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Ana Paula Melo

Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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A Thermal Performance Standard for Residential Buildings in Warm Climates: Lessons Learned in Brazil

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Aug 2022
Amanda F. Krelling, Letícia Gabriela Eli, Marcelo Salles Olinger, Rayner Maurício e Silva Machado, Ana Paula Melo and Roberto Lamberts
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Students, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
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thermal performance, residential buildings, building performance standard, Building performance simulation

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How to Improve the Thermal Performance of Buildings with One Simulation Run? The Heat Exchange Index Method

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Jan 2024
Letícia Gabriela Eli, Ana Paula Melo and Roberto Lamberts
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Students, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Downloads 50 (1,063,489)

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Thermal Performance, heat balance, thermal balance, building performance simulation, BPS, heat exchange index

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Developing a Surrogate Model for Naturally Ventilated Cellular Offices in Brazil

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 Dec 2022
Marcelo Salles Olinger, Ana Paula Melo and Roberto Lamberts
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
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Building performance simulation, Natural Ventilation, Machine learning

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Application of Machine Learning-Based Predictive Model for Energy Consumption in Higher Education Buildings

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Sep 2025
Tiago de Castro Quevedo, Matheus Soares Geraldi and Ana Paula Melo
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
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Building Energy Consumption, Machine learning, Higher education energy consumption, Educational buildings

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Metamodel to Predict Annual Cooling Thermal Load for Commercial, Services And Public Buildings: A Country-Level Approach to Support Energy Efficiency Regulation

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Aug 2023
Rayner Maurício e Silva Machado, Roberto Lamberts, Ana Paula Melo, Matheus Soares Geraldi, Mateus Bavaresco, Marcelo Salles Olinger, Larissa Pereira de Souza, Artur Martins Kamimura, Natasha Hansen Gapski, Tiago de Castro Quevedo and Liége Garlet
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
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Metamodel, building energy performance, Building Energy Simulation, Brazilian Regulation

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Optimized design solutions for multifamily housing: A multi-objective approach to thermal resilience under heatwave conditions

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Sep 2025
Vanessa Aparecida Caieiro da Costa, Karin Maria Soares Chvatal, Ana Paula Melo and Ricardo Augusto Souza Fernandes
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Thermal resilience, Climate change, Heatwaves, Multi-objective Optimization, NSGA-II

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Investigating Indoor CO2 Heterogeneity: The Impact of Vertical Stratification on IAQ Assessment and Presence Detection in Brazilian Educational Buildings

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Jun 2026
Qirui Huang, Ellen Casanova, Ana Paula Melo, Jérôme Frisch and Christoph van Treeck
RWTH Aachen University, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), RWTH Aachen University and RWTH Aachen University
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CO2, Indoor air quality, natural ventilation, Spatial Distribution, Presence Detection