Smart energy control systems for sustainable buildings

Introduction; 1 Zero-Energy Living Lab; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Climate Challenges; 1.3 The Building; 1.4 Simulation and Optimization of the Design Concept; 1.4.1 Mathematical Optimization; 1.4.2 Dynamic Building Performance Simulation; 1.4.3 Simulation Outcome and Discussion; 1.5 Experimental Set-up; 1.6 Earth to Air Heat Exchanger; 1.6.1 Location of the Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger and Identification of the Boundary Conditions; 1.6.2 Design of the EAHE; 1.6.2.1 Selection of the Backfill Soil Material; 1.6.2.2 Sizing of the EAHE

1.6.2.3 Selection of the Pipe Diameter and the Nominal Airflow of the Fan1.6.3 Design of the Monitoring System of the Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger; 1.6.4 Installation of the Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger; 1.7 System Start-up and Early Outcomes; 1.8 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Assessment of the Green Roofs Thermal Dynamic Behavior for Increasing the Building Energy Efficiencies; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Materials and Methods; 2.3 Green Roof Modeling; 2.4 Methodology; 2.4.1 Building Simulations; 2.4.1.1 Thermal Dynamic Behavior; 2.4.1.2 Thermal Comfort; 2.5 Pilot Study

2.5.1 Reference Building2.6 Building Retrofits Scenario; 2.6.1 Descriptions of the Green Roof; 2.7 Energy Performance Simulations; 2.7.1 Building Simulations; 2.7.2 Energy Needs; 2.7.3 Assessment of the Thermal Dynamic Behaviour; 2.7.3.1 Assessment of the Thermal Dynamic Behaviour; 2.7.4 Assessment of Thermal Comfort; 2.8 Discussion; 2.9 Conclusions; References; 3 Understanding Opportunities and Barriers for Social Occupant Learning in Low Carbon Housing; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Home Use Social Learning Conceptual Framework; 3.3 Methods; 3.3.1 Quantitative Monitoring

3.3.2 Qualitative Building and User Related Data3.3.3 The Surveys; 3.4 Understanding the Key Home Use Learning Challenges; 3.5 Analysing Home Use Expectations, Prior Experiences and Skills; 3.6 Provision of Individual Home Use Learning Support; 3.7 Decision-Making, Skills and Understanding Related to Home Use; 3.8 Correlation of Results for MVHR in Relation to Clarity of Use; 3.9 Discussion of Barriers and Opportunities for Collective Learning; 3.10 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 An Archetype Based Building Stock Aggregation Methodology Using a Remote Survey Technique; Abstract

4.1 Introduction and Background4.2 Overview of Existing Studies Using Stock Modelling Methodologies; 4.2.1 Various Modelling Techniques; 4.3 Stock Modelling Method Used; 4.3.1 Data Collection Methods; 4.3.1.1 Classification; 4.3.1.2 Geometrical; 4.3.1.3 Thermal; 4.4 Methodology for Archetype Development; 4.5 Application of Stock Aggregation Method; 4.5.1 Results for Geometrical and Thermal Characteristics; 4.6 Archetypes Development; 4.7 Results from Case Study; 4.8 Discussion; 4.9 Conclusion and Future Work; References.