- Title
- Optimal configuration of architectural building design parameters for higher educational buildings
- Creator
- Alghamdi, Salah; Tang, Waiching; Kanjanabootra, Sittimont; Alterman, Dariusz
- Relation
- Energy Reports Vol. 10, p. 1925-1942
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.08.066
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- In architectural building design, finding an equilibrium between energy consumption and thermal comfort poses a challenge due to their inherent conflict. To effectively incorporate both aspects, their integration into the decision-making process is crucial. This study demonstrates the optimization of architectural building design parameters for a single-story educational building within a warm temperate climate in New South Wales, Australia. A meticulous validation process was undertaken using the Monte Carlo approach and scrutinizing 2,000 distinct scenarios for each parameter. This validation compared simulation outcomes with field-measured data, confirming the model’s prediction accuracy. The optimization endeavour employed the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm to facilitate multiobjective optimization , working with the Pareto front solution. When compared with the baseline building simulation model, the optimized architectural design parameter configuration yields significant reductions of up to 24% in total EC and up to 16.5% in thermal discomfort hours.
- Subject
- thermal comfort; energy consumption; optimization; educational buildings
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1496578
- Identifier
- uon:54182
- Identifier
- ISSN:2352-4847
- Language
- eng
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