Optimizing structural roof form for life-cycle energy efficiency

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 336-349

  Huberman, N ^a   Pearlmutter, D ^a   Gal, E ^a   Meir, I A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Life cycle energy efficiency; Optimization; Structural form

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; ROOFS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

EARLY DESIGN PHASIS; EMBODIED ENERGY; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE; LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATIONS; STRUCTURAL FORM; STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84939540650     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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