Reducingenergyconsumptionisa major challenge of our time. The building science communitytherefore pays constant attention to the development numerical simulations. simulation codes makeit possible detailmanyphenomenarelated equipment and interiorenvironment whilegiving consistent results. grouping thesetoolsaround platformsapprehends system as a whole facilitates design high-performance buildin...

We propose a new and relatively simple modification to extend the utility of bioclimatic envelope models for land-use planning and adaptation under climate change. In our approach, the trajectory of vegetation change is set by a bioclimatic envelope model, but the rate of transition is determined by a disturbance model. We used this new approach to explore potential changes in the distribution ...

The aim of this study is to predict the energy generated by a solar thermal system. To achieve this, a hybrid intelligent systemwas developed based on local regression models with low complexity and high accuracy. Input data is divided into clusters by using a Self Organization Maps; a local model will then be created for each cluster. Different regression techniques were tested and the best on...