Optimizing the configuration of a façade module for office buildings by means of integrated thermal and lighting simulations in a total energy perspective

Applied Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 515-527

  Goia, Francesco ^a,b,c   Haase, Matthias ^b,c   Perino, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fa ade; Integrated thermal daylighting simulation; Low energy buildings; Optimization; Total energy performance; WWR

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; DAYLIGHTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; INTEGRATED THERMAL-DAYLIGHTING SIMULATION; LIGHTING SIMULATION; LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; TOTAL ENERGY; WWR;

OPTIMIZATION;

BUILDING; ENERGY FLUX; HEATING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIGHT ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL REGIME;

EID: 84877884406     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.02.063     Document Type: Article

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