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Optimizing urban block morphologies for net-zero energy cities: Exploring photovoltaic potential and urban design prototype
The morphology of urban areas plays a crucial role in determining solar potential, which directly affects photovoltaic capacity and the achievement...
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Using urban building energy modeling to quantify the energy performance of residential buildings under climate change
The building sector is facing a challenge in achieving carbon neutrality due to climate change and urbanization. Urban building energy modeling...
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Toward energy-efficient urban rail transit with capacity constraints under a public health emergency
Urban rail transit (URT) plays a pivotal role in mitigating urban congestion and emissions, positioning it as a sustainable transportation...
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Decarbonize Urban Heating System China Building Energy and Emission Yearbook 2023
This is an open access book.
The double-carbon target has been one of the main motivations and goals for China's social and economic development. The...
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Systematic review of the efficacy of data-driven urban building energy models during extreme heat in cities: Current trends and future outlook
Energy demand fluctuations due to low probability high impact (LPHI) micro-climatic events such as urban heat island effect (UHI) and heatwaves, pose...
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Influence of urban morphological factors on building energy consumption combined with photovoltaic potential: A case study of residential blocks in central China
Studies on urban energy have been growing in interest, and past research has mostly been focused on studies of urban solar potential or urban...
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Energy optimal 3D flight path planning for unmanned aerial vehicle in urban environments
This paper presents a general approach to compute energy optimal flight paths for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in urban environments. To minimize...
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Factors Affecting Saving Energy Intention of Urban Residents in Hanoi
Vietnam is a dense population country. As to Vietnam’s economic growth in the past years, energy has played an important role. With rapid...
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Review on Energy Management Strategies of On-Board Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Urban Rail Vehicles
With the increasing energy consumption of urban rail transportation, the on-board hybrid energy storage system, which integrates various energy...
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Impact of Climate on Building Energy Performance, Urban Built Form and Urban Geometry
The study investigates the impact of climate on the residential building energy performance and its relationship with urban built form and geometry...
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Energy estimation of FSPV-based microgrid for sustainable electricity generation and water conservation in hot semi-arid urban areas
Solar photovoltaics have emerged as an economic source of renewable electricity generation for regions with high solar irradiation. Still, the...
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Ranking parameters in urban energy models for various building forms and climates using sensitivity analysis
Urban Building Energy Modelling (UBEM) allows us to simulate buildings’ energy performances at a larger scale. However, creating a reliable...
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The Use of Normative Energy Calculation for Natural Ventilation Performance-Driven Urban Block Morphology Generation
Exploring the three-state coupling relationship between “urban block morphology, carbon emissions, and human comfort” is necessary when making...
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Normalized urban heat island (UHI) indicators: Classifying the temporal variation of UHI for building energy simulation (BES) applications
Despite known effects of urban heat island (UHI) on building energy consumption such as increased cooling energy demand, typical building energy...
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Air purifier or fresh air system? A comparison of energy consumption and cost in urban China residential buildings
Chinese urban residential buildings face serious indoor air quality problems. Air purification systems (e.g., air purifiers, fresh air systems) that...
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Urban Residential Buildings’ Energy Consumption Pattern and Efficiency
The increase in buildings’ energy usage has raised concerns regarding environmental impact, supply shortages, and resource depletion. To identify and...
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Towards Resilient Interconnected Urban Infrastructures: The Nexus Between Energy System, Urban Morphology, and Transportation Network
Compound optimization of distributed energy systems, urban morphology, and the transportation network is crucial to improving the robustness of...
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Forecasting and managing urban futures: machine learning models and optimization of urban expansion
This paper presents a novel method for predicting and controlling urban growth by combining convolutional neural networks (CNN) with Spider Monkey...
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China’s Building Energy Use and GHG Emissions
In recent years, urbanization has grown rapidly in China. In 2021, China had an urban population of 914 million and a rural population of 498...
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DeepRadiation: An intelligent augmented reality platform for predicting urban energy performance just through 360 panoramic streetscape images utilizing various deep learning models
Urban energy simulation is critical for understanding and managing energy performance in cities. In this research, we design a novel framework called...
