A multi-criteria system design optimization for net zero energy buildings under uncertainties

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-204

  Sun, Yongjun ^a   Huang, Pei ^a   Huang, Gongsheng ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Monte Carlo simulation; Multi criteria; Net zero energy building; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONVENTIONAL DESIGN METHODS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DETERMINISTIC DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MULTI-CRITERIA; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; SYSTEM DESIGN METHOD; UNCERTAINTIES;

ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS;

EID: 84928745766     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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