Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

2025

  • Fereidani, N. A., Rodrigues, E., & Gaspar, A. R. (2025). Decoding climate change influence: A sensitivity analysis of Iranian multi-apartment design parameters. Energy318, 134742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.134742
  • Li, X., Rodrigues, E., & Du, C. (2025). Building energy prediction in a changing climate: an interpretable machine learning approach. Building and Environment283, 113420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113420
  • Rodrigues, E., Tinseth, J., Pajek, L., & Fernandes, M. S. (2025). Forecasting global building internal heat gains to 2100: An applied XGBoost model driven by Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Energy and Buildings, XXX, 116642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116642

2024

  • Rodrigues, E., Parente, J., & Fernandes, M. S. (2024). Building for tomorrow: Analyzing ideal thermal transmittances in the face of climate change in Brazil. Applied Energy355(August 2023), 122360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122360
  • Tajuddeen, I., & Rodrigues, E. (2024). A Morris sensitivity analysis of an office building’s thermal design parameters under climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. Building and Environment262, 111771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111771
  • Rodrigues, E., Fereidani, N. A., Fernandes, M. S., & Gaspar, A. R. (2024). Diminishing benefits of thermal mass in Iranian climate: Present and future scenarios. Building and Environment258, 111635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111635
  • Fernandes, M. S., Coutinho, B., & Rodrigues, E. (2024). The impact of climate change on an office building in Portugal: Measures for a higher energy performance. Journal of Cleaner Production445, 141255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141255
  • Rodrigues, C., Rodrigues, E., Fernandes, M. S., & Tadeu, S. (2024). Prospective life cycle approach to buildings’ adaptation for future climate and decarbonization scenarios. Applied Energy372, 123867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123867

2023

  • Rodrigues, E., Azimi Fereidani, N., Fernandes, M. S., & Gaspar, A. R. (2023). Climate change and ideal thermal transmittance of residential buildings in Iran. Journal of Building Engineering74, 106919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106919
  • Rodrigues, E., Fernandes, M. S., & Carvalho, D. (2023). Future weather generator for building performance research: An open-source morphing tool and an application. Building and Environment233, 110104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110104
  • Fereidani, N. A., Rodrigues, E., & Gaspar, A. R. (2023). The effectiveness of the Iranian building code in mitigating climate change in Bandar Abbas. Energy for Sustainable Development76, 101266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2023.101266

2020

  • Rodrigues, E., & Fernandes, M. S. (2020). Overheating risk in Mediterranean residential buildings: Comparison of current and future climate scenarios. Applied Energy259, 114110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114110