Design optimization of office building envelope configurations for energy conservation

Applied Energy

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 336-346

  Lin, Yu Hao ^a   Tsai, Kang Ting ^a   Lin, Min Der ^a   Yang, Ming Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Energy conservation; Green building; Optimization; Tabu search (TS)

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUDGET CONTROL; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SUN HOODS; TABU SEARCH;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING ENVELOPES; CONFIGURATION MODEL; CONSTRUCTION BUDGET; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; GREEN BUILDINGS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INSTALLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84962523498     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.018     Document Type: Article

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