A guideline for developing user manuals of innovative energy efficient houses

Report on best practices and applicability of collaboration forms between public authorities, citizens and energy service companies.

Dowtown, Paul F: Ecopolis: architecture and cities for a changing climate

Bioclimatic design in Türkiye: A comparison of the traditional with the contemporary

Emphasizing the impact of bioclimatic design elements on the energy performance of dwellings, this paper aims at comparing traditional houses with the contemporary to learn from the past experiences and implement them in new design practice. This paper’s focus is on the architectural design phase. Significant design elements mentioned in the...

Exploring robustness of energy performance of dwellings top occupant behaviour: Renovation and post occupancy

In this paper, we focus on the influence of occupant behaviour on the energy performance of dwellings, before and after renovation process. In this context, ‘ventilation control pattern’, ‘maintenance’, and ‘heating energy demand’ are selected as the key parameters of the study. The aim is to reveal the sensitivity of energy performance of a...

Simulating occupant behaviour and energy performance of dwellings: A sensitivity analysis of presence patterns in different dwelling types

Influence of occupant behaviour on the energy performance of dwellings is an emerging research topic: Not only the amount of studies is insufficient, but also they provide contradictory results. The aim of this study is to reveal the sensitivity of dwelling energy performance to the presence of occupants in different dwelling types, assuming...