Abstract This study investigates residential energy consumption in Cuenca, Ecuador, to develop a model to assess the energy performance of homes contextualized to the local reality. The research methodology is based on an ...

This paper presents a method for building roof contour extraction from digital images taken over complex urban scenes. The proposed method is based on a snakes-based energy function that represents building roof contours ...

A good building is one that has good thermal performance and energy efficiency, which is linked to the conditions of the local climate and projective strategies. This work is based on the analysis of thermal performance ...

This paper presents the application of artificial immune systems for analysis of the structural integrity of a building. Inspired by a biological process, it uses the negative selection algorithm to perform the identification ...

Over the years, people decrease their ability to remember certain events, which is more evident in older adults. Therefore, cognitive health professionals use tools and methods to train and assess attention and memory, ...