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Frontiers in Energy >> 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11708-017-0530-2

Energy modeling and data structure framework for Sustainable Human-Building Ecosystems (SHBE) — a review

. Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA.. College of Communication & Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.. School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.. Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.. Human Ecology, Kansas State University Department of Construction Management, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.. Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.. College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.. Department of Gerontology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA.. Department of Gerontology and Department of Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA.. CMU School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.. School of Design & Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, Singapore.. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.. Department of Economics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.. Department of Architecture, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.. College of Architecture, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.. Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue, LA 70803, USA.. College of Engineering and Computing, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL 33314, USA

Accepted: 2018-01-09 Available online: 2018-06-04

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Abstract

This paper contributes an inclusive review of scientific studies in the field of sustainable human building ecosystems (SHBEs). Reducing energy consumption by making buildings more energy efficient has been touted as an easily attainable approach to promoting carbon-neutral energy societies. Yet, despite significant progress in research and technology development, for new buildings, as energy codes are getting more stringent, more and more technologies, e.g., LED lighting, VRF systems, smart plugs, occupancy-based controls, are used. Nevertheless, the adoption of energy efficient measures in buildings is still limited in the larger context of the developing countries and middle income/low-income population. The objective of Sustainable Human Building Ecosystem Research Coordination Network (SHBE-RCN) is to expand synergistic investigative podium in order to subdue barriers in engineering, architectural design, social and economic perspectives that hinder wider application, adoption and subsequent performance of sustainable building solutions by recognizing the essential role of human behaviors within building-scale ecosystems. Expected long-term outcomes of SHBE-RCN are collaborative ideas for transformative technologies, designs and methods of adoption for future design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings.

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