Optimizing architectural and structural aspects of buildings towards higher energy efficiency

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO'11 - Companion Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 727-732

  Fialho, Álvaro ^a   Hamadi, Youssef ^a,b,c   Schoenauer, Marc ^c,d  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

construction costs; energy efficiency; intelligent building design; multi objective optimization; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL INSULATION;

COMMERCIAL BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; ENERGY SIMULATION; MULTI OBJECTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; ORIENTATION ANGLES; SIMULATION PROGRAM; STRUCTURAL ASPECTS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 80051939277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2001858.2002077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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