An optimization procedure based on thermal discomfort minimization to support the design of comfortable net zero energy buildings

Proceedings of BS 2013: 13th Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3690-3697

  Carlucci, Salvatore ^a   Pagliano, Lorenzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMFORT MODELS; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; OPTIMIZATION ENGINE; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; RANKING CAPABILITIES; TWO-STEP PROCEDURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENGINES; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84886646495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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