ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities: Recent submissions
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Model-Based Extreme Weather Data for Predicting the Performance of Buildings Entirely Conditioned by Ambient Energy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study reports the development of extreme meteorological year (XMY) data for simulating buildings that are heated and cooled entirely by ambient energy in four climates varying in outdoor temperature and cloudiness. ... -
Special Issue on Advanced Data Analytics and Technologies for Decoding Human Health and Well-Being in Built Environments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This special issue (SI) on advanced data analytics and technologies for decoding human health and well-being in built environments that comes to partial closure in this issue is a necessary first step in a larger and longer ... -
As Existing Cities Adapt to Climate Change, Can Dynamic Systems Analysis Be Useful in Building a Sustainable Future?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The World Meteorological Organization estimates that Swiss glaciers lost 6% of their volume in 2022 (Niiler, 2023, “Europe’s Glaciers Melted at Record Rate,” Wall Street J). For summer tourism, this happens to be good news. ... -
Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and South Asian Megacities: Impact of Heat Stress on Inhabitants and Their Productivity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Of the 33 global megacities, 10 were situated in South Asia. Extreme heat waves have become an annual phenomenon due to climate change in South Asian megacities, causing severe health issues and even deaths. In this study, ... -
Exploration of Informal Space Production and Its Potential for Sustainable Urban Planning: A Case Study of Community Gardens in Piura, Peru
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)The complexity of urbanization is a significant obstacle to sustainable planning policies and strategies, particularly concerning the growth of informal spaces in developing countries. Occupying or appropriating such urban ... -
Passive Design Strategies in Focus: Implications of Climate Change on New Buildings and Renovations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Climate change is happening, and there is a general consensus that measures to drastically reduce emissions must be taken. Nevertheless, its implications on new buildings and renovations are not fully understood yet. ... -
Passive Cooling Strategies in Summer for Office Buildings in Temperate Clear Sky Climates: Assessment of Effectiveness With Zero-Energy Building Criteria
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Passive energy-efficient design in temperate climates with clear-sky conditions and high solar radiation can lead to a significant reduction in energy use while promoting occupant comfort. This paper presents an optimization ... -
Will Cities Survive? Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism for Future Cities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Cities are the vortex of matter and energy transformations that sustain the human condition in the twenty-first century. Many studies have shown that human societies are transforming urban phenomena at an impressive rate, ... -
Data Center Environmental Burden Reduction Through On-Site Renewable Power Generation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The energy demands from data centers contribute greatly to water scarcity footprint and carbon emissions. Understanding the use of on-site renewable power generation is an important step to gain insight into making data ... -
Thermodynamic Performance Enhancement of an Air Conditioner With Dew Point Evaporative Cooler
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)The vapor-compression-based conventional split air conditioners (CACs) consume a large portion of total electrical power and pose an alarming threat to global environment. The present work aims to reduce cooling load and ... -
Reinforcement Learning Building Control: An Online Approach With Guided Exploration Using Surrogate Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The incorporation of emerging technologies, including solar photovoltaics, electric vehicles, battery energy storage, smart devices, Internet-of-Things devices, and sensors in buildings, desirable control objectives are ... -
A Hybrid Battery Thermal Management System for Electric Vehicle Operations in Cold Climates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Without proper battery thermal management, electric vehicles (EVs) suffer from significantly reduced efficiency and performance in cold climates, creating a barrier to electrifying the transportation sector. In this study, ... -
Co-Optimization of Distributed Energy Resources Under Time-of-Use Pricing Frame
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Distributed energy resources (DERs) have been considered as a promising solution due to the benefits on efficiency and environmental sides. However, despite the rapid development of distributed energy resources and ... -
Optimal Control of District Cooling Energy Plant With Reinforcement Learning and Model Predictive Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)We consider the problem of optimal control of district cooling energy plants (DCEPs) consisting of multiple chillers, a cooling tower, and a thermal energy storage (TES), in the presence of time-varying electricity prices. ... -
Stochastic Method for Generating Residential Household Energy Models of Varying Income Level and Climate Zone for Testing Energy Fairness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Recent developments in residential energy management necessitate testing of whether energy technology and policy fairly impact households of various income levels and locations. Considering income level is particularly ... -
Time Lag Characteristics of Building Envelop Materials on Peak Energy Demand in Typical Hot and Humid Climate of India
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/1/2023 1)Using a one-dimensional model for transient heat conduction through building enclosure walls, the present research examines the effects of thermophysical building envelop parameters on transient heat exchange, peak cooling, ... -
Comparative Analysis Optimal Designs for Passive, Electrified, and Net Zero Energy Residential Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)In this paper, a life cycle cost-based optimization analysis is carried out to compare the energy and cost performance of diverse sustainable designs of a residential building. These designs include code optimal, net zero ... -
Impact of Sustainable Buildings in Arid Environment on the Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality: Workshop Report
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) hosted a workshop entitled “Impact of Sustainable Buildings in Arid Environment on the Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality,” held in Doha, Qatar, on May 17–19, 2022, ... -
Moroccan Consumer Energy Consumption Itemsets and Inter-Appliance Associations Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Data Mining Techniques
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)The study aims to analyze the patterns of home appliance use and energy consumption among Moroccan consumers using the MORED dataset. Machine learning algorithms and data mining techniques are applied to understand consumer ... -
Evaluation and Validation of Microscale Atmospheric Modeling With Offline Weather Research and Forecasting Model to Parallelized Large-Eddy Simulation Model Forcing Conditions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)As the rate of urbanization increases, local vegetation is being replaced with man-made materials, causing increasingly adverse impacts on the surface-atmosphere energy balance. These negative effects can be simulated by ...