Abstract: An analytical model to characterize the air leakage effects on the heat transfer within a permeable one-layered wall is presented. The general solution to the steady-periodic problem is presented. ...

Abstract: The general solution of soil temperature distribution is developed for a slab-on-grade floor with a known heat flux distribution at the slab surface. The Interzone Temperature Profile Estimation ...

Abstract: Ice storage systems have the reputation of saving cost for operating building cooling plants by appropriately recognizing time-of-use incentives in the utility rate structure. However, many systems ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical model to predict the temperature variation within a multilayered soil. The soil surface temperature is assumed to have a sinusoidal time variation for both ...

Abstract: This paper overviews some applications of neural networks (NNs) to estimate energy and demand savings from retrofits of commercial buildings. First, a brief background information on NNs is ...

Abstract: An analytical model is developed to predict the annual variation of soil surface temperature from readily available weather data and soil thermal properties. The time variation is approximated ...

Abstract: Following several successful applications of feedforward neural networks (NNs) to the building energy prediction problem (Wang and Kreider, 1992; JCEM, 1992, 1993; Curtiss et al., 1993, 1994; ...