Browsing SINTEF Community by Journals "Energy and Buildings"
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Aerogel insulation for building applications: A state-of-the-art review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Aerogels are regarded as one of the most promising high performance thermal insulation materials for building applications today. With a thermal conductivity down to 13 mW/(mK) for commercial products they show remarkable ... -
Airtightness estimation – a state of the art review and an en route upper limit evaluation principle to increase the chances that wood-frame houses with a vapour- and wind-barrier comply with the airtightness requirements
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)High airtightness is particularly important in order to achieve energy efficient buildings. Of this reason airtightness estimation is of interest. Over the past 30 years researchers have worked on airtightness estimation. ... -
Analysis of residential EV energy flexibility potential based on real-world charging reports and smart meter data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The increase in the number of electric vehicles leads to an increased demand for residential charging. While EV electric loads can have a negative impact on the power grid, they also represent a large potential for energy ... -
Assessing the impact of employing machine learning-based baseline load prediction pipelines with sliding-window training scheme on offered flexibility estimation for different building categories
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The present study is focused on assessing the impact of the performance of baseline load prediction pipelines on the estimation (by the grid operator) accuracy of the flexibility offered by different categories of buildings. ... -
Automatic standard building category classification from smart meter data – A supervised learning approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Increased availability of smart meter data offers better insight into buildings’ electricity usage. By classifying smart meter data by building type and presence of heating appliances, we can efficiently gain metadata about ... -
Coloured Building Integrated Photovoltaics: Influence on Energy Efficiency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) has attracted increased commercial interest in recent years due to a growing focus on efficient utilization of land area and local renewable energy generation. Aesthetic aspects ... -
A comparative analysis of climate friendly neighbourhoods in China and Norway: Insights on approaches, practices and policies from four case studies☆
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Climate friendly neighbourhoods such as positive energy districts and zero emission and sustainable plus energy neighbourhoods aim to significantly reduce the environmental impact of urban areas by achieving higher levels ... -
Comparing Model Projections with Reality: Experiences from Modelling Building Stock Energy Use in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Projections of future energy use in buildings are a crucial tool in the tracking and attainment of political targets for energy efficiency and climate gas mitigation. In this article, a new methodology for projecting both ... -
Cost-optimal energy system design in Zero Energy Buildings with resulting grid impact: A case study of a German multi-family house
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Zero Energy Buildings (ZEBs) are considered as one of the key elements to meet the Energy Strategy of the European Union. This paper investigates cost-optimal solutions for the energy system design in a ZEB and the subsequent ... -
Demonstrating the load-shifting potential of a schedule-based control in a real-life educational building
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This work investigates the potential of simplified control approaches to deploy the building energy flexibility (BEF), here for the shifting of the space-heating load in a real-life educational building. The educational ... -
Design and performance predictions of plus energy neighbourhoods – Case studies of demonstration projects in four different European climates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The article presents the design of four plus energy neighbourhood demonstration projects located in different climate zones in Europe. The demo projects are a part of the Horizon 2020 project ‘syn.ikia’, which aims to ... -
Development and analysis of hourly DHW heat use profiles in nursing homes in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Representative profiles for domestic hot water (DHW) heat use are the main instruments for improve- ment in operation and design of DHW systems in buildings. To improve the existing method for DHW heat use profiles development ... -
Development and optimization of highly efficient heat recoveries for low carbon residential buildings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)To achieve energy efficiency and lower carbon emissions, building envelopes have become tighter and more insulated. These buildings must have mechanical ventilation with high efficient heat recovery to provide adequate ... -
Dynamic building stock modelling: Application to 11 European countries to support the energy efficiency and retrofit ambitions of the EU
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)A dynamic building stock model is applied to simulate the development of dwelling stocks in 11 European countries, over half of all European dwellings, between 1900 and 2050. The model uses time series of population and ... -
Dynamic building stock modelling: General algorithm and exemplification for Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This paper presents a model based on dynamic material flow analysis, general in its principles and applied to the dwelling stock of Norway for exemplification. The algorithm at the core of the model is presented in the ... -
A dynamic modelling approach to explore zero emission building stock opportunities towards 2050 – Case study of a university campus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The building sector has a significant influence on energy use and environmental impact. When observing a university campus, reduction of energy use is a complex issue due to the variety of building types, usage, building ... -
Energy profiles and electricity flexibility potential in apartment buildings with electric vehicles – A Norwegian case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Energy flexibility in buildings has the potential to reduce the grid burden of neighbourhoods, yet its practical implementation remains limited. This paper presents a data-based case study from Norway, examining the ... -
Evaluating highly insulated walls to withstand biodeterioration: A probabilistic-based methodology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The performance to withstand biodeterioration of highly insulated walls is evaluated by applying a probabilistic-based methodology that accounts for the involved uncertainties and investigates their significance. Three ... -
Explaining the historical energy use in dwelling stocks with a segmented dynamic model: case study of Norway 1960-2015
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)A segmented dynamic dwelling stock model is proven useful for understanding the development and changes of ageing building stocks, which is highly relevant for renovation measures and estimates of energy use and emissions ... -
Exploring the link between the EU emissions trading system and net-zero emission neighbourhoods
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Climate policy is transforming the energy system and the building sector. Since these sectors overlap, we need to understand how the short-term operational link between them impact their long-term development subject to ...