Optimisation of buildings' solar irradiation availability

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 596-603

  Kämpf, Jérôme Henri ^a   Montavon, Marylène ^a   Bunyesc, Josep ^a   Bolliger, Raffaele ^a   Robinson, Darren ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Building geometry; Geometrical parameterisation; Irradiation maximisation; Multi objective optimiser (MOO); Optimisation; Solar potential

Indexed keywords

BUILDING GEOMETRY; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERISATION; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETERISATION; SOLAR POTENTIAL;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; HEAT LOSSES; IRRADIATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; IRRADIATION; MODEL TEST; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 77949270336     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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