Assessment of energy and natural resources conservation in office buildings using TOBUS

Value based building renovation – A tool for decision-making and evaluation

“…With aims of elaborating consistent refurbishment scenarios and estimation of reasonable investment budget in the early stages of a refurbishment project, this method complements EPIQR. Different indoor environmental quality aspects of office buildings can also be investigated through TOBUS ( [33]; [39]; [40]: [41]; [42]). …”

Critical factors for waste management in office building retrofit projects in Australia

“…Decision tools, such as TOBUS, EPIQR and an on-line tool for existing building survival strategies by ARUP Australia, were developed to assess building conditions and compare possible retrofit scenarios (ARUP, 2013;Balaras et al, 2002;Caccavelli and Genre, 2000;Caccavelli and Gugerli, 2002;Rey, 2004). Neither of these tools has the ability to consider waste issues in the retrofitting scenario therefore will not inform waste planning and management processes.…”

A Development of Heating and Cooling Load Prediction Equations for Office Buildings in Korea

“…Based on intensive literature search, the number of parameters affecting the energy consumption of office buildings were narrowed down to 24. 1,2,16 They include the gross floor area, numbers of stories, floor height, width/depth ratio, orientation, window/wall ratio (South, East, West, North), insulation performance of walls/roof/floors, window performance (U-value, SHGC (Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, VLT (Visual Light Transmittance), ventilation rate and dimming control ( Table 1.). The window performance parameters including the thermal performance, solar heat gain, and visual light transmittance were considered.…”