Energy consumption by commercial buildings is a major component of the total energy consumption. In the United States commercial buildings account for about 20 percent of the overall energy consumption, and this figure is expected to increase. In this paper, we model the energy consumption of commercial buildings. By taking into account a variety of factors that affect a building’s energy consu...

reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have become a worldwide necessity. iran has the sixteenth ranking position of global greenhouse gas emissions and its rate of growth is above global average. built environments are responsible for about 40% of energy consumption and it is generally approved that the greatest portion of built environment is dedicated to residential land us...

Global energy consumption has been increasing over the past half century, mainly due to increasing populations and economic development around the world. Although the development of low-consumption appliances, highly efficient heat pump systems (such as Ecocute), and smart meters that identify consumption in more detail than conventional meters contribute in no small part to reducing the emissi...

Industries are one of the main sources of pollution in the world. Besides, the levels of energy resources consumption including water, electricity, and fossil fuel are very different among industries. On the other hand, Iranian government pays a large amount of energy subsidy to manufacturing units. Because of it, the government wants to know which of manufacturing industries are efficient, pro...

With an increase in the interest in the energy conservation for buildings, and the emergence of many methods and easily-understandable approaches to it, energy conservation has now become the public’s main interest, as compared to in the past when it was only focused upon by experts. This study aims to help the occupants of a building to understand the energy efficiency and consumption of the b...

Efforts to reduce energy consumption are being made across all disciplines. ICT’s contribution to global energy consumption and by-products such as CO2 emissions continues to grow, making it an increasingly significant area in which improvements must be made. This thesis focuses on software as a means to reducing energy consumption. It presents methods for profiling and modelling a multi-thread...

Zero Budget Sustainability is a high potential service offered by Ploos Energieverlening. In this service, external financers invest in energy saving measures when the owner of the building lacks budget. The resulting savings are used to repay the investor. Currently, both financers and building owners lack confidence in the forecasted savings. It has been indicated that an independent scientif...

The study of the building energy demand has become a topic of great importance, because of the significant increase of interest in energy sustainability, especially after the emanation of the EPB European Directive. In Europe, buildings account for 40% of total energy use and 36% of total CO2 emission [1]. According to [2] 66% of the total energy consumption of residential buildings in Norway o...