Blar i Fakultet for ingeniørvitenskap (IV) på tidsskrift "Energy and Buildings"
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A holistic approach to assess the exploitation of renewable energy sources for design interventions in the early design phases
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study presents a holistic approach applied to assess the exploitation of renewable energy sources for design interventions in the early design phases in a consolidated urban environment. Concerning the cooling season, ... -
A multi-stage optimization method for cost-optimal and nearly-zero-energy building solutions in line with the EPBD-recast 2010
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Finding cost-optimal solutions towards nearly-zero-energy buildings (nZEBs) in accordance with European energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD-recast 2010) is a challenging task. It requires exploring a huge number ... -
A proposal of energy performance indicators for a reliable benchmark of swimming facilities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The main research question tackled in this work is which energy performance indicator should be used to benchmark energy usage in swimming facilities. After the design and administration of a survey, data from 43 Norwegian ... -
Accelerated ageing and durability of double-glazed sealed insulating window panes and impact on heating demand in buildings
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)A crucial property for double-glazed sealed insulating window panes is to maintain their thermal insulating properties and thus low U-values. However, degradation and thus subsequent reduction or loss of low-conductance ... -
Accelerated aging of treated aluminum for use as a cool colored material for facades
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Cool colored materials like membrane sheets and dried coatings exhibit higher reflectances in the near infrared region compared to conventional materials of the same color and are therefore desirable, as they provide energy ... -
Aerogel Granule Aging Driven by Moisture and Solar Radiation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The application of aerogel in the building and construction sector is very promising; therefore, its durability should be properly addressed. This study focuses on the aging effect of aerogel granules, emphasizing two aging ... -
Aerogel insulation for building applications: A state-of-the-art review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Aerogels are regarded as one of the most promising high performance thermal insulation materials for building applications today. With a thermal conductivity down to 13 mW/(mK) for commercial products they show remarkable ... -
Airtightness estimation – a state of the art review and an en route upper limit evaluation principle to increase the chances that wood-frame houses with a vapour- and wind-barrier comply with the airtightness requirements
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)High airtightness is particularly important in order to achieve energy efficient buildings. Of this reason airtightness estimation is of interest. Over the past 30 years researchers have worked on airtightness estimation. ... -
An overall methodology to define reference values for building sustainability parameters
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The paper presents a methodology to define reference values regarding building environmental impacts, energy outputs, and global costs. Four exemplary Italian residential categories were analyzed, focusing on the recent ... -
Assessing the impact of employing machine learning-based baseline load prediction pipelines with sliding-window training scheme on offered flexibility estimation for different building categories
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The present study is focused on assessing the impact of the performance of baseline load prediction pipelines on the estimation (by the grid operator) accuracy of the flexibility offered by different categories of buildings. ... -
Building energy performance assessment using volatility change based symbolic transformation and hierarchical clustering
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper presents the development of a symbolic transformation based strategy with interpretability and visualisation for building energy performance assessment. The strategy was developed using shape definition language ... -
The Challenge of Rehabilitating Relocated Listed Heritage Buildings: Requirements and Opportunities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This study evaluates three listed farmhouses in Ørland Municipality which are going to be relocated and rehabilitated according to current Norwegian standards and requirements. Accordingly, the study assesses possible ... -
Coloured Building Integrated Photovoltaics: Influence on Energy Efficiency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) has attracted increased commercial interest in recent years due to a growing focus on efficient utilization of land area and local renewable energy generation. Aesthetic aspects ... -
Correlation between standards and the lifetime commissioning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)This paper reviews the applicability and drawbacks of available European and international standards related to lifetime commissioning, by structuring them into Norwegian commissioning procedures. The work describes research ... -
Data fusion heat pump performance estimation
(Journal article, 2011)The aim of the study was to develop improved measurements on heat pump performance. A model-based approach was combined with data fusion technique to estimate performance of a heat pump. These improved heat pump performance ... -
Data pre-processing and optimization techniques for stochastic and deterministic low-order grey-box models of residential buildings
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Grey-box models are data-driven models where the structure is defined by the physics while the parameters are calibrated using data. Low-order grey-box models of the building envelope are typically used for two main ... -
Day-Ahead Prediction of Plug-In Loads Using a Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The aim of this work is to develop and validate a miscellaneous electric loads (MEL) predictive model that does not require occupant-wise or building-wise model training nor model adaptation while achieving competitive ... -
Demonstrating the load-shifting potential of a schedule-based control in a real-life educational building
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This work investigates the potential of simplified control approaches to deploy the building energy flexibility (BEF), here for the shifting of the space-heating load in a real-life educational building. The educational ... -
Development and analysis of hourly DHW heat use profiles in nursing homes in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Representative profiles for domestic hot water (DHW) heat use are the main instruments for improvement in operation and design of DHW systems in buildings. To improve the existing method for DHW heat use profiles development ... -
Development and optimization of highly efficient heat recoveries for low carbon residential buildings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)To achieve energy efficiency and lower carbon emissions, building envelopes have become tighter and more insulated. These buildings must have mechanical ventilation with high efficient heat recovery to provide adequate ...