proposed energy-saving measures; building envelope design is considered to be a typical energy-saving technique. A significant … goal in achieving greener buildings is learning how to reduce a building’s energy consumption by applying an efficient … results indicate that window shading has the most significant impact on a building’s overall energy consumption, followed by …

This study integrates photovoltaic (PV) system, building structure, and heat flow mechanism to propose the notion of … ventilated Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) walls. The energy-saving potential of the ventilated BIPV walls was …

The key factors in the energy-saving design of a building’s exterior in Taiwan are the thermal performance of the roof … consumption of air conditioners, respectively. Therefore, having control over the dominant factors in the building envelope is …

optimal green space layout to obtain an acceptable thermal environment at the neighborhood scale through a series of building … energy and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The building-energy analysis software eQUEST and weather database …