ThermoZone-TR: an explainable ERA5-Land degree-day framework for reassessing Türkiye’s TS 825 building climate zones
Abstract
Keywords
- TS 825
- building climate zones
- heating and cooling degree-days
- ERA5-Land
- thermal insulation
- explainable machine learning
- Türkiye
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Civil Engineering (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Ertuğrul Gül
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0000-0001-8611-2983
Türkiye
Publication Date
October 18, 2026
Submission Date
August 1, 2026
Acceptance Date
September 14, 2026
Published in Issue
Year 2026 Volume: 17 Number: 3