Systematic approach for the life cycle multi-objective optimization of buildings combining objective reduction and surrogate modeling

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 506-518

  Carreras, Joan ^a   Pozo, Carlos ^b   Boer, Dieter ^a   Guillén Gosálbez, Gonzalo ^a,b   Caballero, Jose A ^c   Ruiz Femenia, Rubén ^c   Jiménez, Laureano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buildings; Insulation; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Modelling; Multi objective optimization; Objective reduction; Surrogate model

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL ADDITIVES; INSULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL INSULATION;

CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SURROGATE MODEL; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84985942540     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.07.062     Document Type: Article

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