Automatic computation for optimum height planning of apartment buildings to improve solar access

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 154-173

  Seong, Yoon Bok ^a   Kim, Yong Yee ^b   Seok, Ho Tae ^c   Choi, Jeong Min ^d   Yeo, Myoung Souk ^a   Kim, Kwang Woo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^c ArchiPro Construction   (United States)

^d Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apartment buildings; Optimization; Solar access; Solar rights; WALDRAM

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; APARTMENT BUILDINGS; COMPUTATION MODEL; COMPUTATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN FACTORS; EXPECTED EFFECTS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING UNITS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL ALGORITHM; RECENT TRENDS; SOLAR ACCESS; SOLAR RIGHTS; WALDRAM;

ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SURVEYS;

APARTMENT HOUSES;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78650309121     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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