Optimisation of building form for solar energy utilisation using constrained evolutionary algorithms

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 807-814

  Kämpf, Jérôme Henri ^a   Robinson, Darren ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Building geometry; Evolutionary algorithm; Geometrical parametrisation; Hybrid CMA ES HDE; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING GEOMETRY; FAST COMPUTATION; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRIC FORM; HYBRID CMA-ES/HDE; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETRISATION; SKY MODELS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; USER-DEFINED PARAMETERS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77950300631     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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