting buildings due to the increasing number of people spending most of their time indoors. Generally, the design and evaluation of indoor environments in bu ...
This study proposes an integrated methodology to assess the BIPV potential of existing urban neighborhoods, including social acceptance and grid infrastructure management issues; as a demonstration, a case study in Geneva, Switzerland is considered. In par ...
Activating the thermal mass of a building by implementing Thermally Active Building Systems (TABS) assists in reducing energy use for thermal management of buildings by utilizing a low temperature heating and high temperature cooling approach. Coupling TAB ...
In the context of the energy transition, the optimization of building envelopes plays a substantial role in reducing global energy consumption and meeting climate targets. Now, a dynamic photovoltaic building envelope has been demonstrated to improve build ...
The preservation of post-war architecture represents a complex challenge to overcome for different reasons: hesitating recognition, bad perception and a certain material fragility. Especially the economic post-war housing has difficulties to be recognized ...
Information regarding occupant flows inside buildings is beneficial for applications such as thermal-load control, market research and security enhancement. Existing methodologies for occupant tracking involve data-driven techniques that rely either on rad ...
