supported by the U.S.National Science Foundation(Grant Number:2309030).
Large language models(LLMs)are gaining attention due to their potential to enhance efficiency and sustainability in the building domain,a critical area for reducing global carbon emissions.Built on transformer archite...
supported by the National Science Foundation(award OAC-2005572);the State of Illinois,USA.
Heating,ventilation,and air conditioning system runtime is a crucial metric for establishing the connection between system operation and energy performance.Similar homes in the same location can have varying runtime d...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)[Grant No.52008132].
The urban environment is threatened by urban heat island(UHI)effect and air pollution events which have been worsened by population increase,heat waves,and wildfire smoke.It is important to understand that urban air q...
funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2024M751701).
The presence of walls’thermal defects can lead to large deviations between predicted and actual values of energy consumption.Infrared images have been used to compare the differences in U-value(heat transfer coeffici...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52208118),and the National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFC3807100).
Under the emerging trend of the new power systems,enhancing the energy flexibility of air conditioning loads to promote electricity demand response is crucial for regulating the real-time balance.As a typical temperat...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52161135202);Hangzhou Key Scientific Research Plan Project(No.2023SZD0028);the Basic Research Funds for the Central Government‘Innovative Team of Zhejiang University’(No.2022FZZX01-09);China Scholarship Fund.
Uncertainty quantification of building design loads is essential to efficient and reliable building energy planning in the design stage.Current data-driven methods struggle to generalize across buildings with diverse ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52008014);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(JKF-20240037);supported by the“111 Center”and Beihang World TOP University Cooperation Program.
With the adjustment of the energy structure and the rapid development of commercial complex buildings,building energy systems(BES)are playing an increasingly important role.To fully utilize smart building management t...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(52122605,51936005);supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2023ZYGXZR027).
Desiccant regeneration through saline evaporation is critical and major energy consumer in liquid desiccant dehumidification systems(LDDS)for indoor air conditioning.This study investigated the coupled heat and mass t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(No.51506076).
The total thermal resistance of bedding systems can be affected by environmental variables.A computational fluid dynamics(CFD)model of child manikin and duvet bedding system was developed to investigate the effects of...
City University of Hong Kong(Project No.(9610684))。
Typhoons,among the most devastating natural hazards,have caused billions in property losses and posed significant threats to human safety globally.Damage to urban structures,particularly building windows,constitutes a...