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Towards integrated essential variables for sustainability

22/01

Measuring the achievement of a sustainable development requires the integration of various data sets and disciplines describing bio-physical and socio-economic conditions. These data allow characterizing any location on Earth, assessing the status of the …

Culture, conformity, and carbon? A multi-country analysis of heating and cooling practices in office buildings

21/01

This study investigates human-building interaction in office spaces across multiple countries including Brazil, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, the United States, and Taiwan. We analyze social-psychological, contextual, and demographic factors to explain cros…

A cross analysis of existing methods for modelling household appliance use

21/01

This paper presents a cross-analysis of the existing methods for modelling the use of household appliances and aims to provide insights into modelling approaches for researchers and designers. Five factors regarding appliance use modelling that have a sig…

Exploratory study on clustering methods to identify electricity use patterns in building sector

21/01

In this paper, we perform a cluster analysis using smart meter electricity demand data from 656 households in Switzerland, collected during one year. First, we present the silhouette analysis to determine the optimum number of clusters for a k-means clust…

Energy consumption of high-performance buildings: Design vs. Reality

21/01

Studying the performance of highly efficient buildings is crucial for future policy, for example to inform decision making about whether to pursue further thermal improvement of buildings (insulation) or to rather foster investments in renewable resources…