Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Haberl, Jeff"
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Bermudez Alcocer, Jose Luis (2014-06-02)This study investigated how to determine a potential scenario to reduce energy, water and transportation use in Mexico City by implementing low-energy, low-water use communities. The proposed mixed-use community has ...
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Mukhopadhyay, Jaya (2013-04-09)The intent of this study was to investigate the efficient use of energy by developing an energy efficient grocery store combined with cogeneration. This study demonstrated the potential to reduce the energy use in buildings, ...
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Kim, Seongchan (2009-06-02)In 2001, the Texas State Senate passed Senate Bill 5 to reduce ozone levels by encouraging the reduction of emissions of NOx that were not regulated by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, including point ...
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Jung, Sungkyun (2020-11-11)Currently, the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is the most widely-used residential building energy code in the United States. Either the IECC or IECC with amendments has been adopted by 33 states. The latest ...
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Lee, Shinwoo (2020-07-15)There are many inverse modeling methods to model the whole building energy use. Multiple linear regression (MLR) and change-point liner regression (CPLR) have been some of the most common methods due to their intelligibility ...
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Alawadhi, Mohammad S A A M (2017-05-08)Buildings consume a large amount of energy and environmental resources. At the same time, current practices for whole-building energy simulation are costly and require skilled labor. As Building Energy Modeling (BEM) and ...
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Rashed Ali Atta, Hazem Mohamed (2009-06-02)The integration of cogeneration technologies in residential communities has the potential of reducing energy demand and harmful emissions. This study investigated the impact of selected design parameters on the environmental ...
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Kim, Amy A (2014-05-01)Implementation of energy service projects continue to increase as building owners are faced with higher utility bills, rigorous environmental regulations, and shrinking capital allocation for such projects. Different ...
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Farias, Francisco (2013-04-05)This exploratory research examined the degree of adoption and impact of the concepts of Building Information Model (BIM), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Integrated Design Process (IDP) and Building Energy Simulation ...
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Weaver, Kevin Douglas (2012-02-14)Airflow pressure losses through rigid metallic and non-metallic flexible ducts were studied and recommendations to improve the rating of flexible ducts were made as part of this study. The testing was done in compliance ...
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Gupta, Ankush 1986- (2012-09-27)The survey from US Department of Energy showed that about one-third of energy consumption in US is due to air conditioning and refrigeration systems. This significant usage of electricity in the HVAC industry has prompted ...
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Liang, Shuangshuang (2014-07-10)Dynamic Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system models are used for the purpose of control design, fault detection and diagnosis, system analysis, design and optimization. Therefore, ensuring the accuracy ...
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Hallowell, Ryan Alexander (2018-07-30)Existing building commissioning (EBCx) is often considered a cost-effective method for reducing the energy consumption of a building while also driving improvements in occupant comfort and cost savings for the owner or ...
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Bensouda, Nabil (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This thesis extends and formalizes the energy signature method developed by Wei et al. (1998) for the rapid calibration of cooling and heating energy consumption simulations for commercial buildings. This method is based ...
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Shao, Xiaojie (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)This thesis defines the Energy Balance Load ( BL E ) as the difference between the heating requirements plus the electric gains in the building and the cooling coil loads. It then applies a first law energy balance in ...
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Azizkhani, Mehdi (2019-04-05)The purpose of this research is to examine the degree of adoption and education of the concepts of natural systems for heating, cooling, and lighting (i.e., passive systems) versus artificial/mechanical systems (i.e., ...
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Im, Piljae (2010-07-14)A methodology to develop an easy-to-use toolkit for the preliminary design of high performance schools in hot and humid climates was presented. The toolkit proposed in this research will allow decision makers without ...
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Zhu, Yiwen (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Typical energy audits are sufficiently expensive and time-consuming that many owners and managers of buildings are not willing to invest the time and money required for a full audit. This dissertation provides a methodology ...
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Negandhi, Vanita K (2015-08-10)This dissertation presents the results of a study to determine the operational control, energy performance and comfort conditions associated with passive chilled beams for office buildings in a humid climate and to develop ...
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Ali, Mir Muddassir (2012-02-14)Steam has been widely used as the source of heating in commercial buildings and industries throughout the twentieth century. Even though contemporary designers have moved to hot water as the primary choice for heating, a ...