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Victoria University of Wellington
1.
Mumford, Peter John.
Enhancing Performance-Based Regulation: Lessons from New Zealand's Building Control System.
Degree: 2010, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1206 
► Performance-based regulation establishes mandatory goals rather than enforcing prescriptive standards. Performance-based regulation has become popular over the past two decades as an alternative to prescriptive…
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▼ Performance-based regulation establishes mandatory goals rather than enforcing prescriptive standards.
Performance-based regulation has become popular over the past two decades as an alternative to prescriptive regulation, as it holds out the promise of simultaneously achieving health, safety and environmental outcomes while facilitating innovation and reducing regulatory costs. In the early 1990s New Zealand adopted a
performance-based
building control regime. This demonstrably failed and was replaced in 2004 with a new regime, still
performance-based but more conservative. Using legal determinations, adjudications and court cases, and reviews of the failures, contributing factors have been identified. An assessment has been made of the extent to which these factors can be attributed to the
performance philosophy and features of the regime. Strategies to addresses the weaknesses of
performance-based regulation have been explored. The change from a standards-based regulatory regime, where technology shifts are on the margin and occur through a process of incremental trial-and-error, to a
performance-based regime, displaced traditional institutions for aggregating knowledge required for risk-based decision-making. At the same time, the new
performance-based regime was permissive of greater technology shifts, which demands more of decision-makers who are operating in an environment of inevitable uncertainty. The significance of the regime change was not well understood and new institutions did not evolve.
Reverting to traditional institutions is not an option as they are inherently conservative and therefore innovation as one of the normative benefits of
performance-based regulation is likely to be constrained. New institutions are required to aggregate knowledge, but also permit decisions that enable the technology threshold to be pushed out in situations where it is not possible to measure accurately how a novel technology will perform in all of the circumstances of its use, and failure in the field is a possibility. This requires knowledge that is both technical and evaluative. Technical knowledge is more than science, but increasingly knowledge in other domains such as psychology, economics, and both domestic and international law. Evaluative knowledge is that which is required to assess risks and consequences. This study explores two strategies for resolving the challenges of decision-making in a permissive
performance-based regulatory environment: improving the predicative capability of decision-making systems through the better application of the intuitive judgment associated with expertise and wisdom, and treating novel technologies as explicit experiments. Both strategies show promise, but may be difficult to implement. If the conditions for materially pushing out the thresholds of technology while managing the risks cannot be met, it may be necessary to revert to incremental trial-and-error in high-risk areas. This does not preclude innovation, but it will be at a slower rate.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hawke, Gary, Wolf, Amanda.
Subjects/Keywords: Building controls; Performance-based; Building regulation
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Mumford, P. J. (2010). Enhancing Performance-Based Regulation: Lessons from New Zealand's Building Control System. (Doctoral Dissertation). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1206
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mumford, Peter John. “Enhancing Performance-Based Regulation: Lessons from New Zealand's Building Control System.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1206.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mumford, Peter John. “Enhancing Performance-Based Regulation: Lessons from New Zealand's Building Control System.” 2010. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Mumford PJ. Enhancing Performance-Based Regulation: Lessons from New Zealand's Building Control System. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1206.
Council of Science Editors:
Mumford PJ. Enhancing Performance-Based Regulation: Lessons from New Zealand's Building Control System. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1206
University of Technology, Sydney
2.
Liu, J.
Developing a life cycle assessment model for measuring sustainable performance of buildings in China.
Degree: 2014, University of Technology, Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30396
► The construction industry contributes significantly to environmental pollution. The environmental problems caused by construction range from energy and resource consumption to waste emission throughout the…
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▼ The construction industry contributes significantly to environmental pollution. The environmental problems caused by construction range from energy and resource consumption to waste emission throughout the building life cycle. With increasing attention being paid to building sustainability performance, numerous environmental assessment tools occurred. They have been developed and used to assist planning and design of sustainable buildings, and help improve overall environmental awareness and achieve the goal of sustainability in the construction industry.
However, with critical reviews on the current tools, they are criticized as being ineffective and inefficient in addressing the building performance issues, as most of them only focus on assessing building performance on environmental criteria and the assessment does not take into consideration economic and social analysis. Sustainability is like a three-legged stool, with each leg representing areas of environment, economy and society. Any leg missing from the ‘sustainability stool’ will cause instability because the three components are intricately linked together. In addition, most current tools have not considered all the building phases in their assessment. As economic, social and environmental impacts associated with project development will vary at different stages throughout its life cycle, sustainable performance should be assessed and incorporated into the building process.
Since the last century, China started to realize the importance of green buildings (CSUS 2012). A national SAT called Evaluation Standards for Green Buildings (ESGB) was launched in 2006 (Ye et al. 2013), and several international tools are adopted in China for assessing building performance. However, sustainable building assessment has significant regional differences and the application of international tools in China still have shortcomings. Moreover, the ESGB is also criticized for not sufficiently taking into consideration of economic and social issues in building life cycle assessment.
In this research, different phases of a building life cycle are identified, as well as major activities for each phase in order to investigate how they influence the environmental, economic and social impacts. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are adopted in this research. Questionnaire survey and semi-structure interviews were used for data collection. The assessment indicators are generated by the data collection.
An assessment model is established based on the results of data analysis and the literature review. It combines environmental, economic and social assessment to aid decision making. The assessment is integrated into the building life cycle, and the building performance on each stage is also indicated. The assessment details of each indicator are also discussed.
The model is tested and verified by case study. Three projects are used as case studies. The sustainable performance of the three cases in every stage of the building life cycle as well as the overall performance will…
Subjects/Keywords: Sustainable building.; Building performance.; Life cycle assessment.
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Liu, J. (2014). Developing a life cycle assessment model for measuring sustainable performance of buildings in China. (Thesis). University of Technology, Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30396
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Liu, J. “Developing a life cycle assessment model for measuring sustainable performance of buildings in China.” 2014. Thesis, University of Technology, Sydney. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30396.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Liu, J. “Developing a life cycle assessment model for measuring sustainable performance of buildings in China.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Liu J. Developing a life cycle assessment model for measuring sustainable performance of buildings in China. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Technology, Sydney; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30396.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Liu J. Developing a life cycle assessment model for measuring sustainable performance of buildings in China. [Thesis]. University of Technology, Sydney; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30396
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
3.
Park, Hae-Jun.
Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design.
Degree: PhD, 2014, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
URL: etd-012414-110344
;
https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/41
► Building fire safety is significantly influenced by building and fire safety regulations (often codes and standards). These regulations specify what fire safety measures should be…
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▼ Building fire safety is significantly influenced by
building and fire safety regulations (often codes and standards). These regulations specify what fire safety measures should be included in a given
building as a minimum requirement. Since fire engineers develop fire safety designs based on the regulations, they are often viewed as the primary agents in ensuring the fire safety of buildings. However, their mission often starts with given
building design features, such as interior spatial layout, exterior shape, site plan, and so forth, which are mostly determined by architects (or architects). Although architects design buildings within the boundaries of the regulatory requirements, their focus is not generally on fire safety, but more on visual and spatial aesthetics of buildings. These objectives are linked to
building form and functionality, which are not
subject to the
building and fire safety regulations. These objectives can sometimes compete with fire safety objectives in such a way that buildings can be unsafe in certain situations due to unintended effects of
building design features on actual fire safety
performance. To determine whether a
building has design features which work against fire safety
performance, evaluation of
building fire safety
performance must take into account the effects of
building design features. If fire safety
performance is significantly decreased by
building design attributes, additional fire safety measures or modifications of the
building design should be incorporated to provide an appropriate level of fire safety
performance. While there have been various
building fire safety evaluation tools developed over the last forty or so years, none of them comprehensively considers
building design features and their associated effects as key
performance parameters. In this context, the current study develops conceptual models for fire safety
performance assessment in both qualitative and quantitative manners. After scrutinizing previous fire incidents and the
building features which contributed to their outcomes, various fire safety
performance attributes, including
building design features, are identified and cause-effect relationships among the attributes are established. Then, the attributes are organized hierarchically like a tree diagram such that the
performance of one upper level attribute is determined by the combined
performance of multiple lower level attributes. In this way, the
performance of bottom level attributes propagates upward to the upper level attributes. Two tree diagrams are established for the most common fire safety objectives, life safety and property protection. Each attribute in the tree diagrams has two quantified values:
performance value and weighting factor. The current study uses three different
performance values (0.01, 0.5, and 1) for bottom level attributes representing poor, average and good
performance, respectively. In addition, as each attribute can have different contribution to upper level attributes, a weighting factor between 0 and 1 is…
Advisors/Committee Members: Brian J. Meacham, Advisor, Kathy A. Notarianni, Department Head,
Subjects/Keywords: performance assessment; building design; building fire safety
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Park, H. (2014). Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design. (Doctoral Dissertation). Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved from etd-012414-110344 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/41
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Park, Hae-Jun. “Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Accessed January 26, 2021.
etd-012414-110344 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/41.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Park, Hae-Jun. “Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Park H. Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: etd-012414-110344 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/41.
Council of Science Editors:
Park H. Development of a holistic approach to integrate fire safety performance with building design. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 2014. Available from: etd-012414-110344 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/41
Victoria University of Wellington
4.
Dykes, Clare.
User Perception Benchmarks for Commercial and Institutional Buildings in New Zealand.
Degree: 2012, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2091
► Buildings are ultimately built for people to use, so it is important that they are designed to suit the occupants’ needs. The indoor environment can…
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▼ Buildings are ultimately built for people to use, so it is important that they are designed to suit the occupants’ needs. The indoor environment can affect the comfort, health, and productivity of occupants. Yet very little is known about how the
building users perceive these matters and there is very little information on what would constitute norms or benchmarks for their perceptions. If we wish to improve users’ perceptions then it is essential to have a reliable standardised set of benchmarks. However, at present there is no statistically unbiased, country-based benchmark for the perceptions of the occupants of the
building environments that is representative of the existing
building stock.
Predominantly, current
building performance indicators have the main focus on technical aspects of the
building such as energy consumption and materials recycling; very little attention is paid to how the occupants themselves rate the
building. User perception benchmarks will allow
building owners/users to see how New Zealand buildings are rated by the occupants themselves. Although subjective, it will allow the space to be rated by those who it is designed for, the occupants. This in turn will allow for possible improvements in the construction of comfortable, healthy, and productive work environments.
The overall aim of this study is to contribute to the improvement of the
performance of commercial and institutional buildings for their occupants through the exploration of user
performance benchmarks. The objectives are to provide a general overview of existing studies which have investigated user perceptions, to explore the nature and characteristics of benchmarks, to create a pilot database of results for user surveys of NZ buildings, and finally to use the data collected to explore methods for determining benchmarks for NZ buildings in terms of user perception.
Using questionnaires as a tool for assessing the
performance of a
building is an effective way of determining how the
building is affecting the occupants, and is cheaper and less time consuming than the technical measures that would be needed to reach the same level of detail. The pilot database allowed flexibility in the statistical analysis and exploration of how possible benchmarks could be constructed. Patterns and influencing factors were investigated in these results.
The results from the occupant questionnaire data from this database followed consistent patterns to those of other established methods, with the Storage, Health and Air variables consistently scoring low. The highest scoring variables are for Furniture, Image, and Lighting Overall. Image is the variable with the largest variability, reflecting its subjective nature.
Correlations were carried out on the summary variables, with particular focus on Health, Overall Comfort, and Perceived Productivity. These were highly correlated with each other and many of the other variables. In terms of the indoor environment variables, Air Overall in Summer, Air Overall in Winter, Temperature Overall in Summer…
Advisors/Committee Members: Baird, George.
Subjects/Keywords: Questionnaires; Building performance; Work environment
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Dykes, C. (2012). User Perception Benchmarks for Commercial and Institutional Buildings in New Zealand. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2091
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dykes, Clare. “User Perception Benchmarks for Commercial and Institutional Buildings in New Zealand.” 2012. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2091.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dykes, Clare. “User Perception Benchmarks for Commercial and Institutional Buildings in New Zealand.” 2012. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Dykes C. User Perception Benchmarks for Commercial and Institutional Buildings in New Zealand. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2012. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2091.
Council of Science Editors:
Dykes C. User Perception Benchmarks for Commercial and Institutional Buildings in New Zealand. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/2091
University of Arizona
5.
Barnawi, Khader Z.
Develop an Energy Efficient Campus Building that Outperforms the Existing Structure Using Energy Modeling/Optimization Software
.
Degree: 2016, University of Arizona
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622896
► This study is going to investigate the energy performance of a temporary building on campus and analyze it thoroughly to identify the trends on energy…
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▼ This study is going to investigate the energy
performance of a temporary
building on campus and analyze it thoroughly to identify the trends on energy consumption. Then, it is going to select the best strategy that can improve its
performance in this region. Next, a prototype design of a high energy
performance building is going to be proposed to the university authorities to be constructed in the permanent campus in the second phase and, identify a list of the best strategies that are more appropriate for the climate of the city. Finely, a comparative study is going to be conducted by using energy analyses software (eQUEST) to find out the annual saving of the proposed design over the existing
building.
Advisors/Committee Members: Chalfoun, Nader V (advisor), Chalfoun, Nader V. (committeemember), Moeller, Colby (committeemember), Barnes, Raymond E. (committeemember), Youssef, Omar (committeemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Energy Efficient;
Sustainable;
Building Performance
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Barnawi, K. Z. (2016). Develop an Energy Efficient Campus Building that Outperforms the Existing Structure Using Energy Modeling/Optimization Software
. (Masters Thesis). University of Arizona. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622896
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Barnawi, Khader Z. “Develop an Energy Efficient Campus Building that Outperforms the Existing Structure Using Energy Modeling/Optimization Software
.” 2016. Masters Thesis, University of Arizona. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622896.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Barnawi, Khader Z. “Develop an Energy Efficient Campus Building that Outperforms the Existing Structure Using Energy Modeling/Optimization Software
.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Barnawi KZ. Develop an Energy Efficient Campus Building that Outperforms the Existing Structure Using Energy Modeling/Optimization Software
. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Arizona; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622896.
Council of Science Editors:
Barnawi KZ. Develop an Energy Efficient Campus Building that Outperforms the Existing Structure Using Energy Modeling/Optimization Software
. [Masters Thesis]. University of Arizona; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622896
KTH
6.
Hussein, Johari.
Assessment of Building Performance Measurement Tanzania.
Degree: Real Estate and Construction Management, 2011, KTH
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-39806
► Provision of an understanding of the complexes and implications associated with building performance measurement in relation to supporting the organizational objectives by Tanzania facility…
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▼ Provision of an understanding of the complexes and implications associated with building performance measurement in relation to supporting the organizational objectives by Tanzania facility managers.
The study involved the use of questionnaire sent to both public and private organizations and literature reviews in Tanzania with the aim of developing the process associated with the assessment of building performance and the way to improve its operational processes.
The study observed that BPM practices are affected by managers control over the buildings facilites because there are no specific procedures that guide the formation of BPM process due to lack of Government attention to this growing industry. The other major finding of the study is that managers concentrate mostly on the financial performance instead of the operational performance of the building, which was contrary to the expectation of this study.
Subjects/Keywords: Performance measurement; building performance; facility management
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Hussein, J. (2011). Assessment of Building Performance Measurement Tanzania. (Thesis). KTH. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-39806
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hussein, Johari. “Assessment of Building Performance Measurement Tanzania.” 2011. Thesis, KTH. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-39806.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hussein, Johari. “Assessment of Building Performance Measurement Tanzania.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Hussein J. Assessment of Building Performance Measurement Tanzania. [Internet] [Thesis]. KTH; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-39806.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Hussein J. Assessment of Building Performance Measurement Tanzania. [Thesis]. KTH; 2011. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-39806
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Georgia Tech
7.
Makhmalbaf, Atefe.
Power performance assessment of building energy systems.
Degree: PhD, Architecture, 2016, Georgia Tech
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55592
► Buildings are the main consumers of electricity across the world. In the past research, the focus has been on evaluating the energy performance of buildings…
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▼ Buildings are the main consumers of electricity across the world. In the past research, the focus has been on evaluating the energy
performance of buildings whereas the instantaneous power consumption of systems and aggregated load profiles have received less attention. Today, buildings are involved in the challenges of ‘power grid modernization.’ This is mostly because the increasing diversity of
building systems requires a better understanding of their behavior during peak hours and the “demand charges” that are associated with it. Other drivers are the need to lower the carbon footprint of the electricity supply (i.e., reduction of grid as well as
building scale emissions) and the growing number of demand response (DR) programs that rely on dynamic adjustments of
building systems to support grid stability and resiliency. However, we lack methods, models, and
performance measures that support
building-grid interaction evaluations. This thesis has developed methods and models needed to study and assess
performance of buildings in the electricity system. To achieve this,
building thermal models, conventionally used to capture energy consumption are enhanced with electricity characteristics (e.g., voltage). With these models the impact of voltage on load shape of different systems is investigated and a set of quantitative power
performance indicators (PIs) defined. These PIs are consequently applied to a variety of
building control strategies in the context of DR scenarios. The developed PIs provide the fundamental component needed in decision support and auto-DR systems to quantitatively, systematically, and consistently compare and assess power
performance of different
building system types in given operation scenarios. This assessment is important for a range of applications. At
building level, facility managers can use quantitative
performance comparison of control strategies for both energy efficiency and peak reduction decisions. At grid level, our method can be used for power planning and management studies such as load forecasting.
In the first part, this thesis demonstrates the feasibility of the thermal enhanced models with electrical characteristics by developing these models and showing how they can be constructed and used for different system types. In the second part, this thesis verifies usability of the
performance assessment framework developed for DR and energy management decisions at
building level. This is achieved by applying
performance indicators defined to a set of scenarios. Results indicate how each
performance indicator can support different
performance criteria such as power and energy efficiency while maintaining thermal comfort of occupants. These quantitative PIs can be implemented in decision support systems that consider the trade-off between energy efficiency and investments in power management at the
building site.
Advisors/Committee Members: Augenbroe, Godfried (advisor), Brown, Jason (committee member), Grijalva, Santiago (committee member), Somasundaram, Sriram (committee member), Ahmed, Osman (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Power performance; Building energy systems; Demand response performance indicator; Performance indicator; Building load assessment
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APA (6th Edition):
Makhmalbaf, A. (2016). Power performance assessment of building energy systems. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55592
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Makhmalbaf, Atefe. “Power performance assessment of building energy systems.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55592.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Makhmalbaf, Atefe. “Power performance assessment of building energy systems.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Makhmalbaf A. Power performance assessment of building energy systems. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55592.
Council of Science Editors:
Makhmalbaf A. Power performance assessment of building energy systems. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55592
University of Tasmania
8.
Sequeira, SA.
An analysis of the subfloor cavity climate in a residential building.
Degree: 2014, University of Tasmania
URL: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22550/1/Sequeira%2C%20Sabrina%20096277.pdf
► As roof and wall insulation have become standard practice in residential building design and construction, the conditions in the subfloor cavity have gained relative importance…
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▼ As roof and wall insulation have become standard practice in residential building design
and construction, the conditions in the subfloor cavity have gained relative importance to
a building’s thermal performance. However, the modelling of the subfloor cavity is
considered a weak point in many building thermal performance software programs. Recent
research suggests that improvements to the subfloor model are crucial to improving the
accuracy of Australia’s benchmark building thermal performance program, AccuRate.
Another recent study finds fault with the criteria that established the current standard for
subfloor ventilation design, questioning the subfloor’s ability to maintain the subfloor
humidity below the design limit. These findings suggest the need for a review of the
subfloor thermal model.
As very little measured data on Australian subfloor conditions exist, this research seeks to
explore the subfloor conditions experimentally. This research investigates the subfloor
cavity climate of a small residential scale test cell for a period of over one year. Energy and
mass transfer relationships linking subfloor ventilation, ground evaporation and the
subfloor and outdoor climate conditions are explored theoretically and using observed
data. The observed data are compared to design limits, previous research findings and
AccuRate’s predictions.
The relative humidity in the subfloor is found to exceed the ventilation design limit. The
conditions that lead to mould or decay are complex and when compared to these limits the
data are on the threshold of conditions thought to be conducive to deterioration.
The subfloor climate conditions are found to vary based on time elapsed since
construction. Between one year and five years after construction, the subfloor air
temperature, specific humidity and ground moisture evaporation rate are observed to drop
considerably. Though the relative humidity remains constant over this time, both the
energy and moisture in the subfloor are reduced, changing the role of the subfloor vents.
Whilst initially the net effect of the vents is to nearly always decrease both the moisture
and energy of the subfloor air, six years after construction the vents are shown to increase
moisture 24% of the time, and energy 35% of the time.
This shift in subfloor climate over time is found to affect the apparent accuracy of the
AccuRate subfloor model. Previous research, based on data collected one year after
construction, had shown that the observed subfloor temperature was several degrees
above AccuRate’s predicted subfloor temperature. However, when considering data six
years after construction, this study finds that the observed and AccuRate temperatures are
more closely aligned.
These results emphasize the importance of building thermal performance research to
consider the time elapsed since building construction, as ground temperature and moisture
stabilization have a noticeable effect on the subfloor climate.
Subjects/Keywords: subfloor; building; thermal; performance; AccuRate; residential
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Sequeira, S. (2014). An analysis of the subfloor cavity climate in a residential building. (Thesis). University of Tasmania. Retrieved from https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22550/1/Sequeira%2C%20Sabrina%20096277.pdf
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sequeira, SA. “An analysis of the subfloor cavity climate in a residential building.” 2014. Thesis, University of Tasmania. Accessed January 26, 2021.
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22550/1/Sequeira%2C%20Sabrina%20096277.pdf.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sequeira, SA. “An analysis of the subfloor cavity climate in a residential building.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Sequeira S. An analysis of the subfloor cavity climate in a residential building. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22550/1/Sequeira%2C%20Sabrina%20096277.pdf.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Sequeira S. An analysis of the subfloor cavity climate in a residential building. [Thesis]. University of Tasmania; 2014. Available from: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22550/1/Sequeira%2C%20Sabrina%20096277.pdf
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Melbourne
9.
Sun, Xin.
The achievable energy saving by implementing night purge in the studio of the new MSD building.
Degree: 2016, University of Melbourne
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/119545
The aim of my research project is to determine the achievable reduction in energy consumption by implementing night purge in the Studio of the new MSD building.
Subjects/Keywords: night purge; building performance; thermal mass
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Sun, X. (2016). The achievable energy saving by implementing night purge in the studio of the new MSD building. (Masters Thesis). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/119545
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sun, Xin. “The achievable energy saving by implementing night purge in the studio of the new MSD building.” 2016. Masters Thesis, University of Melbourne. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11343/119545.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sun, Xin. “The achievable energy saving by implementing night purge in the studio of the new MSD building.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Sun X. The achievable energy saving by implementing night purge in the studio of the new MSD building. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Melbourne; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/119545.
Council of Science Editors:
Sun X. The achievable energy saving by implementing night purge in the studio of the new MSD building. [Masters Thesis]. University of Melbourne; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/119545
Texas A&M University
10.
Tiwari, Ateesh.
Use of a Building Energy Model to Predict Energy Utilization Index: A Comparison.
Degree: MS, Construction Management, 2016, Texas A&M University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157144
► Qatar has one of the highest rates of infrastructure and general construction spending and growth in the world. Quarterly estimates for Qatar’s gross domestic product…
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▼ Qatar has one of the highest rates of infrastructure and general construction spending and growth in the world. Quarterly estimates for Qatar’s gross domestic product growth are on the order of 15 – 17%. This growth has impact on the power and water infrastructure in the country and as a result Qatar is trying to address the associated sustainability issues. Though new construction is an obvious target, the existing
building stock has an impact and will continue to draw on resources for the life cycle of those structures. But the lack of understanding of complex
building energy modeling tools constrain
building owners from using them to monitor their building’s energy
performance. On the other hand, less complex simulation tools like eQUEST heavily rely upon input data and logical assumptions for their accuracy. An energy model using eQUEST of an office
building in Doha was validated against utility data and a peer model to understand the key factors that determine the accuracy of the model. The study showed that the total electricity consumption decreases by 3% on average as the lighting (LPD) is reduced by approximately 20%. For occupancy, the electricity consumption increased by 8% per increase of 50 ft
2 / person (4.64 m
2 /person) in occupant density. For operational schedules, the results indicated an average increase of 22% in total electricity consumption per incrementing day. Lastly, changing the weather file in the model from Doha to Houston, resulted in a 3% increase in the total electricity consumption.
Advisors/Committee Members: Bryant, John A. (advisor), Rybkowski, Zofia K. (committee member), Booth, Geoffrey J. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: building energy performance; Doha; building energy modeling; eQUEST; Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); sensitivity analysis; validation
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tiwari, Ateesh. “Use of a Building Energy Model to Predict Energy Utilization Index: A Comparison.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Texas A&M University. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157144.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tiwari, Ateesh. “Use of a Building Energy Model to Predict Energy Utilization Index: A Comparison.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Tiwari A. Use of a Building Energy Model to Predict Energy Utilization Index: A Comparison. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157144.
Council of Science Editors:
Tiwari A. Use of a Building Energy Model to Predict Energy Utilization Index: A Comparison. [Masters Thesis]. Texas A&M University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/157144
KTH
11.
Maggiore, Pierpaolo.
Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: energy performance analysis of the cooling system.
Degree: Building Service and Energy Systems, 2016, KTH
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190960
► The increasing attention towards energy efficiency issues has triggered an important process involving the renovation of existing buildings and, at the same time, the…
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▼ The increasing attention towards energy efficiency issues has triggered an important process involving the renovation of existing buildings and, at the same time, the creation of recognized certifications assuring the quality of the projects. In line with this trend, the Sweco headquarters, an office building characterized by 24700 m2 of floor area and located in Stockholm, was totally retrofitted in 2012 and obtained the Gold rating after being assessed with the Miljöbyggnad certification procedure. The HVAC system was a key element of the retrofit project since one of the final aims was to combine high indoor environment standards with efficient system performances. However, even if the quality of the design is certified, it is possible that, under real operating conditions, complex systems behave differently from the expectations and adjustments are necessary to correct the emerged gap. To achieve this goal, it is essential to identify the points of weakness of the system by carrying out an energy performance analysis, which is the core of this project. In fact, after providing an overview of the building and the retrofit, this work focuses on the analysis of the cooling system installed in the Sweco building and proves the importance of adopting a step-by-step approach to the problem. Therefore, an increasing level of detail characterizes each step of the analysis, whose final aim is to highlight potential aspects to be improved and create a baseline to test possible solutions.
SIRen
Subjects/Keywords: building retrofit; building performance; energy performance analysis; energy audit; ida ice; dynamic simulation
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Maggiore, P. (2016). Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: energy performance analysis of the cooling system. (Thesis). KTH. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190960
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Maggiore, Pierpaolo. “Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: energy performance analysis of the cooling system.” 2016. Thesis, KTH. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190960.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Maggiore, Pierpaolo. “Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: energy performance analysis of the cooling system.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Maggiore P. Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: energy performance analysis of the cooling system. [Internet] [Thesis]. KTH; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190960.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Maggiore P. Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: energy performance analysis of the cooling system. [Thesis]. KTH; 2016. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190960
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12.
Wäppling, Linda.
Multi-Objective Building Performance Simulation - Integrating Building Performance with Architectural Modelling in Early Stage Design
.
Degree: Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE), 2019, Chalmers University of Technology
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/300085
► Building performance simulation (BPS) is generally not included in early stages of the building design process. That often results in difficulties meeting the increasing demands…
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▼ Building performance simulation (BPS) is generally not included in early stages of the
building design process. That often results in difficulties meeting the increasing
demands rather than optimising for building performance. In Sweden, the
responsibility for reaching the demands on building performance lies on the engineer.
There are studies made on integration of building performance within the
design methodology of the architect, thus shifting the responsibility into the role of
the architect. However, the author proposes an interdisciplinary integration; to keep
the responsibility for BPS to the engineer and integrate BPS in early stages.
Choices for development of the proposed integration are made based on a
theoretical background from a literature review and ten interviews, providing insight
on the issue from a practical point of view. Barriers are identified as project budget,
distribution of responsibilities, no common praxis and the usability of BPS tools.
The two last mentioned barriers are addressed. In the lack of a common praxis,
a process definition is proposed, following an iterative and collaborative
methodology. Furthermore, a tool for BPS is proposed and evaluated through a case
study performed together with Ona Forss, writing her Master’s Thesis in Architecture.
The tool is an integration of the energy simulation tool ‘BeDOT’ with multiple
analyses and connects results to a visualisation interface.
By agreement with Ona Forss, a selection of indicators is chosen as the most
relevant for early stage design in the context of the case study, delimiting the proposal
to indicators regarding energy and daylight, sunlight, thermal comfort, area indicators,
access to solar energy and desired views. The proposed integration is one solution out
of many, and an evaluation of the case study collaboration showed that it fulfils the
purpose of facilitating decision-making for both architects and engineers.
Visualising results in a common interface by projecting indicator result
meshes over the 3D geometry is considered valuable to the architect’s design process,
however the architect do not find the numerical indicators as informative as the
graphical ones, and furthermore the time for simulations proves to be longer than
desired.
As a result of those observations, and the conclusion that the architect’s
massing studies are already limited to the detailed development plan, it is suggested as
future research to investigate integration of BPS in the detailed development planning
process and to continue developing the tool.
Subjects/Keywords: Building performance simulation;
interdisciplinary collaboration;
integrated building performance;
BeDOT,;
multi-objective analysis
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Wäppling, L. (2019). Multi-Objective Building Performance Simulation - Integrating Building Performance with Architectural Modelling in Early Stage Design
. (Thesis). Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/300085
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wäppling, Linda. “Multi-Objective Building Performance Simulation - Integrating Building Performance with Architectural Modelling in Early Stage Design
.” 2019. Thesis, Chalmers University of Technology. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/300085.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wäppling, Linda. “Multi-Objective Building Performance Simulation - Integrating Building Performance with Architectural Modelling in Early Stage Design
.” 2019. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Wäppling L. Multi-Objective Building Performance Simulation - Integrating Building Performance with Architectural Modelling in Early Stage Design
. [Internet] [Thesis]. Chalmers University of Technology; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/300085.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Wäppling L. Multi-Objective Building Performance Simulation - Integrating Building Performance with Architectural Modelling in Early Stage Design
. [Thesis]. Chalmers University of Technology; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/300085
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
KTH
13.
Zhang, Kaiying.
Studying building behaviors by using the Building Management System of a new teaching building : A study case of a school building in Stockholm.
Degree: Sustainable Buildings, 2020, KTH
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278537
► Building management system (BMS) offers a wide range of measurements and historical data about the building but few types of researches use these data…
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▼ Building management system (BMS) offers a wide range of measurements and historical data about the building but few types of researches use these data to analyze the building performance. This study aims to explore the indoor climate and building insulation by taking advantage of the BMS of the study case, which 767 sensors are installed in the room and wall structures and the signal data are available at the online web application. In addition, during the inspection, several error sensors and meters are detected are discussed as feedback for the system. It is concluded that the building management system is a good tool to study the building performance in different aspects and the measurements from the sensors are helpful but need validation by conducting a further field measurement in the building.
Subjects/Keywords: Building management system(BMS); building envelope; indoor climate; thermal comfort; energy performance; Building Technologies; Husbyggnad
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Zhang, K. (2020). Studying building behaviors by using the Building Management System of a new teaching building : A study case of a school building in Stockholm. (Thesis). KTH. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278537
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zhang, Kaiying. “Studying building behaviors by using the Building Management System of a new teaching building : A study case of a school building in Stockholm.” 2020. Thesis, KTH. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278537.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zhang, Kaiying. “Studying building behaviors by using the Building Management System of a new teaching building : A study case of a school building in Stockholm.” 2020. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Zhang K. Studying building behaviors by using the Building Management System of a new teaching building : A study case of a school building in Stockholm. [Internet] [Thesis]. KTH; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278537.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Zhang K. Studying building behaviors by using the Building Management System of a new teaching building : A study case of a school building in Stockholm. [Thesis]. KTH; 2020. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278537
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Victoria University of Wellington
14.
Steele, Jack.
Architectural Models as a Base for Reliable Early Stage Energy Simulation.
Degree: 2020, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9184
► Designers from the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries have shown a desire to allow for quantitative data to back up sustainable decision-making (Braasch, 2016).…
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▼ Designers from the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries have shown a desire to allow for quantitative data to back up sustainable decision-making (Braasch, 2016). Methods and software used to reach this goal often do not provide all the information to make informed design decisions or require a complete remodelling of designs at each stage. These factors make
Building Performance Simulation (BPS) feasible at early design stages, where it is most beneficial for Architects.
This thesis explores the current process to translate Architectural models constructed within a
Building Information Modelling (BIM) environment into
Building Energy Models (BEM) so that
performance simulations can take place. Within the aim of exploring translation processes, the objectives were to document:
• Whether current processes can facilitate modelling of environmental
building performance during early design, as well as during developed design?
• Whether there are any common problems or successful approaches that might form the basis of future improvements in the way Architect’s and consultant’s models work together?
This thesis has identified 19 translation processes from current literature and examined a range of representative processes for exchanging information between Architectural modelling and BPS programs. It concluded that translation issues can be classified into similar groups based on the overall processes used. The eight categories of issues can be used by future developers to determine their priorities in development, and those looking for a current solution can adopt one for themselves. None of the processes tested allowed for issue-free modelling of
building performance during sketch design.
The two types of
building translation schema evaluated in this thesis divided identified references between a dedicated and generalised approach. The dedicated approach of gbXML and the generic approach of IFC identified similar issues; however, IFC contained more of these problems because it communicates with all modelling programs at a lower information quality. Due to the generic approaches containing more issues that take longer to solve, it is currently more complicated to generate an energy model out of IFC data. While the gbXML schema can only provide benefits for BPS related translations, it is the most viable way to provide the service.
Advisors/Committee Members: Donn, Michael.
Subjects/Keywords: Building Performance Simulation; Architecture; Building Energy Modelling; Building Information Modelling; IFC; gbXML; Conceptual Design Stage
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Steele, J. (2020). Architectural Models as a Base for Reliable Early Stage Energy Simulation. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9184
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Steele, Jack. “Architectural Models as a Base for Reliable Early Stage Energy Simulation.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9184.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Steele, Jack. “Architectural Models as a Base for Reliable Early Stage Energy Simulation.” 2020. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Steele J. Architectural Models as a Base for Reliable Early Stage Energy Simulation. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9184.
Council of Science Editors:
Steele J. Architectural Models as a Base for Reliable Early Stage Energy Simulation. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9184
University of Sydney
15.
Alulayet, Mansour A.
Exploring measures to improve the energy efficiency of office building in Saudi Arabia
.
Degree: 2015, University of Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17137
► Saudi Arabia has developed a prescriptive energy building code to achieve low energy consumption in office buildings through setting minimum requirements for each building envelope…
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▼ Saudi Arabia has developed a prescriptive energy building code to achieve low energy consumption in office buildings through setting minimum requirements for each building envelope characteristics. This thesis argues that new measures are needed to improve the energy efficiency office buildings in Saudi Arabia to meet new targets worldwide and in the region. To understand what measures should be used the thesis investigates the Saudi energy building code set of requirements for office buildings. By understanding, how significant the external heat loads from the extreme climatic conditions can affect the Saudi building energy performance. As a consequence of the climate, the building envelope parameters and the building typology significantly influences the active energy systems in the building. It is argued that the Saudi energy building code can evolve to a stronger tool for high-performance buildings by moving to performance-based code. The methodology to address these issues was setting a full simulation series starting from a real office building data for calibration, then developing a group of reference buildings for the simulation runs. The simulations were examining the building envelope variables. A sensitivity analysis of building envelope variables and development of energy provisions for windows where needed. The SBC expected to achieve a worldwide energy efficacy level in office buildings. However, the findings have presented that by tweaking the façade requirements the total energy consumption dropped from 150 to 106 kWh/m2 a year. Improvements in technologies and cost efficiency buildings, energy could drop to as low as 81.5 kWh/m2 a year, to go further internal loads need to be investigated.
Subjects/Keywords: energy efficiency;
Saudi building code;
energy building code;
bioclimatic architecture;
high performance building;
simulation study
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Alulayet, M. A. (2015). Exploring measures to improve the energy efficiency of office building in Saudi Arabia
. (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17137
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Alulayet, Mansour A. “Exploring measures to improve the energy efficiency of office building in Saudi Arabia
.” 2015. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17137.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Alulayet, Mansour A. “Exploring measures to improve the energy efficiency of office building in Saudi Arabia
.” 2015. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Alulayet MA. Exploring measures to improve the energy efficiency of office building in Saudi Arabia
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17137.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Alulayet MA. Exploring measures to improve the energy efficiency of office building in Saudi Arabia
. [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17137
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
KTH
16.
Prando, Dario.
Global sensitivity analysis of the building energy performance and correlation assessment of the design parameters.
Degree: Building Technology, 2011, KTH
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35044
► The world’s energy use in buildings (residential and commercial) accounts for around 40% of the worldwide energy consumption, and space heating is the responsible…
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▼ The world’s energy use in buildings (residential and commercial) accounts for around
40% of the worldwide energy consumption, and space heating is the responsible for half
of the energy need in the building sector. In Europe, only a small share (less than 10%) of
existing buildings was built after 1990. Most of the building stock does not satisfy the
recent energy technical standards; in addition there is a very low trend to construct new
buildings in the last years.
Renovation of the existing buildings is a feasible option to reduce the energy need in
Europe, but finding the optimum solutions for a renovation is not a simple task. Each
design parameter differently influences the final energy need of buildings and,
furthermore, the different variables are differently correlated each other. Building
refurbishment will benefit from a tool for the selection of the best measures in term of
energy need.
This work, through a global sensitivity analysis, aims at determining the contribution of
the design parameters to the building energy demand and the correlation between the
different variables. The considered parameters are related to the improvement of the
thermal transmittance of both the opaque envelope and the windows, the solar
transmittance of the glazing surfaces, the window size, the thermal inertia of the internal
walls and the external sunshades for windows. Several dynamic simulations have been
performed varying the design parameters from different starting conditions. Finally, due
to the large number of cases elaborated, an inferential statistical analysis has been
performed in order to identify the predominant factors and the correlation between the
design parameters in a global context.
Subjects/Keywords: Building energy performance design parameters; Building engineering; Byggnadsteknik
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Prando, D. (2011). Global sensitivity analysis of the building energy performance and correlation assessment of the design parameters. (Thesis). KTH. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35044
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Prando, Dario. “Global sensitivity analysis of the building energy performance and correlation assessment of the design parameters.” 2011. Thesis, KTH. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35044.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Prando, Dario. “Global sensitivity analysis of the building energy performance and correlation assessment of the design parameters.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Prando D. Global sensitivity analysis of the building energy performance and correlation assessment of the design parameters. [Internet] [Thesis]. KTH; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35044.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Prando D. Global sensitivity analysis of the building energy performance and correlation assessment of the design parameters. [Thesis]. KTH; 2011. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35044
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17.
Markgren, Amanda.
IN PROCESS, A study for a new process for Detailed Development Plans in Sweden with special interest in energy and daylight.
Degree: Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE), 2020, Chalmers University of Technology
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/301652
► The construction industry has during the latest decade grown more and more accustomed to adapting buildings after environmental certifications. In parallel to this, as a…
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▼ The construction industry has during the latest decade grown more and more
accustomed to adapting buildings after environmental certifications. In parallel to
this, as a response to the housing shortage in Sweden, the cities are also increasing in
plot-ratio. This together have led to a larger awareness of the building performance
parameters (BPP) impact on the building’s sustainability. But also led to the result
that many set Detailed Development Plans (DDP) are not optimized for obtaining the
building performance result aspired.
This thesis has been conducted in a collaboration between Chalmers University
of Technology and Bengt Dahlgren AB as a continuation of previous master
thesis development of a tool called BeDOT. The thesis is also performed in close
collaboration with the engineering students Julia Andersson and Sara Jonsson and
their further development of the tool.
The thesis continues the concept of the tool; early implementation of building
performance parameters. This meaning that the thesis has investigated the possibility
to optimize the building performance by implementing them in the DDP process. This
is done through a proactive addition of the building performance parameters Energy
and Daylight through the tool and a change in the process and how the tool could be
implemented. The addition is made in the DDP process in a Swedish context. Further
the thesis aims to map some of the possible incentives for innovation that could
help the proposed process implementation. But also, the incentives created by the
implementation of a new process.
The result is threefold; First, a continued development of BeDOT. Second, a proposal
of a new DDP process and a discussion regarding innovation which can come through
this. The third result is a proposal of a new design method for DDPs done with the
implementation of the new DDP process. The implementation of BBP in the process
is not new in concept, but the aspired result is a change of perspective. This in itself
work as a strong incentive for innovation and collaboration within the process.
Subjects/Keywords: Building Performance; Detail Development Plan; Building Planning Process; Innovation; Optimization
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Markgren, A. (2020). IN PROCESS, A study for a new process for Detailed Development Plans in Sweden with special interest in energy and daylight.
(Thesis). Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/301652
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Markgren, Amanda. “IN PROCESS, A study for a new process for Detailed Development Plans in Sweden with special interest in energy and daylight.
” 2020. Thesis, Chalmers University of Technology. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/301652.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Markgren, Amanda. “IN PROCESS, A study for a new process for Detailed Development Plans in Sweden with special interest in energy and daylight.
” 2020. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Markgren A. IN PROCESS, A study for a new process for Detailed Development Plans in Sweden with special interest in energy and daylight.
[Internet] [Thesis]. Chalmers University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/301652.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Markgren A. IN PROCESS, A study for a new process for Detailed Development Plans in Sweden with special interest in energy and daylight.
[Thesis]. Chalmers University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/301652
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Brno University of Technology
18.
Hlubinka, Josef.
Hodnocení budovy formou průkazu energetické náročnosti budovy: Building evaluation in the form of building energy performance certificate.
Degree: 2020, Brno University of Technology
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190845
► The bachelor thesis deals with the evaluation of the energy performance of the office building in Brno. The theoretical part deals about biomass and its…
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▼ The bachelor thesis deals with the evaluation of the energy
performance of the office
building in Brno. The theoretical part deals about biomass and its use in heating buildings. In the computational part, it is evaluated the energy
performance of
building. The result is
building energy
performance certificate inserted into part C – the PENB project.
Advisors/Committee Members: Horák, Petr (advisor), Počinková, Marcela (referee).
Subjects/Keywords: Energetická náročnost budovy; průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy; administrativní budova; biomasa; Energy performance of building; building energy performance certificate; administrative building; biomass
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Hlubinka, J. (2020). Hodnocení budovy formou průkazu energetické náročnosti budovy: Building evaluation in the form of building energy performance certificate. (Thesis). Brno University of Technology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190845
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hlubinka, Josef. “Hodnocení budovy formou průkazu energetické náročnosti budovy: Building evaluation in the form of building energy performance certificate.” 2020. Thesis, Brno University of Technology. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190845.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hlubinka, Josef. “Hodnocení budovy formou průkazu energetické náročnosti budovy: Building evaluation in the form of building energy performance certificate.” 2020. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Hlubinka J. Hodnocení budovy formou průkazu energetické náročnosti budovy: Building evaluation in the form of building energy performance certificate. [Internet] [Thesis]. Brno University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190845.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Hlubinka J. Hodnocení budovy formou průkazu energetické náročnosti budovy: Building evaluation in the form of building energy performance certificate. [Thesis]. Brno University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190845
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Southern California
19.
Spastri, Maria.
Energy savings by using dynamic environmental controls in
the cavity of double skin facades.
Degree: Master of Building Science, Building Science, 2014, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/510622/rec/2358
► Double Skin Facades (DSF) have been studied extensively in the past for different aspects such as energy and thermal performance, daylight, acoustics, use as noise…
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▼ Double Skin Facades (DSF) have been studied
extensively in the past for different aspects such as energy and
thermal
performance, daylight, acoustics, use as noise barriers,
aesthetics etc. A review of the current state and energy
performance issues of DSF’s are being addressed and mostly
regarding their impact on the building’s
performance. Moreover, the
experimental proposal provides a solution to enhance their
efficiency. In order to achieve this goal a dynamic airflow control
system was proposed in the cavity. The effect of this system and
its outcomes were examined in energy simulation software. The
proposed system offers the flexibility to transform a DSF between
the four basic types: multi-story, corridor, shaft box, and window
box. The results were compared among the types and a single skin
façade system. This transformation allows control of the airflow in
the cavity, and increases or decreases the air velocity/air volume.
The study was made for a climate in each of the cities of: Los
Angeles, New York and Houston. The outcomes identified which facade
typology performs better for which climate, time period (day,
season, year etc.); what the adopting transformation pattern should
be for each location, the time period that contributes to the
energy savings; and finally identified the configurations that
should be avoided in every case. Depending on the climate the
energy savings could be up to 4% for the hottest day and up to
4.32% for the coldest day during a 24h cycle.
Advisors/Committee Members: Noble, Douglas (Committee Chair), Kensek, Karen M. (Committee Member), Choi, Joon-Ho (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: double-skin facade; dynamic control system; energy savings; building performance; energy performance; cavity; simulation; dynamic system; office building; building envelope; control
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Spastri, M. (2014). Energy savings by using dynamic environmental controls in
the cavity of double skin facades. (Masters Thesis). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/510622/rec/2358
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Spastri, Maria. “Energy savings by using dynamic environmental controls in
the cavity of double skin facades.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of Southern California. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/510622/rec/2358.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Spastri, Maria. “Energy savings by using dynamic environmental controls in
the cavity of double skin facades.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Spastri M. Energy savings by using dynamic environmental controls in
the cavity of double skin facades. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Southern California; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/510622/rec/2358.
Council of Science Editors:
Spastri M. Energy savings by using dynamic environmental controls in
the cavity of double skin facades. [Masters Thesis]. University of Southern California; 2014. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/510622/rec/2358
20.
Alvarez Rodriguez, Alberto.
An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering.
Degree: PhD, 2013, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
URL: etd-010413-093051
;
https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/5
► Review of decades of worldwide experience using standards, codes and guidelines related to performance-based fire protection design for buildings has identified shortcomings in the interpretation,…
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▼ Review of decades of worldwide experience using standards, codes and guidelines related to
performance-based fire protection design for buildings has identified shortcomings in the interpretation, application and implementation of the
performance-based design process, wide variation in the resulting levels of
performance achieved by such designs, and several opportunities to enhance the process. While others have highlighted shortcomings in the past, as well as some ideas to enhance the process, it is proposed that a more fundamental change is needed. First, the political and technical components of the process need to be clearly delineated to facilitate better analysis and decision-making within each component. Second, the process needs to be changed from one which focuses only on fire safety systems to one which views buildings, their occupants and their contents as integrated systems. In doing so, the activities associated with the normal operation of a
building and how they might be impacted by the occurrence of a fire event become clearer, as do mitigation options which account for the behaviors and activities associated with normal use. To support these changes, a new framework for a risk-informed
performance-based process for fire protection design is proposed: one which is better integrated than current processes, that treats a fire event as a disruptive event of a larger and more complex "
building-occupant" system, and that provides more specific guidance for engineering analysis with the aim to achieve more complete and consistent analysis. This Ph.D. Dissertation outlines the challenges with the existing approaches, presents the "
building-occupant" system paradigm, illustrates how viewing fire (or any other hazard) as a disruptive event within an holistic "
building-occupant" system can benefit the overall
performance of this system over its lifespan, and outlines a framework for a risk-informed
performance-based process for fire protection design. Case studies are used to illustrate shortcomings in the existing processes and how the proposed process will address these. This Dissertation also includes a plan of action needed to establish guidelines to conduct each of the technical steps of the process and briefly introduces the future work about how this plan could be practically facilitated via a web-platform as a collaborative environment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kathy A. Notarianni, Department Head, Brian J. Meacham, Advisor,
Subjects/Keywords: building performance; performance-based design; fire protection engineering
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Alvarez Rodriguez, A. (2013). An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering. (Doctoral Dissertation). Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved from etd-010413-093051 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/5
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Alvarez Rodriguez, Alberto. “An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Accessed January 26, 2021.
etd-010413-093051 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/5.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Alvarez Rodriguez, Alberto. “An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering.” 2013. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Alvarez Rodriguez A. An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 2013. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: etd-010413-093051 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/5.
Council of Science Editors:
Alvarez Rodriguez A. An integrated framework for the next generation of Risk-Informed Performance-Based Design approach used in Fire Safety Engineering. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 2013. Available from: etd-010413-093051 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/5
KTH
21.
Lapioli, Simone.
Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: feasibility analysis of an EWIS.
Degree: Building Service and Energy Systems, 2016, KTH
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190992
► The energy retrofit of existing buildings has always been a challenging task to accomplish. The example of the Swecohuset building, proves how an integrated…
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▼ The energy retrofit of existing buildings has always been a challenging task to accomplish. The example of the Swecohuset building, proves how an integrated approach design between architectural and energetic aspects as well as the use of well-known and efficient technologies are key aspects to achieve the energy-saving goal. This work, in the first part describes the Swecohuset retrofit process, along with the reasons behind the choices which have led to the current result of a reduction by 2/3 of the energy need for space conditioning purposes. Then, in the second part, after a brief focus on the passive aspects which characterize the current energy performance of the building, it is carried out a feasibility analysis of an EWIS (external wall insulation system) by studying its interaction with a complex system as an optimization problem, with the main purpose of understanding the basis of the BPO and explore further building potentialities.
SIRen
Subjects/Keywords: Bulding system; building energy retrofit; sustainability; building insulation; cost optimal insulation; IDA ICE; BPS; building performance simulation; MOBO; BPO; building performance optimization; building energy modeling; dynamic energy simulation
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Lapioli, S. (2016). Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: feasibility analysis of an EWIS. (Thesis). KTH. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190992
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lapioli, Simone. “Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: feasibility analysis of an EWIS.” 2016. Thesis, KTH. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190992.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lapioli, Simone. “Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: feasibility analysis of an EWIS.” 2016. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Lapioli S. Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: feasibility analysis of an EWIS. [Internet] [Thesis]. KTH; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190992.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Lapioli S. Energy retrofit of an office building in Stockholm: feasibility analysis of an EWIS. [Thesis]. KTH; 2016. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190992
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22.
Corry, Edward.
A semantic web approach to enable the holistic environmental and energy management of buildings
.
Degree: 2014, National University of Ireland – Galway
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4810
► Narrowing the performance deficit between design intent and real-time performance is a complex and involved task, impacting on all building stakeholders. Buildings are designed, built…
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▼ Narrowing the
performance deficit between design intent and real-time
performance is a
complex and involved task, impacting on all
building stakeholders. Buildings are designed, built and operated with the use of increasingly complex technology and throughout their
building life-cycle, produce vast quantities of data. However, many commercial buildings do not perform as originally intended. The use of data in a cross-domain manner and the concept of enterprise level data are areas in which the
building industry lags considerably behind others. Traditional methods of information capture in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) domain do not lend themselves to the effective provision of a holistic environmental and energy management solution for
building performance assessment, prediction and informed modification. Existing methods of
performance assessment fail to take into account the wealth of information available throughout a
building and exclude whole categories of information including social media, occupant communication, mobile communication devices, occupancy
patterns, human resource information and financial data.
Building codes are prescriptive and do not encourage a continuous
performance assessment mindset amongst
building owners and users. The
performance gap is dominated by the twin concerns of interoperability and a lack of holistic environmental and energy
performance information. This thesis provides a dual strand approach to the problem, describing how heterogeneous
building data sources can be transformed into semantically enriched information. These data can serve as a data service for a structured
performance analysis approach, at the enterprise level. In parallel, a semantically enriched
performance management framework is introduced, which builds on the homogeneous data described in the first strand. The
Performance Framework is an approach to
performance management using scenarios to describe
performance and methods for capturing this
performance in a series of defined
performance objectives. These techniques, when applied together, result in a more holistic interpretation of
building performance.
A series of demonstrations are provided which illustrate the use of cross-domain data, first in an unstructured manner, and finally, using the scenario modelling approach, where a structured path is described through cross-domain data. Although the use of cross-domain data is beneficial for many
building stakeholders, the
building management context is considered throughout, in the form of the
building manager.
This thesis demonstrates how the semantic web approach can be combined with the environmental and energy management of buildings. The work describes how multi-disciplinary data sets can be described in a homogeneous manner and leveraged to drive a
performance assessment approach. The work improves on other
performance management techniques as it provides a cross life-cycle, cross-domain approach to the problem, enabling a true holistic assessment of
building performance.
Advisors/Committee Members: Keane, Marcus (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Semantic web;
Building performance;
BIM;
Ontology;
Performance metrics;
Performance assessment;
Civil Engineering
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Corry, E. (2014). A semantic web approach to enable the holistic environmental and energy management of buildings
. (Thesis). National University of Ireland – Galway. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4810
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Corry, Edward. “A semantic web approach to enable the holistic environmental and energy management of buildings
.” 2014. Thesis, National University of Ireland – Galway. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4810.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Corry, Edward. “A semantic web approach to enable the holistic environmental and energy management of buildings
.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Corry E. A semantic web approach to enable the holistic environmental and energy management of buildings
. [Internet] [Thesis]. National University of Ireland – Galway; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4810.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Corry E. A semantic web approach to enable the holistic environmental and energy management of buildings
. [Thesis]. National University of Ireland – Galway; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/4810
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
23.
Borges, Carlos Alberto de Moraes.
O conceito de desempenho de edificações e a sua importância para o setor da construção civil no Brasil.
Degree: Mestrado, Engenharia de Construção Civil e Urbana, 2008, University of São Paulo
URL: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-25092008-094741/
;
► O conceito de desempenho na construção civil está, há muitos anos, associado ao comportamento em uso nas edificações, dentro de determinadas condições. O desafio mundial…
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▼ O conceito de desempenho na construção civil está, há muitos anos, associado ao comportamento em uso nas edificações, dentro de determinadas condições. O desafio mundial é que este comportamento atenda às expectativas dos usuários das edificações ao longo de uma determinada vida útil e dentro da realidade técnica e socioeconômica de cada país e empreendimento. Apesar do conceito de desempenho estar consolidado no meio acadêmico, sua aplicação prática é bastante difícil e envolve muitos conflitos de interesses. No caso brasileiro, com o grande crescimento que o mercado da construção civil experimenta neste momento, e com a publicação da primeira Norma Brasileira de Desempenho de Edificações, prevista para 2008, é oportuno que haja uma reflexão sobre como atendê-la e utilizá-la, além do próprio conceito de desempenho em beneficio de todos os agentes do setor. A proposta desta dissertação de mestrado é fazer uma pesquisa abrangente sobre a evolução conceitual do tema desempenho na construção civil, demonstrar a importância estratégica da sua aplicação no Brasil para a evolução do setor, e propor caminhos para a efetiva utilização da norma brasileira de desempenho de edificações.
The performance concept in building has been, for many years, associated with the behaviour in use of buildings, within certain conditions. The global challenge is to make this behaviour meet the users expectations throughout a specific service life and within the technical and socioeconomic reality of each country or site. Although the performance concept is already consolidated in the academic world, its practical application is very difficult and involves many conflicts of interest. In the Brazilian scenario, with the large growth experienced by the building construction segment at this moment, and with the upcoming publication of the first Brazilian Performance Based Building Code in 2008, it is convenient to establish a reflection on how to meet and use this code and its own performance concept to the advantage of all players in the business. The proposal of this Masters Dissertation is to provide a broad research on the conceptual evolution of the performance-based theme in building; to demonstrate its strategic importance of this application in Brazil for the evolution of the sector; and to propose a path for the effective use of the Brazilian performance-based building code.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sabbatini, Fernando Henrique.
Subjects/Keywords: Building performance; Building service life; Construção civil (evolução); Construction codes; Desempenho de materiais de construção; Edificações (desempenho); Normas de construção; Performance; Performance approach; Performance evaluation; Performance regulatory system; Societal expectations
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Borges, Carlos Alberto de Moraes. “O conceito de desempenho de edificações e a sua importância para o setor da construção civil no Brasil.” 2008. Masters Thesis, University of São Paulo. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-25092008-094741/ ;.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Borges, Carlos Alberto de Moraes. “O conceito de desempenho de edificações e a sua importância para o setor da construção civil no Brasil.” 2008. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Borges CAdM. O conceito de desempenho de edificações e a sua importância para o setor da construção civil no Brasil. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2008. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-25092008-094741/ ;.
Council of Science Editors:
Borges CAdM. O conceito de desempenho de edificações e a sua importância para o setor da construção civil no Brasil. [Masters Thesis]. University of São Paulo; 2008. Available from: http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-25092008-094741/ ;
University of Adelaide
24.
Shari, Zalina.
Development of a sustainability assessment framework for Malaysian office buildings using a mixed-methods approach.
Degree: 2011, University of Adelaide
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/73200
► An extensive number of studies have been conducted around the world to develop building performance assessment systems (BPASs) to measure the sustainability of building designs…
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▼ An extensive number of studies have been conducted around the world to develop
building performance assessment systems (BPASs) to measure the sustainability of
building designs and the built environment in general. However, it has been revealed that most existing BPASs are single-dimensional in their structure; hence, inadequate in addressing many of the non-environmental priorities of emerging/developing countries. Malaysia is one of these countries in need of a context-specific system, especially when the necessary balance between socio-economic and ecological systems – to avoid further environmental damage – has not yet been reached. Therefore, the aim of this research is to develop an appropriate assessment framework that enables sustainability to be addressed and incorporated in office
building development, relevant to emerging/developing countries, particularly the
Malaysian context. Since sustainability and the framework must be context specific, this study adopted a mixedmethods approach, particularly using the exploratory sequential design i.e. a qualitative followed by a quantitative phase. The goal of the qualitative phase was to identify the most essential assessment criteria. This entailed a synthesis of results from research conducted in three stages: 1) wide-ranging literature review; 2) in-depth, semi-structured, open-ended interviews; and 3) focus groups discussion. The literature review findings from the first stage were synthesized to reveal the relevant assessment criteria and to formulate the requirements for developing the assessment framework. These criteria were further refined in the second and third stages conducted with experts from various backgrounds of the Malaysian construction industry. The criteria identified from, and refined in, the qualitative phase were then brought into the quantitative phase for the purpose of assigning their weighting levels. This phase involved a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in which more than 200 local
building stakeholders participated. Synthesizing the above research, and the presentation of the tentative assessment framework to local experts for validation, this thesis finally proposes the Validated Comprehensive Malaysian Office
Building Sustainability Assessment (MOBSA) Framework, composed of the followings attributes: 1) 88 Criteria, grouped under 17 Sub-Issues, which in
turn are grouped under 3 sustainability Issues; 2)
performance benchmarks for each criterion applicable to all phases of
building assessment, derived based on theory and expert opinions; and 3) scoring system. The framework was applied to a case study
building to identify criteria with missing input data. A comparison of the building’s overall results with those of an existing environmental-focused BPAS indicates that the
building achieved a very high overall score in terms of its environmental design
performance but scored lower when assessed based on the whole concept or three dimensions of sustainability. The MOBSA framework will potentially encourage a continuous learning…
Advisors/Committee Members: Soebarto, Veronica Irawati (advisor), Williamson, Terence John (advisor), School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design (school).
Subjects/Keywords: building performance assessment system; sustainable office building; sustainable development; emerging/developing countries; Malaysia
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Shari, Z. (2011). Development of a sustainability assessment framework for Malaysian office buildings using a mixed-methods approach. (Thesis). University of Adelaide. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2440/73200
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Shari, Zalina. “Development of a sustainability assessment framework for Malaysian office buildings using a mixed-methods approach.” 2011. Thesis, University of Adelaide. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2440/73200.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Shari, Zalina. “Development of a sustainability assessment framework for Malaysian office buildings using a mixed-methods approach.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Shari Z. Development of a sustainability assessment framework for Malaysian office buildings using a mixed-methods approach. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/73200.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Shari Z. Development of a sustainability assessment framework for Malaysian office buildings using a mixed-methods approach. [Thesis]. University of Adelaide; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/73200
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Halmstad University
25.
Andersson, Lisa.
Lagsammanhållning hos handbollsspelare : Herr- och damlags uppfattning om sammanhållning samt ledarens uppfattning om team buildning.
Degree: Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2011, Halmstad University
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-14999
► Syftet med föreliggande studie är främst att studera sammanhållning hos herr- respektive damlag samt undersöka eventuella skillnader/likheter. Författarna avser vidare att undersöka ledares uppfattningar…
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▼ Syftet med föreliggande studie är främst att studera sammanhållning hos herr- respektive damlag samt undersöka eventuella skillnader/likheter. Författarna avser vidare att undersöka ledares uppfattningar om sin egen roll för sammanhållningen i ett lag samt deras uppfattningar om hur sammanhållning skapas och bibehålls. Totalt deltog 96 manliga och kvinnliga handbollsspelare, från division 1 och 2, i åldrarna 16-34 i den kvantitativa undersökningen och 4 tränare deltog i den kvalitativa undersökningen. Resultatet visade att det fanns en signifikant skillnad mellan sammanhållningen i dam- respektive herrlagen då kvinnor upplevde en högre grad av sammanhållning. Resultaten visade vidare att tränarna ansåg att sammanhållningsarbetet bör se olika ut för kvinnor och män då kvinnor lägger större vikt vid att känslan i gruppen var bra och män fokuserar mer på prestation. Slutligen visade resultatet att sammanhållning ständigt bör underhållas för att uppnå bästa resultat. Resultaten diskuteras i relation till olika teoretiska perspektiv.
The purpose of this study is mainly to study the cohesion of the men's and women's teams and investigate any differences / similarities. The authors also intend to explore coaches perceptions about their own role in the cohesion of a team, and their perceptions of how cohesion is created and maintained. A total of 96 male and female handball players, in division 1 and 2, from age 16 to 34 participated in the quantitative study, and four coaches participated in the qualitative survey. The results showed that there was a significant difference between the cohesion of the men and women, as the female handball players experienced a higher level of cohesion then the male handball players. Further, the results showed that the coaches felt that the cohesion is different in men's and women's teams,as women attach higher value to how well the members of the group get along and men tend to focus on their own performance. Finally, the results showed that cohesion should be constantly maintained in order to achieve success. The results were discussed in relation to different theoretical perspectives.
Subjects/Keywords: Handball; gender difference; performance; cohesion; team building; Handboll; könsskillnad; prestation; sammanhållning; team building
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Andersson, L. (2011). Lagsammanhållning hos handbollsspelare : Herr- och damlags uppfattning om sammanhållning samt ledarens uppfattning om team buildning. (Thesis). Halmstad University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-14999
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Andersson, Lisa. “Lagsammanhållning hos handbollsspelare : Herr- och damlags uppfattning om sammanhållning samt ledarens uppfattning om team buildning.” 2011. Thesis, Halmstad University. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-14999.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Andersson, Lisa. “Lagsammanhållning hos handbollsspelare : Herr- och damlags uppfattning om sammanhållning samt ledarens uppfattning om team buildning.” 2011. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Andersson L. Lagsammanhållning hos handbollsspelare : Herr- och damlags uppfattning om sammanhållning samt ledarens uppfattning om team buildning. [Internet] [Thesis]. Halmstad University; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-14999.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Andersson L. Lagsammanhållning hos handbollsspelare : Herr- och damlags uppfattning om sammanhållning samt ledarens uppfattning om team buildning. [Thesis]. Halmstad University; 2011. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-14999
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Delft University of Technology
26.
Graamans, L.J.A. (author).
VERTICAL - The re-development of vacant urban structures into viable food production centres utilising agricultural production techniques.
Degree: 2015, Delft University of Technology
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f9dd86ce-22a9-4dfe-b66e-ef55230e3856
► Problem definition and objective. Population growth and rapid urbanisation may result in a shortage of food supplies in the future. Existing high-rise buildings may offer…
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▼ Problem definition and objective. Population growth and rapid urbanisation may result in a shortage of food supplies in the future. Existing high-rise buildings may offer opportunities for the solution of this problem. The objective of this study was to investigate aspects of the requirements, design and energetic performances in the re- development of existing high-rise structures into vertical farming facilities. Study design. Literature review, followed by prospective performance analysis and feasibility study. Setting. Two representative office buildings in Delft, the Netherlands and in Wan Chai, Hong Kong SAR are selected as case studies. Main outcome measures. Production efficiency is expressed in production capacity, energy use and production output. Energy, taken as the performance indicator, is expressed as energy expenditure per production area. Results. Design guidelines were formulated according to data from the relevant literature. For both case studies the key features proved to be spatial layout, façade construction and production density. The split-production zone with a transparent non-insulated façade and a single production layer offers the best performance in terms of cooling energy use and total energy use, relative to the production area. However, for achieving maximum production in the existing buildings we prefer a design with a similar façade construction and layout but with four stacked production layers.
Building Technology
Architectural Engineering and Technology
Architecture and The Built Environment
Advisors/Committee Members: Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (mentor), Klein, T. (mentor).
Subjects/Keywords: building adaptation; building integrated agriculture; controlled environment agriculture; performance; plant factory; vertical farm
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Graamans, L. J. A. (. (2015). VERTICAL - The re-development of vacant urban structures into viable food production centres utilising agricultural production techniques. (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f9dd86ce-22a9-4dfe-b66e-ef55230e3856
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Graamans, L J A (author). “VERTICAL - The re-development of vacant urban structures into viable food production centres utilising agricultural production techniques.” 2015. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f9dd86ce-22a9-4dfe-b66e-ef55230e3856.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Graamans, L J A (author). “VERTICAL - The re-development of vacant urban structures into viable food production centres utilising agricultural production techniques.” 2015. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Graamans LJA(. VERTICAL - The re-development of vacant urban structures into viable food production centres utilising agricultural production techniques. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2015. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f9dd86ce-22a9-4dfe-b66e-ef55230e3856.
Council of Science Editors:
Graamans LJA(. VERTICAL - The re-development of vacant urban structures into viable food production centres utilising agricultural production techniques. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2015. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f9dd86ce-22a9-4dfe-b66e-ef55230e3856
27.
Kim, Jin Kyung.
A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings.
Degree: ME, 2014, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
URL: etd-042514-133724
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https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/306
► Earthquakes can severely damage building structural and nonstructural systems and components, including active and passive fire protection and egress systems. If the occurrence of such…
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▼ Earthquakes can severely damage
building structural and nonstructural systems and components, including active and passive fire protection and egress systems. If the occurrence of such damage is not anticipated at the design stage, the impact of a post-earthquake fire could be significant, as
building and fire protection systems may not perform as expected. Unfortunately, even though both the seismic and fire engineering communities utilize
performance-based approaches for designing well-performing and resilient buildings under earthquake and fire hazards respectively, each discipline carries out their associated
building performance analyses independently. As a result, fire protection engineers have little guidance as to how to estimate structural and nonstructural
building systems and component damage as inputs to help them develop post-earthquake
building fire scenarios. To help bridge this gap, a conceptual framework is developed that illustrates how
performance-based approaches for earthquake and fire engineering analysis and design can become more integrated for the development of post-earthquake fire scenarios. Using a fictional
building in an earthquake prone area as an example, the conceptual framework is implemented to show (a) how earthquake-induced damage to
building fire protection systems could be estimated using an earthquake
performance assessment tool, (b) how the damage estimates might be translated into physical damage parameters in a way that is meaningful for developing post-earthquake
building fire scenarios, (c) how the damage states might be implemented in terms of fire and egress modeling input parameters, and (d) how this information could be used to and compare post-earthquake
building fire safety
performance to a normal(undamaged)
building fire conditions.
Advisors/Committee Members: Nicholas A. Dembsey, Reader, Brian J. Meacham, Advisor;.
Subjects/Keywords: earthquake building damage; performance-based design; post-earthquake building fire; fire following earthquake
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Kim, Jin Kyung. “A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings.” 2014. Thesis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Accessed January 26, 2021.
etd-042514-133724 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/306.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kim, Jin Kyung. “A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings.” 2014. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Kim JK. A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings. [Internet] [Thesis]. Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: etd-042514-133724 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/306.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Kim JK. A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings. [Thesis]. Worcester Polytechnic Institute; 2014. Available from: etd-042514-133724 ; https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/306
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University of Cincinnati
28.
Zaidi, Syed Tabish.
Energy Modeling Existing Large University Buildings.
Degree: MS, Engineering and Applied Science: Civil
Engineering, 2019, University of Cincinnati
URL: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561394381779396
► Buildings account for almost 75% of total electricity consumption and nearly 40% of CO2 emissions in the US. Improving the energy-efficiency of buildings is one…
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▼ Buildings account for almost 75% of total electricity
consumption and nearly 40% of CO2 emissions in the US. Improving
the energy-efficiency of buildings is one of the most effective and
affordable ways to decrease greenhouse gas emissions on a large
scale. Thus, Energy Modelling Software (EMS) are required to
analyze a
building for its energy use. These software are designed
to evaluate energy
performance of buildings during design phase,
and not for buildings that already exist. For existing buildings,
any attempt to evaluate energy-efficiency strategies should begin
by understanding how it currently consumes energy by constructing
its model in the software.The goal of this research is to better
understand how Existing University Buildings (EUB)s use energy, to
determine what factors impact the energy consumption and how
changes in these factors affect its energy consumption. It also
evaluates potential use of existing energy modelling software for
simulating energy consumption of an existing
building and provides
recommendation on how to improve simulation results and reduce
energy consumption.The methodology included analyzing architectural
and HVAC equipment details of an existing
building at University of
Cincinnati, modeling the
building in an EMS (eQUEST), comparing its
utility consumption to actual data provided by the university, and
performing a sensitivity analysis to determine factors affecting
energy consumption. Recommendations on how to improve the energy
simulation results and reduce the building’s energy consumption
were then developed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Elzarka, Hazem (Committee Chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Civil Engineering; Energy Modeling; Existing University Buildings; eQUEST; Building energy performance; Building energy consumption
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Zaidi, S. T. (2019). Energy Modeling Existing Large University Buildings. (Masters Thesis). University of Cincinnati. Retrieved from http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561394381779396
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Zaidi, Syed Tabish. “Energy Modeling Existing Large University Buildings.” 2019. Masters Thesis, University of Cincinnati. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561394381779396.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Zaidi, Syed Tabish. “Energy Modeling Existing Large University Buildings.” 2019. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Zaidi ST. Energy Modeling Existing Large University Buildings. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Cincinnati; 2019. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561394381779396.
Council of Science Editors:
Zaidi ST. Energy Modeling Existing Large University Buildings. [Masters Thesis]. University of Cincinnati; 2019. Available from: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561394381779396
Brno University of Technology
29.
Lněnička, Petr.
Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy: Energy Performance Certificate of the Building.
Degree: 2020, Brno University of Technology
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190854
► This bachelor thesis deals with the evaluation of the energy performance of the Mars hotel in Špindlerův Mlýn. The theoretical part of this thesis is…
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▼ This bachelor thesis deals with the evaluation of the energy
performance of the Mars hotel in Špindlerův Mlýn. The theoretical part of this thesis is focused on the conversion of sunlight into electric power using solar-powered photovoltaics. The practical part is focused on the analysis of energy consumption and energy flux of the inspected
building. The final part C concerns about the result of this thesis – the energy
performance certificate of the analyzed
building.
Advisors/Committee Members: Horák, Petr (advisor), Vyhlídalová, Karolína (referee).
Subjects/Keywords: Energetická náročnost budovy; PENB (Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy); hotel; fotovoltaika.; Energy performance of building; building energy performance certificate; hotel; photovoltaics
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Lněnička, P. (2020). Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy: Energy Performance Certificate of the Building. (Thesis). Brno University of Technology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190854
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lněnička, Petr. “Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy: Energy Performance Certificate of the Building.” 2020. Thesis, Brno University of Technology. Accessed January 26, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190854.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lněnička, Petr. “Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy: Energy Performance Certificate of the Building.” 2020. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Lněnička P. Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy: Energy Performance Certificate of the Building. [Internet] [Thesis]. Brno University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190854.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Lněnička P. Průkaz energetické náročnosti budovy: Energy Performance Certificate of the Building. [Thesis]. Brno University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11012/190854
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Penn State University
30.
Mostavi, Ehsan.
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING INSTRUMENT IN DESIGNING OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
Degree: 2018, Penn State University
URL: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/14396exm331
► The worldwide challenge for energy has become acuter than ever before. The shortage of fossil fuels as the number one resource of energy carrier has…
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▼ The worldwide challenge for energy has become acuter than ever before. The shortage of fossil fuels as the number one resource of energy carrier has emphasized the need for revising the current trend of energy consumption. Additionally, the public awareness of carbon footprint problems has compelled experts to take proper environmental measurements. Energy efficiency measures are widely spread nowadays, and the main issue is to determine the most effective strategies. Recent statistics show that
building sector is the main contributor to the world total energy consumption, which makes it responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In particular, commercial buildings are under a special focus as they consume about 18% of total energy in the United States (U.S.).
Since over 80% of the total energy use in buildings happens during the operational phase, governments have been employing several policies to support energy consumption reduction during buildings operation phase as an instantaneous and cost-effective method to decrease GHG emissions. Several factors including design and installation of suitable technology and occupants can significantly contribute to the success of energy efficiency measures. The proper design of buildings necessitates paying specific attention to the conceptual stage since numerous possible design options are made and roughly assessed to achieve the optimum solution. The diversity of proposed measures in the literature requires the decision maker to recompense several factors including environmental, energy, cost, and social factors to achieve the optimum solution. This requires designers to have access to a unique energy-efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly model to address the interdependency of
building design parameters and occupancy behaviors considering the whole life cycle of commercial buildings.
The primary goal of the proposed research is to develop a multi-objective optimization tool to assess the impacts of
building design parameters on total energy consumption, associated environmental impacts, and total cost during the life cycle of commercial buildings as well as identifying the optimum solutions, which can satisfy all other objectives. The outcomes of this research provide the industry with a tool to identify a more sustainable, affordable, and occupant satisfactory construction.
This research has been accomplished through the fulfilment of multiple pre-defined tasks. These pre-defined tasks include identifying the construction-based and occupant-based parameters influencing the energy consumption of buildings and equip a case study
building with sub-metering instruments. The outcomes of these tasks were used in the next tasks to calibrate the energy models and develop the multi-objective optimization tool. The optimization tool, utilizes a Harmony Search (HS) based search engine to determine the optimum solution. The final task of this research was to prepare a proper Graphical User Interface (GUI) to facilitate the use of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Somayeh Asadi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor, Somayeh Asadi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair, James Freihaut, Committee Member, Lisa Domenica Iulo, Committee Member, Ute Poerschke, Outside Member, Chimay Anumba, Committee Member.
Subjects/Keywords: Building energy performance; building design optimization; occupants' behavior; harmony search algorithm; building envelope design tool; multiobjective optimization
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Mostavi, Ehsan. “DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING INSTRUMENT IN DESIGNING OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.” 2018. Thesis, Penn State University. Accessed January 26, 2021.
https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/14396exm331.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Mostavi, Ehsan. “DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING INSTRUMENT IN DESIGNING OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.” 2018. Web. 26 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Mostavi E. DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING INSTRUMENT IN DESIGNING OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. [Internet] [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2018. [cited 2021 Jan 26].
Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/14396exm331.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Mostavi E. DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING INSTRUMENT IN DESIGNING OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2018. Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/14396exm331
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