Browsing Institutt for energi og prosessteknikk by Journals "Energy and Buildings"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Dynamic building stock modelling: Application to 11 European countries to support the energy efficiency and retrofit ambitions of the EU
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)A dynamic building stock model is applied to simulate the development of dwelling stocks in 11 European countries, over half of all European dwellings, between 1900 and 2050. The model uses time series of population and ... -
Dynamic building stock modelling: General algorithm and exemplification for Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This paper presents a model based on dynamic material flow analysis, general in its principles and applied to the dwelling stock of Norway for exemplification. The algorithm at the core of the model is presented in the ... -
Energy planning of university campus building complex: Energy usage and coincidental analysis of individual buildings with a case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)As the demonstration of eco-communities, energy planning becomes more and more important for university campus. However, insufficient energy use data accumulation has been a significant barrier against fully understanding ... -
Experimental study of the interaction between thermal plumes and human breathing in an undisturbed indoor environment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study characterized the interaction between human thermal plume and breathing air flow while people are sitting in a quiescent indoor environment. A sitting breathing thermal manikin was developed to mimic a real ... -
Explaining the historical energy use in dwelling stocks with a segmented dynamic model: Case study of Norway 1960-2015
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)A segmented dynamic dwelling stock model is proven useful for understanding the development and changes of ageing building stocks, which is highly relevant for renovation measures and estimates of energy use and emissions ... -
Exploring the pathway from zero-energy to zero-emission building solutions: A case study of a Norwegian ofÞce building
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This paper explores the most influential aspects regarding the environmental and economic performance of zero-energy and zero-emission buildings and proposes a pathway for transition in building solutions. A representative ... -
Geo-referenced building stock analysis as a basis for local-level energy and climate mitigation strategies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A geo-referenced building stock model was used to analyse the energy and climate performance of the Knowledge Axis in Trondheim, Norway, by 2050. Strategies for energy upgrades, construction of more energy-efficient new ... -
Heating system performance estimation using optimization tool and BEMS data
(Journal article, 2008)Causes and effects of a few real faults in a hydronic heating system are explained in this paper. Since building energy management system (BEMS) has to be utilized in fault detection and diagnosis (FDD), practical explanations ... -
Holistic methodology to reduce energy use and improve indoor air quality for demand-controlled ventilation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Ventilation control logics are usually based on the control indicators of occupancy. However, strategies including control of contaminants not linked to occupancy are requested and more feasible with the introduction in ... -
Identifying important variables of energy use in low energy office building by using multivariate analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The aim of the study was to identify driving variables of energy use in a low energy office building by integrating building energy management system (BEMS) and energy use data. To take a further step towards zero emission ... -
IEA EBC annex 53: Total energy use in buildings - Analysis and evaluation methods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)One of the most significant barriers to achieving deep building energy efficiency is a lack of knowledge about the factors determining energy use. In fact, there is often a significant discrepancy between designed and real ...