Passive performance and building form: An optimization framework for early-stage design support

Solar Energy

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 161-179

  Konis, Kyle ^a   Gamas, Alejandro ^a   Kensek, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Multi objective optimization; Natural ventilation; Passive design

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE MODELS; DAYLIGHTING; DESIGN; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; URBAN GROWTH; VENTILATION;

ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS; BUILDING ORIENTATION; ENERGY USE INTENSITIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS; NATURAL VENTILATION; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; PASSIVE DESIGN; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 84952940465     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.12.020     Document Type: Article

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