The research aims to develop control strategies for intelligent glazed façades and investigate the influence of different control strategies on energy and comfort performance in office buildings. The intelligent glazed façade is capable of controlling the thermal, solar and mass transmittance...

Degree days represent a versatile climatic indicator which is commonly used in building energy performance analysis.

A study was undertaken to investigate the energy demand for space heating and domestic hot water systems as well as the electrical power requirement for heat pumps in residential dwellings. A residential area of 96 two, three and four bedrooms houses was considered. Energy demand and power...

This paper presents an analysis aimed to evaluate the feasibility of micro-CHP systems to meet the household energy demands of single family users. The considered CHP systems, with an electric power output of a few kW, are based on technologies (internal combustion engines, micro gas turbines,...

Index decomposition analysis (IDA) has been a popular tool for studying changes in energy consumption over time in major energy consuming sectors. In the basic form, it allows such changes to be decomposed to give contributions associated with three different effects, namely activity, structure...

Thermal stability is of major importance in polymer extrusion, where product quality is dependent upon the level of melt homogeneity achieved by the extruder screw. Extrusion is an energy intensive process and optimisation of process energy usage while maintaining melt stability is necessary in...

This paper presents a study of energy performance enhancement methods in multistory residential buildings. The study is carried out for Montreal location, Canada (45°N). All configurations considered assume a suburban environment that allows high solar exposure and no obstruction from adjacent...

In this paper, panel methods are applied in new and innovative ways to predict daily mean internal temperature demand across a heterogeneous domestic building stock over time. This research not only exploits a rich new dataset but presents new methodological insights and offers important...

Households represent one of the most interesting sectors, when analyzing Croatia’s energy balance. It makes up one of the largest energy consumers with around 75PJ per year, which is almost 29% of Croatia’s final energy demand. Considering this consumption, implementing various mechanisms,...

India’s recent macro-economic and structural changes are transforming the economy and bringing significant changes to energy demand behaviour. Life-style and consumption behaviour are evolving rapidly due to accelerated economic growth in recent times. The population structure is changing,...