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Energy Conservation in an Office Building Using an Enhanced Blind System Control
(MDPI, 2017-02)
The two spaces office module is usually considered as a representative case-study to analyse the energetic improvement in office buildings. In this kind of buildings, the use of a model predictive control (MPC) scheme for ...
Optimization of the Heating System Use in Aged Public Buildings via Model Predictive Control
(MDPI, 2016-03)
This work presents the implementation of a Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme used to study the improvement of the thermal quality in aged residential buildings without any rehabilitation. The controller manages the ...
Combination of Diagnostic Tools for the Proper Identification of Moisture Pathologies in Modern Residential Buildings
(MDPI, 2018-09)
A study of moisture pathologies in a modern residential multifamily building is presented. The housing block was designed under the regulation NBE-CT of 1979 in northern Spain. After the appearance of some moisture problems ...
Methodology for the Study of the Envelope Airtightness of Residential Buildings in Spain: A Case Study
(MDPI, 2018-04)
Air leakage and its impact on the energy performance of dwellings has been broadly studied in countries with cold climates in Europe, US, and Canada. However, there is a lack of knowledge in this field in Mediterranean ...
Long Term Energy Transition Scenario Analysis for the City of Donostia
(MDPI, 2018-01-18)
The direction adopted for the energy transitions towards a low carbon future will have long lasting implications in other aspects beyond the Climate Change. However, cities are becoming increasingly complex and a detailed ...
Orientation-Constrained System for Lamp Detection in Buildings Based on Computer Vision
(MDPI, 2019-03-28)
Computer vision is used in this work to detect lighting elements in buildings with the goal of improving the accuracy of previous methods to provide a precise inventory of the location and state of lamps. Using the framework ...
A PC-tool to calculate the Moisture Buffer Value
(Elsevier, 2017)
Hygroscopic building materials have the ability to moderate the relative humidity variation without the need for active systems. The moisture buffer phenomenon can be assessed by way of the Moisture Buffer Value (MBV). ...
Low Effort L-i Nuclear Fusion Plasma Control Using Model Predictive Control Laws
(Hindawi Publishing, 2015)
One of the main problems of fusion energy is to achieve longer pulse duration by avoiding the premature reaction decay due to plasma instabilities. The control of the plasma inductance arises as an essential tool for the ...
Monitoring System Analysis for Evaluating a Building’s Envelope Energy Performance through Estimation of Its Heat Loss Coefficient
(MDPI, 2018-07)
The present article investigates the question of building energy monitoring systems used for data collection to estimate the Heat Loss Coefficient (HLC) with existing methods, in order to determine the Thermal Envelope ...
Experimentation under real performing conditions of a highly integrable unglazed solar collector into a building façade
(Elsevier, 2017)
In the current context of moving towards more sustainable construction, advanced facade systems that integrate solar collecting devices represent a commitment with future trends that combine renewable technologies with ...