Energy and Buildings

Article	Citations
Review of 50 years of EU energy efficiency policies for buildings	272
A review of the-state-of-the-art in data-driven approaches for building energy prediction	212
Fault detection and diagnosis of large-scale HVAC systems in buildings using data-driven methods: A comprehensive review	197
State-of-the-art on research and applications of machine learning in the building life cycle	182
Review of technological design options for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)	154
Enhanced thermophysical properties of organic PCM through shape stabilization for thermal energy storage in buildings: A state of the art review	151
Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review	147
A critical review on phase change materials (PCM) for sustainable and energy efficient building: Design, characteristic, performance and application	124
Technological options and strategies towards zero energy buildings contributing to climate change mitigation: A systematic review	116
Deep learning and transfer learning models of energy consumption forecasting for a building with poor information data	115
A review of adaptive thermal comfort research since 1998	114
Deep reinforcement learning to optimise indoor temperature control and heating energy consumption in buildings	114
A review of liquid desiccant air dehumidification: From system to material manipulations	111
Non-invasive (non-contact) measurements of human thermal physiology signals and thermal comfort/discomfort poses -A review	110
Will the urbanization process influence the peak of carbon emissions in the building sector? A dynamic scenario simulation	106
EnergyPlus, IDA ICE and TRNSYS predictive simulation accuracy for building thermal behaviour evaluation by using an experimental campaign in solar test boxes with and without a PCM module	105
Optimizing PCM-integrated walls for potential energy savings in U.S. Buildings	103
Energy performance of existing residential buildings in Europe: A novel approach combining energy with seismic retrofitting	102
Life cycle assessment of the building industry: An overview of two decades of research (1995–2018)	101
Review of urban building energy modeling (UBEM) approaches, methods and tools using qualitative and quantitative analysis	100
Designing the design of experiments (DOE) – An investigation on the influence of different factorial designs on the characterization of complex systems	99
A bi-directional missing data imputation scheme based on LSTM and transfer learning for building energy data	97
A review of studies applying machine learning models to predict occupancy and window-opening behaviours in smart buildings	94
Personal comfort systems: A review on comfort, energy, and economics	93
A review of integrated radiant heating/cooling with ventilation systems- Thermal comfort and indoor air quality	93

Occupant-density-detection based energy efficient ventilation system: Prevention of infection transmission	92
A review of internal and external influencing factors on energy efficiency design of buildings	91
Hourly energy consumption prediction of an office building based on ensemble learning and energy consumption pattern classification	91
Multi-objective optimization of building retrofit in the Mediterranean climate by means of genetic algorithm application	91
Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling	89
A review of building occupancy measurement systems	89
Multi-objective optimization of building energy performance and indoor thermal comfort by combining artificial neural networks and metaheuristic algorithms	88
Application and characterization of metamodels based on artificial neural networks for building performance simulation: A systematic review	88
A building energy consumption prediction model based on rough set theory and deep learning algorithms	87
Heat mitigation technologies can improve sustainability in cities. An holistic experimental and numerical impact assessment of urban overheating and related heat mitigation strategies on energy consum	87
A Digital Twin predictive maintenance framework of air handling units based on automatic fault detection and diagnostics	86
Inorganic phase change materials in thermal energy storage: A review on perspectives and technological advances in building applications	86
Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves and power outages: Key concepts and definition	83
Nature-inspired hybrid techniques of IWO, DA, ES, GA, and ICA, validated through a k-fold validation process predicting monthly natural gas consumption	82
Combination of short-term load forecasting models based on a stacking ensemble approach	80
A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of different insulation materials for buildings in the continental Mediterranean climate	80
Critical review of standards for indoor thermal environment and air quality	79
Indoor environmental quality related risk factors with energy-efficient retrofitting of housing: A literature review	79
Does telecommuting save energy? A critical review of quantitative studies and their research methods	79
A long short-term memory artificial neural network to predict daily HVAC consumption in buildings	78
Effective PCM, insulation, natural and/or night ventilation techniques to enhance the thermal performance of buildings located in various climates – A review	76
Embodied energy and embodied carbon of structural building materials: Worldwide progress and barriers through literature map analysis	76
Coupled EnergyPlus and CFD analysis of PCM for thermal management of buildings	75
High energy efficiency ventilation to limit COVID-19 contagion in school environments	75
Calibrating building energy simulation models: A review of the basics to guide future work	74
Aerogel based thermal insulating cementitious composites: A review	74
Aerogel glazing systems for building applications: A review	72
Effects of climate change on variations in climatic zones and heating energy consumption of residential buildings in the southern Chile	72
CFD simulation of natural ventilation of a generic building in various incident wind directions: Comparison of turbulence modelling, evaluation methods, and ventilation mechanisms	72
Energy-saving potential of 3D printed concrete building with integrated living wall	72
A hybrid deep learning-based method for short-term building energy load prediction combined with an interpretation process	70
Resilient cooling strategies – A critical review and qualitative assessment	68
Energy prediction techniques for large-scale buildings towards a sustainable built environment: A review	68
Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) products and systems: A review of energy-related behavior	68
Intelligent buildings: An overview	67
Effectiveness of passive design strategies in responding to future climate change for residential buildings in hot and humid Hong Kong	66
Application of phase change material in improving trombe wall efficiency: An up-to-date and comprehensive overview	66
Modelling heating and cooling energy demand for building stock using a hybrid approach	65
Factors influencing embodied carbon emissions of China's building sector: An analysis based on extended STIRPAT modeling	65
Selection of phase change material for improved performance of Trombe wall systems using the entropy weight and TOPSIS methodology	65
How do urban residents use energy for winter heating at home? A large-scale survey in the hot summer and cold winter climate zone in the Yangtze River region	65
NILM applications: Literature review of learning approaches, recent developments and challenges	65
Predicting hourly heating load in a district heating system based on a hybrid CNN-LSTM model	65
Using machine learning algorithms to predict occupants’ thermal comfort in naturally ventilated residential buildings	64
Multi-factor analysis on thermal comfort and energy saving potential for PCM-integrated buildings in summer	64
Building energy prediction using artificial neural networks: A literature survey	64
Evaluation of energy flexibility of low-energy residential buildings connected to district heating	63
The effect of lighting environment on task performance in buildings – A review	63
A data mining-based framework for the identification of daily electricity usage patterns and anomaly detection in building electricity consumption data	63
Gender differences in metabolic rates and thermal comfort in sedentary young males and females at various temperatures	63

Climate change impacts on trends and extremes in future heating and cooling demands over Europe	62
Transfer learning-based strategies for fault diagnosis in building energy systems	62
Urban morphology and building heating energy consumption: Evidence from Harbin, a severe cold region city	62
Policies for energy conservation and sufficiency: Review of existing policies and recommendations for new and effective policies in OECD countries	61
Building power consumption datasets: Survey, taxonomy and future directions	61
Data-driven and association rule mining-based fault diagnosis and action mechanism analysis for building chillers	60
Life cycle performance of Cross Laminated Timber mid-rise residential buildings in Australia	60
Revisiting individual and group differences in thermal comfort based on ASHRAE database	60
Thermoelectric air conditioning undergarment for personal thermal management and HVAC energy saving	60
Using BIM to improve building energy efficiency – A scientometric and systematic review	59
Future energy-optimised buildings — Addressing the impact of climate change on buildings	59
Building environment information and human perceptual feedback collected through a combined virtual reality (VR) and electroencephalogram (EEG) method	58
Application of machine learning in thermal comfort studies: A review of methods, performance and challenges	57
Thermal comfort and energy performance of personal comfort systems (PCS): A systematic review and meta-analysis	57
Influence of electricity prices on energy flexibility of integrated hybrid heat pump and thermal storage systems in a residential building	57
Simulation-aided occupant-centric building design: A critical review of tools, methods, and applications	56
Influencing factors analysis and operation optimization for the long-term performance of medium-deep borehole heat exchanger coupled ground source heat pump system	56
Fault detection diagnostic for HVAC systems via deep learning algorithms	56
Real-time non-intrusive load monitoring: A light-weight and scalable approach	56
Peer-to-peer electricity trading in an industrial site: Value of buildings flexibility on peak load reduction	56
Current and future coating technologies for architectural glazing applications	56
Data driven indoor air quality prediction in educational facilities based on IoT network	55
The impact of the COVID-19 on households’ hourly electricity consumption in Canada	55
Review of experimental data associated with the solidification characteristics of water droplets on a cold plate surface at the early frosting stage	55
Building HVAC control with reinforcement learning for reduction of energy cost and demand charge	55
Using urban building energy modelling (UBEM) to support the new European Union’s Green Deal: Case study of Dublin Ireland	54
Generating realistic building electrical load profiles through the Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)	54
Best practices and recent advances in hydronic radiant cooling systems – Part II: Simulation, control, and integration	54
Non-destructive techniques (NDT) for the diagnosis of heritage buildings: Traditional procedures and futures perspectives	54
A field study of occupant thermal comfort with radiant ceiling cooling and overhead air distribution system	54
Ensemble learning with member optimization for fault diagnosis of a building energy system	54
A novel comprehensive workflow for modelling outdoor thermal comfort and energy demand in urban canyons: Results and critical issues	54
Application of retro-reflective materials in urban buildings: A comprehensive review	53
Energy poverty. How can you fight it, if you can’t measure it?	53
An experimental investigation of CuO/water nanofluid heat transfer in geothermal heat exchanger	53
Development and validation of a smart HVAC control system for multi-occupant offices by using occupants’ physiological signals from wristband	53
A hybrid RF-LSTM based on CEEMDAN for improving the accuracy of building energy consumption prediction	53
Impact of people's behavior on the energy sustainability of the residential sector in emergency situations caused by COVID-19	52
Improved analytical modeling and system performance evaluation of deep coaxial borehole heat exchanger with segmented finite cylinder-source method	52
On the impact of nature-based solutions on citizens’ health & well being	52
Parametric analysis and design optimisation of PCM thermal energy storage system for space cooling of buildings	52
Life cycle cost assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis of environment-friendly building insulation materials - A review	51
Multi-objective two-stage adaptive robust planning method for an integrated energy system considering load uncertainty	51
The regional disparity of per-capita CO2 emissions in China’s building sector: An analysis of macroeconomic drivers and policy implications	51
A bibliometric review of net zero energy building research 1995–2022	51
Cost-effectiveness of large-scale deep energy retrofit packages for residential buildings under different economic assessment approaches	51
Improving the energy efficiency of passive PCM system using controlled natural ventilation	51
Multi-objective performance of smart hybrid energy system with Multi-optimal participation of customers in day-ahead energy market	50
User-centered environmental control: a review of current findings on personal conditioning systems and personal comfort models	50
A performance comparison of multi-objective optimization-based approaches for calibrating white-box building energy models	50
Do energy performance certificates allow reliable predictions of actual energy consumption and savings? Learning from the Swiss national database	50
The nexus between access to electricity and CO2 damage in Asian Countries: The evidence from quantile regression models	50
Reinforcement learning of occupant behavior model for cross-building transfer learning to various HVAC control systems	49
An experimental comparison on regional thermal environment of the high-density enclosed building groups with retro-reflective and high-reflective coatings	49
Energy saving performance of thermochromic coatings with different colors for buildings	49
Microclimate and urban morphology effects on building energy demand in different European cities	49
Applications, evaluations and supportive strategies of distributed energy systems: A review	49
Thermoregulation model JOS-3 with new open source code	48
Active consumer participation in smart energy systems	48
Impact of impinging jet ventilation on thermal comfort and indoor air quality in office buildings	48
Green building policies in cities: A comparative assessment and analysis	48
Deep learning techniques for energy forecasting and condition monitoring in the manufacturing sector	48
BIM-based techno-economic assessment of energy retrofitting residential buildings in hot humid climate	48
A semi-supervised approach to fault detection and diagnosis for building HVAC systems based on the modified generative adversarial network	48
Physics-constrained deep learning of multi-zone building thermal dynamics	48
Analysis of residential EV energy flexibility potential based on real-world charging reports and smart meter data	48
Life-cycle building information modelling (BIM) engaged framework for improving building energy performance	47
Advances in research for underground buildings: Energy, thermal comfort and indoor air quality	47
Analysis of feature matrix in machine learning algorithms to predict energy consumption of public buildings	47
Improving cooling load prediction reliability for HVAC system using Monte-Carlo simulation to deal with uncertainties in input variables	47
The design of safe classrooms of educational buildings for facing contagions and transmission of diseases: A novel approach combining audits, calibrated energy models, building performance (BPS) and c	47
Interpretable deep learning model for building energy consumption prediction based on attention mechanism	47
Ultra-short term power load forecasting based on CEEMDAN-SE and LSTM neural network	47
A vision-based deep learning approach for the detection and prediction of occupancy heat emissions for demand-driven control solutions	47
Application of phase change materials in building components and the use of nanotechnology for its improvement	47
Prediction of heating energy consumption with operation pattern variables for non-residential buildings using LSTM networks	47
IoT Task Management Mechanism Based on Predictive Optimization for Efficient Energy Consumption in Smart Residential Buildings	46
Research on the building energy efficiency design strategy of Chinese universities based on green performance analysis	46
Impacts of bilateral trade on energy affordability and accessibility across Europe: Does economic globalization reduce energy poverty?	46
Multiobjective optimization of building energy consumption and thermal comfort based on integrated BIM framework with machine learning-NSGA II	46

In search of optimal consumption: A review of causes and solutions to the Energy Performance Gap in residential buildings	46
The role of the occupant behavior in affecting the feasibility of energy refurbishment of residential buildings: Typical effective retrofits compromised by typical wrong habits	46
Techno-economic performances of clean heating solutions to replace raw coal for heating in Northern rural China	46
Investigation on the thermal performance of a composite Trombe wall under steady state condition	45
Uncertain multi-criteria sustainability assessment of green building insulation materials	45
Health implications of household multidimensional energy poverty for women: A structural equation modeling technique	45
Multi-zone indoor temperature prediction with LSTM-based sequence to sequence model	45
Experimental and numerical investigation of PCM capsules as insulation materials inserted into a hollow brick wall	45
Holistic life-cycle accounting of carbon emissions of prefabricated buildings using LCA and BIM	45
Supervised machine learning of thermal comfort under different indoor temperatures using EEG measurements	45
What is the optimal robust environmental and cost-effective solution for building renovation? Not the usual one	44
Thermal performance analysis on the composition attributes of deep coaxial borehole heat exchanger for building heating	44
Ensemble 1-D CNN diagnosis model for VRF system refrigerant charge faults under heating condition	44
Impact of meteorological factors on high-rise office building energy consumption in Hong Kong: From a spatiotemporal perspective	44
Multi-criteria assessment approach for a residential building retrofit in Norway	44
Generative design and performance optimization of residential buildings based on parametric algorithm	44
Thermal energy storage using phase change materials in building applications: A review of the recent development	43
Adaptive thermal comfort models for homes for older people in Shanghai, China	43
Statistical characterization of semi-supervised neural networks for fault detection and diagnosis of air handling units	43
Influence of thermal energy storage and heat pump parametrization for demand-side-management in a nearly-zero-energy-building using model predictive control	43
A bibliometric review of studies on construction and demolition waste management by using CiteSpace	43
Review of global research advances towards net-zero emissions buildings	43
Phase change cooling in data centers: A review	42
Children's thermal comfort and adaptive behaviours; UK primary schools during non-heating and heating seasons	42
Natural ventilation by windcatcher (Badgir): A review on the impacts of geometry, microclimate and macroclimate	42
Performance assessment of cadmium telluride-based semi-transparent glazing for power saving in façade buildings	42
Cement based-thermal energy storage mortar including blast furnace slag/capric acid shape-stabilized phase change material: Physical, mechanical, thermal properties and solar thermoregulation performa	42
Phase change material incorporation techniques in building envelopes for enhancing the building thermal Comfort-A review	42
A hybrid data mining approach for anomaly detection and evaluation in residential buildings energy data	42
Experimental research on a feasible rice husk/geopolymer foam building insulation material	42
On the potential of demand-controlled ventilation system to enhance indoor air quality and thermal condition in Australian school classrooms	42
Design and operation optimization of multi-chiller plants based on energy performance simulation	42
An experimental study of the active cooling performance of a novel radiant ceiling panel containing phase change material (PCM)	41
Building occupancy forecasting: A systematical and critical review	41
Building temperature regulation in a multi-zone HVAC system using distributed adaptive control	40
Research trends on environmental, energy and vulnerability impacts of Urban Heat Islands: An overview	40
An online physical-based multiple linear regression model for building’s hourly cooling load prediction	40
Data-driven fault detection and diagnosis for packaged rooftop units using statistical machine learning classification methods	40
Optimization of power-to-heat flexibility for residential buildings in response to day-ahead electricity price	40
Towards a holistic approach to indoor environmental quality assessment: Weighting schemes to combine effects of multiple environmental factors	40
Performance analysis of a grid-connected rooftop solar PV system in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	40
Smart windows – Transmittance tuned thermochromic coatings for dynamic control of building performance	40
Impacts of urban-scale building height diversity on urban climates: A case study of Nanjing, China	39
Implications of passive energy efficiency measures on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of high-rise residential building envelopes	39
A critical review of the research about radiant cooling systems in China	39
Application of two promising Reinforcement Learning algorithms for load shifting in a cooling supply system	39
An experimental and numerical analysis of an improved thermal storage tank with encapsulated PCM for use in retrofitted buildings for heating	39
Distribution characteristics and utilization of shallow geothermal energy in China	39
Assessment of mid-to-long term energy saving impacts of nearly zero energy building incentive policies in cold region of China	39
Model predictive control under weather forecast uncertainty for HVAC systems in university buildings	38
Review on Time-Integrated Overheating Evaluation Methods for Residential Buildings in Temperate Climates of Europe	38
Photovoltaics in the built environment: A critical review	38
The effect of spatial heterogeneity in urban morphology on surface urban heat islands	38
Techno-economic analysis of combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system integrated with multiple renewable energy sources and energy storage units	38
Experimental and theoretical investigation on defrosting characteristics of a multi-split air source heat pump with vapor injection	38
Performance of a shared solar and battery storage system in an Australian apartment building	38
Enhancing operational performance of AHUs through an advanced fault detection and diagnosis process based on temporal association and decision rules	38
From energy performative to livable Mediterranean cities: An annual outdoor thermal comfort and energy balance cross-climatic typological study	38
Sequence-to-sequence neural networks for short-term electrical load forecasting in commercial office buildings	38
A novel short-term load forecasting framework based on time-series clustering and early classification algorithm	38
Embodied and operational energy and carbon emissions of passive building in HSCW zone in China: A case study	38
A state-of-the-art-review on phase change materials integrated cooling systems for deterministic parametrical analysis, stochastic uncertainty-based design, single and multi-objective optimisations wi	38
Thermal conductivity enhancement of a sodium acetate trihydrate–potassium chloride–urea/expanded graphite composite phase–change material for latent heat thermal energy storage	38
Thermal adaptation of buildings and people for energy saving in extreme cold climate of Nepal	38
Future heating and cooling degree days for Belgium under a high-end climate change scenario	38
Lightweight geopolymer-based mortars for the structural and energy retrofit of buildings	37
Developing a solid–solid phase change heat storage asphalt pavement material and its application as functional filler for cooling asphalt pavement	37
Advances in the research of building energy saving	37
Building envelope modeling calibration using aerial thermography	37
A new methodology of evaluation of overheating in buildings	37
On the interaction between lighting and thermal comfort: An integrated approach to IEQ	37
Climate change adaptation with energy resilience in energy districts—A state-of-the-art review	37
Comparative life cycle assessment of cross laminated timber building and concrete building with special focus on biogenic carbon	37
Parametric modeling and surface-specific sensitivity analysis of PV module layout on building skin using BIM	37
Comparing Generative Adversarial Networks architectures for electricity demand forecasting	37
Bibliographic analysis of the recent advancements in modeling and co-simulating the fifth-generation district heating and cooling systems	37
Integrating PCM into hollow brick walls: Toward energy conservation in Mediterranean regions	37
Generating future weather files under climate change scenarios to support building energy simulation – A machine learning approach	37
In-situ sensor calibration in an operational air-handling unit coupling autoencoder and Bayesian inference	36
Zero-energy log house – Future concept for an energy efficient building in the Nordic conditions	36
Performance of a temperature and humidity independent control air-conditioning system based on liquid desiccant for industrial environments	36
On the design of an urban data and modeling platform and its application to urban district analyses	36
Model predictive control optimization for rapid response and energy efficiency based on the state-space model of a radiant floor heating system	36
To retrofit or not? Making energy retrofit decisions through life cycle thinking for Canadian residences	36
Field tests on the operational energy consumption of Chinese district heating systems and evaluation of typical associated problems	36
Nature-inspired moisture management fabric for unidirectional liquid transport and surface repellence and resistance	36
Thermal performance optimization of envelope in the energy-saving renovation of existing residential buildings	36
Building as a virtual power plant, magnitude and persistence of deferrable loads and human comfort implications	36
Optimisation of multi-residential building retrofit, cost-optimal and net-zero emission targets	36
Retrofitting a building to passive house level: A life cycle carbon balance	36
Impact of façade design on indoor air temperatures and cooling loads in residential buildings in the tropical climate	35
Energy-quota-based integrated solutions for heating and cooling of residential buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter zone in China	35
Short-term electric load forecasting using an EMD-BI-LSTM approach for smart grid energy management system	35
Role of energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy in designing carbon neutral residential buildings and communities: Case study of Saudi Arabia	35
Full-scale measurement and validated simulation of cooling load reduction due to nighttime natural ventilation of a large atrium	35