This research represents a part of a Doctoral Dissertation, where one of the focus points was to develop a Facility Management (FM) Domain Ontology to support the contextualized management of FM knowledge in renovative design decisions, especially within the theme of buildings’ energy performance. Respectively, this FM Domain Ontology provides diff...
In the face of increasing concern over global warming and climate change, interest in the utilizzation of solar energy for building operations is rapidly growing. In this entry, the importance of using renewable energy in building operations is first introduced. This is followed by a general overview on the energy from the sun and the methods to ut...
In face of the increasing concern on global warming and climate change, the interests in the utilization of solar energy for building operation are also rapidly growing. In this paper, the importance of using renewable energy in building operations is first discussed. The potential use of solar energy is then reviewed. Possible applications of sola...
