Adaptive distributed robotics for environmental performance, occupant comfort and architectural expression

International Journal of Architectural Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-360

  Rossi, Dino ^a   Nagy, Zoltán ^a   Schlueter, Arno ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE; ADAPTIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUES; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; DISTRIBUTED ROBOTICS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84872852648     PISSN: 14780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1478-0771.10.3.341     Document Type: Article

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