A multiple objective optimisation model for building energy efficiency investment decision

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-87

  Malatji, Esrom Mahlatsi ^a   Zhang, Jiangfeng ^a   Xia, Xiaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Energy efficient building; Genetic algorithms; Investment; Multi objective optimisation; Optimal actions

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION; OPTIMAL ACTIONS; THE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV);

BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RETROFITTING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84874866955     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.01.042     Document Type: Article

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