Optimization by discomfort minimization for designing a comfortable net zero energy building in the mediterranean climate

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 689, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-48

  Carlucci, Salvatore ^a   Pagliano, Lorenzo ^a   Zangheri, Paolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term discomfort index; Long term percentage of dissatisfied; Nearly zero energy building; Optimization; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT MODELS; LONG-TERM DISCOMFORT INDEX; LONG-TERM PERCENTAGE OF DISSATISFIED; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); THERMAL COMFORT;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84878647738     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.689.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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