Digital Twin Hospital Buildings: An Exemplary Case Study through Continuous Lifecycle Integration by Yang Peng, Ming Zhang, Fangqiang Yu, Jinglin Xu, Shang Gao

“…Hospital buildings usually contain sophisticated facility systems and special medical equipment, strict security requirements, and business systems. …”
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Impact of Curing Periods on the Evaluation of Thermal, Mechanical Properties, and Energy Consumption of Concrete Buildings by Abdallah Talhaoui, Naima Fezzioui, Adel Benidir

Subjects: “…Energy consumption of the building…”
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Evaluation of High-Temperature Heat Pumps’ Potential to Replace Gas Boilers in Industrial Buildings by Talaba Ovidiu, Serban Alexandru, Hiris Paul Daniel, Balan Mugur Ciprian

“…The study proves that high-temperature heat pumps with CO2 of air to water type, in monobloc construction, can replace the gas boilers for heating and DHW, in an industrial building. The most efficient configuration is proposed with 3 heat pumps of 250 kW nominal thermal power is capable to provide 81 % of the annual thermal energy and 3 electric boilers of 720 kW total thermal power to produce the remaining 19 % of the annual thermal energy. …”
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Comparative study on deep and machine learning approaches for predicting wind pressures on tall buildings by Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Abidhan Bardhan, Pijush Samui, Jong Wan Hu, Mohamed Elsharawy

“…The buildings were tested at a scale of 1:400 in urban terrain exposure. …”
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Real-time energy efficiency analysis of buildings using ir imaging and computer vision by Lupoiu Teodor, Carutasiu Mihail-Bogdan, Necula Horia

“…Residential buildings, in particular, have great technical potential for energy savings. …”
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Unfinished buildings, a new point of departure. Designing difference for a sustainable future by Maria Luisa Germanà, Francesca Anania

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System Design of an Online Marketplace Towards the Standardisation of Sustainable Energy Efficiency Investments in Buildings by Ioanna Andreoulaki, Aikaterini Papapostolou, Daniela Stoian, Konstantinos Kefalas, Vangelis Marinakis

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Development of Absorbed Blasting Vibration Energy Index for the Evaluation of Human Comfort in Multistorey Buildings by Qiang Yao, Xingguo Yang, Hongtao Li

“…The elevation amplification factor and selective amplification coefficients on different frequency components of the ABVE index for a typical 4-storey brick and concrete building have been determined. Based on the results, the magnitude and frequency components of the ABVE index in different parts especially in different storeys for the typical building have been determined. …”
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Online Model Learning of Buildings Using Stochastic Hybrid Systems Based on Gaussian Processes by Hamzah Abdel-Aziz, Xenofon Koutsoukos

“…Moreover, the physical parameters of buildings may change over time as the buildings age or due to changes in the buildings’ configuration or structure. …”
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Damage Identification and Performance Assessment of Regular and Irregular Buildings Using Wavelet Transform Energy by Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Jong Wan Hu

“…This study investigates a novelty wavelet application for damage detection of regular and irregular building structures under seismic load effects. The energy of wavelet transform and correlation coefficient are used to detect the performance of the damaged building. …”
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A Review of the Environmental Impact of Buildings with an Emphasis on Performance Assessment Tools and Their Incorporation of LCA by Vidhyalakshmi Chandrasekaran, Jolanta Dvarionienė

“…The environmental performance of buildings has been a focus of interest over the years in the building sector. …”
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Enhanced Seismic Structural Reliability on Reinforced Concrete Buildings by Using Buckling Restrained Braces by Victor Baca, Juan Bojórquez, Edén Bojórquez, Herian Leyva, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, Sonia E. Ruiz, Antonio Formisano, Leonardo Palemón, Robespierre Chávez, Manuel Barraza

“…The control of vibrations and damage in traditional reinforced concrete (RC) buildings under earthquakes is a difficult task. It requires the use of innovative devices to enhance the seismic behavior of concrete buildings. …”
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Efficient energy consumption in smart buildings using personalized NILM-based recommender system by Fatemeh Taghvaei, Ramin Safa

Subjects: “…smart buildings…”
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Electrochemical Preparation of Recycled Self-Compacting Concrete Composite Beams and Their Application in Prefabricated Buildings by Yuan Yuan, Yongchao Zhu

“…In order to solve the problems of electrochemical preparation of recycled self-compacting concrete composite beams and their application in prefabricated buildings, we need to meet the requirements of national housing industrialization and green buildings, make up for the low development capacity of prefabricated buildings, and improve the speed of housing construction and the rapid development of the construction industry. …”
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The Influence of Inter-Connections Characteristics on the Lateral Performance of Braced-Frame Modular Steel Buildings by Mostafa Farajian, Mohammad Iman Khodakarami

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The effect of micro climate factors on energy consumption optimization approach in Tehran urban buildings by pariz Amiri Ade, Saeed Tizghalam zenozi, Mehrdad Javidi Nejad

“…And reduce the heat loads on the building. The volume of the building was designed in a stepped fashion, and while it could aesthetically enhance its strength, it could reduce the wind load on the upper floors. …”
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Seismic Resistance of Non-Linearly Deformable Large-Span Spatial Structures of Unique Buildings by Saidmaksud R. Razzakov

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Exploring Key Elements and Performance of BIM and VR Technologies in the Project Management of Assembled Buildings by Zhi-hong He, Tao Liu

“…However, China’s assembled buildings are still in the promotion stage, and the technical level is relatively backward. …”
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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Educational Buildings Using Machine Learning Algorithm by Tapan Kumar, Mohammad Al Amin Siddique, Raquib Ahsan

“…The dataset utilized in this study comprises RVA data for 268 buildings and corresponding PEA data for the same 268 buildings. …”
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CALCULATION OF THE THERMAL FIELD AND THE THERMAL RESISTANCE OF BUILDINGS ENVELOPES USING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD by U. U. Liashkevich

“…The method of calculation the thermal field and the thermal resistance of fragments of building envelope and developed computer calculating program are described in the article «Calculation of the thermal field and the thermal resistance of buildings envelopes using the finite element method». …”
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