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Exploring Descriptive Metrics of Build Performance: A Study of GitHub Actions in Continuous Integration Projects

Constantinescu, Radu (author)

The Continuous Integration (CI) practice, has been rapidly growing and developing ever since it's introduction. This practice has been constantly providing benefits to developers such as early bug detection and feedback to development teams. In this study, we aim to identify the descriptive metrics that best illustrate the performance of the CI...

bachelor thesis 2023

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Targeting modular adaptive façade personalization in a shared office space using fuzzy logic and genetic optimization

Tabadkani, Amir (author), Nikkhah Dehnavi, Arman (author), Mostafavi, F. (author), Naeini, Hoorie Ghorbani (author)

In shared office spaces, occupants' comfort criteria are limited to locally controlled zones while ambient features of the environment and the potential negative impacts of others' behavior require a well-designed control system, especially over adaptive façade elements. This means setting up control strategies for a wider spectrum of varying...

journal article 2023

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Impact of earthquakes vs. heat waves on the socioeconomic losses of buildings

Bianchi, S. (author), Ciurlanti, J. (author), Luna-Navarro, Alessandra (author), Brembilla, E. (author)

Recent earthquakes have confirmed the vulnerability of our built environment, resulting in significant socio-economic losses, market disruptions, and environmental damage. Additionally, climate change is causing more frequent and severe weather-related events such as heat waves, which are impacting the construction sector...

journal article 2023

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Building Design Approaches and Performance Under Predicted Climate Conditions

Wang, Kwan-Lin (author)

The building environment has high energy consumption and carbon emission which contributes to the rapid climate change. The changing climate condition not only impacts the natural environment but also our habitation. To improve the building performance in both energy and indoor comfort, performance-based design is commonly applied in...

master thesis 2022

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Teaching data analysis for building performance simulation – Series: Building simulation and calculation tools in teaching

Hopfe, Christina Johanna (author), McLeod, Robert Scot (author), Gustin, Matej (author), Brembilla, E. (author), McElroy, Lori (author)

Abstract The Erasmus+ project, entitled ?Digital Erasmus ? a roadmap to using building performance simulation to achieve resilient design? (DesRes), seeks to transform the learning experience of students in built environment disciplines using a continuous digital learning cycle. Three universities play a part in this project: Graz University of...

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Optimising High-Rise Buildings for Self-Sufficiency in Energy Consumption and Food Production Using Artificial Intelligence: Case of Europoint Complex in Rotterdam

Ekici, B. (author), Türkcan, Okan (author), Turrin, M. (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author), Tasgetiren, Mehmet Fatih (author)

The increase in global population, which negatively affects energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and arable land, necessitates designing sustainable habitation alternatives. Self-sufficient high-rise buildings, which integrate (electricity) generation and efficient usage of resources with dense habitation, can be a sustainable solution for future...

journal article 2022

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Investigating Surface Fractures and Materials Behavior of Cultural Heritage Buildings Based on the Attribute Information of Point Clouds Stored in the TLS Dataset

Alkadri, Miktha Farid (author), Alam, S. (author), Santosa, Herry (author), Yudono, Adipandang (author), Beselly, S.M. (author)

To date, the potential development of 3D laser scanning has enabled the capture of high-quality and high-precision reality-based datasets for both research and industry. In particular, Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) technology has played a key role in the documentation of cultural heritage. In the existing literature, the geometric properties...

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Occupants’ Satisfaction Toward Indoor Environment Quality of Platinum Green-Certified Office Buildings in Tropical Climate

Esfandiari, Masoud (author), Zaid, Suzaini Mohamed (author), Ismail, Muhammad Azzam (author), Hafezi, Mohammad Reza (author), Asadi, Iman (author), Mohammadi, S. (author), Vaisi, Salah (author), Aflaki, Ardalan (author)

The quality of the indoor environment has become a vital component for buildings due to the time spent indoors. To this extent, the performance of the indoor environment is considered as part of the greenery criteria by green rating schemes such as the Green Building Index in Malaysia. This study aims to investigate and assess the quality of the...

journal article 2021

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Sustainable Passive Design for Building Performance of Healthy Built Environment in the Lingnan Area

Li, Bin (author), Guo, Weihong (author), Liu, Xiao (author), Zhang, Yuqing (author), Russell, P.J. (author), Schnabel, Marc Aurel (author)

Having a healthy built environment becomes increasingly important, especially under the effects of COVID-19. This paper intends to combine sustainable goals based on climate change with passive design principles to achieve a healthy built environment regarding the building performance of residential buildings. The Yuedao Residential Community in...

journal article 2021

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A computational method to guide sustainable energy upgrading of school buildings in Greece through passive design interventions

Tsagkalou, Anna (author)

A big part of the schools in Greece fails to align with the regulations suggested by The School Building Organization in Greece, regarding their energy performance as well as the thermal and daylight comfort they offer. This study aims to inform the retrofit process of these schools, by proposing guidelines concerning the most impactful...

master thesis 2020

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Parametric performance analysis and energy model calibration workflow integration: A scalable approach for buildings

Manfren, Massimiliano (author), Nastasi, B. (author)

High efficiency paradigms and rigorous normative standards for new and existing buildings are fundamental components of sustainability and energy transitions strategies today. However, optimistic assumptions and simplifications are often considered in the design phase and, even when detailed simulation tools are used, the validation of...

journal article 2020

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Design parameter guidelines for purely passive cooling buildings in Tropical regions

El Hadji, Fatima (author)

Nowadays, the energy consumption has a significant role in the entire life cycle of a building. The energy demands keep rising due to growth in population, increasing demand for healthy, comfort and productive indoor environment, global climate changing, and so on. This rapid increase in energy use in buildings represents a major issue...

master thesis 2019

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Computational optimization for the facade design of a nearly zero-energy high-rise office building in the temperate climate

Pouniou, Despoina (author)

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the energy performance of high-rises, in order to increase their energy-efficiency. The graduation project focuses on the facade design of high-rises, studying the potential for a nearly Zero-Energy high-rise office building in the Netherlands, according to the BENG requirements. The research...

master thesis 2019

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Energy analytics for supporting built environment decarbonisation

Tronchin, Lamberto (author), Manfren, Massimiliano (author), Nastasi, B. (author)

The identification of techno-economically feasible decarbonisation paths and sustainability transitions for the built environment is a necessary task for research today and building stock renovation processes can act in synergy with innovative economic and technological development paradigms to achieve different types of benefits such as...

journal article 2019

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From in-situ measurement to regression and time series models: An overview of trends and prospects for building performance modelling

Manfren, Massimiliano (author), Nastasi, B. (author)

Data analysis methodologies are crucial to learn insights from data and to create more trust in the assumptions used for energy performance assessment. Indeed, continuous performance monitoring should become a more diffuse practice in order to improve our design and operation strategies for the future. This is an essential step to reduce...

journal article 2019

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OPTIMUS: Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution with Ensemble of Mutation Strategies for Grasshopper Algorithmic Modeling

Çubukçuoglu, C. (author), Ekici, B. (author), Tasgetiren, M. Fatih (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author)

Most of the architectural design problems are basically real-parameter optimization problems. So, any type of evolutionary and swarm algorithms can be used in this field. However, there is a little attention on using optimization methods within the computer aided design (CAD) programs. In this paper, we present Optimus, which is a new...

journal article 2019

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Visual Analytics for Generative Design Exploration: An interactive 3D data envirionment for a computational design system facilitating the performance-driven design process of a nearly Zero-Energy sports hall

van Kastel, Jamal (author)

Improvement of design performances requires exploration of a larger amount of analyzed design solutions in the early design phase. Computational design systems use parametric modeling, building performance simulations and genetic algorithms to iterate through a large amount of design alternatives, converging towards optimal design solutions....

master thesis 2018

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Investigations Towards Developing Automated Energy Diagnostics and Prediction Models, Based on BMS Sensor Data Analysis

Agarwal, Tushar (author)

An investigation into energy optimization techniques for buildings was initiated that led to the development of a Toolbox with several functions for analysis, optimization and prediction techniques for thermal energy demand of a school building. The HHS, or The Hague University of Applied Sciences in Delft, was the most sustainable building for...

master thesis 2017

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Zero Energy Potential of a High Rise Office Building in a Mediterranean Climate

Giouri, Evina (author)

Zero energy high rise buildings aim for a more sustainable urban environment, by reducing energy use demand, producing energy from renewable systems, but at the same time maintaining high thermal comfort levels. This research aims to implement a new integrated strategy, by means of an integrated optimization of various design variables of a high...

master thesis 2017

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Analytical Threshold. Integrating Energy Modelling in the early stages of the Design Process: From a Perspective of Architects

Vrielink, M. (author)

master thesis 2017