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A novel approach to building performance optimization via iterative operations on attribute clusters of designs options
Published in Symeon E. Christodoulou, Raimar Scherer, eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 2017
A. Mahdavi, H. Shirdel, F. Tahmasebi
High performance buildings are more likely to result from an effective performance-based design process. Such a process can benefit from computational support involving both building performance simulation and optimization techniques. As such, the application of numerical optimization in the design process is not a recent phenomenon. In fact research and development efforts in this domain have a track record over multiple decades, resulting in advanced in building informatics and mathematical optimization methods (Nguyen et al. 2014). However, currently bi-directional interfaces between optimization and building performance simulation tools that could automate the design alternative-evaluation loop are still under development (Attia 2012). Moreover, managing large number of independent variables in the optimization process still represents a challenge (Wetter 2011). The ideas presented in this paper have thus the potential to further advance the integration of coupled simulation and optimization environments in the building design process.
Sustainability and High Performance Green Buildings
Published in Stephen A. Roosa, Steve Doty, Wayne C. Turner, Energy Management Handbook, 2020
Sustainable building construction offers substantial value to various members of the community. The owners benefit by having high performance buildings that are cost efficient and provide for better employee productivity. The design community benefits by having a means of promoting superior design skills and architectural capabilities.
A simulation-based approach for evaluating indoor environmental quality at the early design stage
Published in Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 2023
Arefeh Sadat Fathi, William O’Brien
The aforementioned literature review reveals that most studies are orientated toward the IEQ assessment on buildings that have been already constructed and in use. These performance assessment methods are not suited to accommodate the responsiveness required for early design processes and are often used for validation in the later stages where the feedback has little design impact. To achieve high-performance buildings, it is crucial to investigate the design process that can fully explore design possibilities in the early design stage, and push design decisions toward better building performance. Finally, a limited group of studies considered all domains of IEQ at the design stage using technical parameters and theoretical models of indoor comfort. Catalina and Iordache (2012) proposed multiple non-linear regression models to predict the four domains of IEQ and tested the approach by evaluating the effect of window size and type on IEQ. Larsen et al. (2020) developed the IEQ Compass tool which aims to holistically evaluate the potential IEQ in multifamily residential buildings. Lastly, Chen, Yang, and Sun (2016) presented a multi-objective optimization process to combine all related indoor environmental assessment criteria for a passively designed high-rise residential building. Although these studies evaluate different domains of IEQ, only a limited number of metrics within each domain have been investigated. Design teams should consider all interdependent objectives simultaneously to provide a holistic assessment of IEQ.
Incentive contracts for green building production with asymmetric information
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2021
High energy consumption will lead to serious environmental problems, as it aggravates energy crises, global warming and air pollution; researchers have appealed for the use of green buildings to alleviate these types of energy and environmental problems (Michelsen, Rosenschon, and Schulz 2015; MacNaughton et al. 2016), because green buildings are characterised by improved energy efficiency (Hyland, Lyons, and Lyons 2013; Steinemann, Wargocki, and Rismanchi 2016; Thatcher and Milner 2016; Jafari and Valentin 2017). For example, several energy-efficient measures have been applied through both green buildings and retrofitting operations (Cheng et al. 2011; Li, Hong, and Yan 2014; Shen et al. 2016), showing that high-performance buildings (e.g. green, sustainable, or low-energy/low-carbon buildings) are an important component of reduced energy use. Shen and Lior (2016) suggested designing a highly precise building envelope to significantly improve the energy efficiency of buildings.
Editorial
Published in Advances in Building Energy Research, 2020
The building sector consumes a staggering 40% of the world’s energy and is a significant generator of greenhouse gas as it heats, cools, and ventilates the indoor environment. This makes it a critical target for reducing energy consumption as we face sustainability challenges regarding energy use and environmental damage. High-performance buildings have been in high demand for a long time, as they satisfy thermal comfort and indoor air quality with minimal energy use. Advanced Engineering Designs in buildings can achieve even more significant energy reductions and provide the right thermal comfort for occupants. However, this can only be achieved if there is a collaboration among building engineers, environmental scientists, architects, facility managers, and policy makers. This was the founding spirit of COBEE (International Conference On Energy & Environment).