As typical prosumers, commercial buildings equipped with electric vehicle (EV) charging piles and solar photovoltaic panels require effective energy management method. However, the conventional optimization model-based building system faces significant challenges regarding prediction calculation in online execution. To address this issue, a long short-term memory (LSTM) recurrent neural network...

The entire life cycle of a building include construction, operation, maintenance, demolition and removal, and the normal expected life span of a commercial building may up to 100 years. During this time span, building refurbishment is an important topical in facilities management but limited attempt has been made to study the sustainable refurbishment. In fact, refurbishment strategy should alw...

The use of air conditioning in buildings to provide a comfortable environment accounts for up 75% the electricity consumed Kuwait hot season from April through end October. widespread adoption systems has resulted an increased demand electricity. This led peak load that larger carbon footprint and placed grid under significant strain. Heat-driven solar energy are now emerging as alternatives el...