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Human Behavior

Why should we study human behavior? Picture this. It’s an average day. You wake up, brush your teeth, make coffee, and get ready for work. If you have a kid, you get them ready to …

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Buildings

Why should we care about buildings? Buildings account for a significant percentage of total energy use world-wide (about 24% in 2023). Building energy modeling provides an …

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A Data-Driven Approach to Nation-Scale Building Energy Modeling

High-level workflow for large-scale building simulation with AutoBEM: The bottom part of the workflow represents the overall workflow while the top portion provides more detail …

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Andreas Berres
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Generating traffic-based building occupancy schedules in Chattanooga, Tennessee from a grid of traffic sensors

An overview of the methodology presented in this paper, guided by the data workflow. The left-hand side of the figure, (a)-(d), illustrates the traffic data workflow: the data is …

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Andreas Berres
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Distribution of potential savings from urban-scale energy modeling of a utility

Comparison of annual electricity savings for different vintages (color) and energy conservation measures.

Brett Bass
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A Mobility-Driven Approach to Modeling Building Energy

Left: The traffic simulation area (yellow) within the Chicago area (red). Middle: Simulated buildings in the Chicago Loop (blue). Right: 3D rendering of buildings in the Chicago …

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Andreas Berres
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