Computational optimisation for zero energy buildings design: Interviews results with twenty eight international experts

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3698-3705

  Attia, Shady ^a   Hamdy, Mohamed ^b   O'Brien, William ^c   Carlucci, Salvatore ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; COMPUTATION TIME; INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION; SELECTION AND EVALUATIONS; STEEP LEARNING CURVE; ZERO ENERGY BUILDING (ZEB);

BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; TOOLS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84886666597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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