Closed-form correlation of buildings energy use with key design parameters calibrated using a genetic algorithm

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bourisli, Raed I ^a   Alanzi, Adnan A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Building energy use; function coefficient optimization; genetic algorithms; projection factor; relative compactness; window to wall ratio

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY; FUNCTION COEFFICIENTS; PROJECTION FACTOR; RELATIVE COMPACTNESS; WINDOW-TO-WALL RATIO;

BUILDING CODES; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 80455140200     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004272     Document Type: Article

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