SEMERGY.net: automatically identifying and optimizing energy-efficient building designs: Status quo and outlook

Computer Science - Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 135-140

  Fenz, Stefan ^a   Heurix, Johannes ^a   Neubauer, Thomas ^a   Tjoa, A Min ^a   Ghiassi, Neda ^a   Pont, Ulrich ^a   Mahdavi, Ardeshir ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Building design; Energy efficiency; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING PRODUCTS; COMPREHENSIVE BUILDINGS; EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZING ENERGY; RULE-BASED SYSTEM; WEB-BASED OPTIMIZATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84911361613     PISSN: 18652034     EISSN: 18652042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00450-014-0285-5     Document Type: Article

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