Modeling and simulation of the energy use in an occupied residential building in cold climate

Strategic design of cost savings guarantee in energy performance contracting under uncertainty

“…In the past ten years, the simulation techniques have extended from computer science to decision-making and optimization in engineering fields [39][40][41]. Ben and Aloui [42] used a Monte Carlo simulation approach to mitigate the risk of nuclear power plant construction costs through government support in the project financing.…”

On an innovative integrated technique for energy refurbishment of historical buildings: Thermal-energy, economic and environmental analysis of a case study

“…To this aim, several methodologies for the performance assessment and optimization of existing buildings have been proposed [5][6][7][8][9]. In particular, the use of dynamic simulation tools have been identified as suitable for predicting buildings thermal-energy performance from early design stage [10,11]. Therefore, dynamic simulation together with experimental measurements and sensitivity analyses could strongly improve the optimization of buildings' design process towards energy efficiency, by allowing the implementation of passive and active smart retrofit strategies [12,13].…”

Proactive control for solar energy exploitation: A german high-inertia building case study

“…However, this does not directly imply improved thermal comfort conditions for the occupants. In fact, in order for thermal mass being effective in improving thermal comfort and energy consumption, especially during climates and seasons with high daily temperature fluctuations, a delicate coordination among the passive and the active layers is necessary, otherwise all the advantages given by the passive design will be lost, with undesirable results in the indoor comfort of the occupants [11][12][13].…”