ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities: Recent submissions
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Analyzing Harmony and Discord Among Optimal Building Controllers Responding to Energy, Cost, and Carbon Reduction Objectives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Optimization and control of building thermal energy storage holds great potential for unlocking demand-side flexibility, an asset that is being given much attention in current grid reforms responding to the climate crisis. ... -
Optimization of Energy Storage Systems and Demand Side Management to Maximize Water Utility Savings: A Hawaii Case Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)Energy conservation is a concern in many industries, and consequently, facility operators are turning to various efficiency measures or alternative power sources to reduce electricity costs. With the expanding use of ... -
Reducing Energy Use in Light Industrial Buildings in Southeast Asia: A Singaporean Case Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In recent years, there has been an increased interest in improving the energy efficiency of the Southeast Asian building sector. However, much of this work has focused on residential and commercial buildings rather than ... -
Assessment of Dynamic Photovoltaic Shading Systems on Energy Performance of Commercial Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this paper, the energy benefits of dynamic photovoltaic (PV)integrated overhang systems are evaluated for office buildings. The benefits of dynamic PVintegrated overhangs combined energy efficiency by decreasing both ... -
Neural NetworkBased Building Energy Models for Adapting to PostOccupancy Conditions: A Case Study for Florida
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Building energy models (BEMs) are usually developed by subject matter experts during the design phase to help with decision making for achieving a more energyefficient design at a minimum cost. The energy performance of a ... -
Impact of Dynamic Slab Insulation on Energy Performance of Residential Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this paper, the energy efficiency potential of applying novel dynamic insulation systems to slab foundations is investigated for residential buildings. Specifically, dynamic insulation allows the foundation to change ... -
Investigation of Cool Roof Based on Reflective Paints, Evaporative Cooling, and Shading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this study, three different approaches are investigated for keeping the roof cool and reducing the heat flow inside a building located in Kanpur, India. In the first approach, various reflective paints are investigated ... -
Comparative Study Between Energy Performances of NonRenewable and Renewable Source Based GridTied HVAC Systems in Subtropical Climates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This paper aims to research the energy performance comparison of two types of HVAC systems for subtropical regions. Two HVAC models are simulated using DesignBuilder: (1) nonrenewable energy source (nonRES) based HVAC ... -
Quantifying the Value of Stochastic Supervisory Controller for Building Thermal Energy Storage Aggregators in TwoSettlement Grid Markets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Smart cities will need collections of buildings that are responsive to the variation in renewable energy generation. However, an unprecedented level of renewable energy being added to the power grid compounds the level of ... -
A Computationally Efficient Approach to Resolving VehicleInduced Turbulence for NearRoad Air Quality
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Nearroad air pollution is a worldwide public health concern, especially in urban areas. Vehicleinduced turbulence (VIT) has a major impact on the initial dispersion of trafficrelated pollutants on the roadways, affecting ... -
A Short Survey for a Thermo-Ducted Kitchen Hood Wasted Heat Self-Powered
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this note, a brief survey is given to the possibility for a thermo-ducted kitchen hood where exhaust fan or other mechanical devices are no longer needed, and then, in addition, no sound is generated. The aim of this ... -
Sky Radiation Decreases Thermal Mass Requirements to Achieve 100% Ambient Cooling in Hot US Climates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Ambient House is a building that maintains indoor temperature within a comfortable range by controlling gains and losses from ambient sources and utilizing thermal mass to moderate temperature changes when the sources are ... -
Advancing Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies in the Tropics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Tropical environments cover a large part of the Earth: almost all the portion of the planetary surface included between latitudes 23.43 North (Tropic of Cancer) and 23.43 South (Tropic of Capricorn) [1]. Tropical climates ... -
Data-Driven Examination of the Impact Energy Efficiency has on Demand Response Capabilities in Institutional Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Growing concerns over climate change and grid reliability have led to widespread adoption of energy efficiency (EE) and demand response (DR) programs at utilities. Despite such adoption, numerous questions exist regarding ... -
Insulated Glass Unit in High-Glazed Office Buildings in Brazil: Comparative HVAC Consumption Analyses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)The insulated glass unit (IGU) system is widely used in the Northern Hemisphere to improve the energy performance of buildings and the thermal comfort of their occupants. However, it has been introduced in the Brazilian ... -
A Comparative Energy Analysis of Dynamic External Shadings for Office Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this paper, the energy performance of dynamic instead of static shading devices is investigated for prototypical US office spaces. Specifically, six dynamic shading systems are considered to assess their ability to ... -
Review of Urban Heat Island and Building Energy Modeling Approaches
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In this paper, a review of the current literature in modeling urban heat island (UHI) phenomena including its main causes and effects is summarized. The main goal of the review is to assess the current modeling capabilities ... -
Optimal Designs of Grid-Connected Energy Efficient and Resilient Residential Communities
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)As demand continues to grow throughout the United States, new communities have unique opportunities to take advantage of load-side and generation-side integrations with the goal of reducing energy use, improving the ... -
Using Weather and Schedule Based Pattern Matching and Feature Based Principal Component Analysis for Whole Building Fault Detection—Part II Field Evaluation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, a whole building fault (WBF) refers to a fault that occurs in one component but may trigger additional faults/abnormalities on different components or subsystems ... -
Potential of Utilizing Thermal Energy Storage Integrated Ground Source Heat Pump System to Reshape Electricity Demand in the United States
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Each year, more than 20% of electricity generated in the United States is consumed for meeting the thermal demands (e.g., space cooling, space heating, and water heating) in residential and commercial buildings. Integrating ...