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An Assisted Workflow for the Early Design of Nearly Zero Emission Healthcare Buildings

Sleiman, Hassan A.; Hempel, Steffen 1; Traversari, Roberto; Bruinenberg, Sander
1 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Energy efficiency in buildings is one of the main goals of many governmental policies due to their high impact on the carbon dioxide emissions in Europe. One of these targets is to reduce the energy consumption in healthcare buildings, which are known to be among the most energy-demanding building types. Although design decisions made at early design phases have a significant impact on the energy performance of the realized buildings, only a small portion of possible early designs is analyzed, which does not ensure an optimal building design. We propose an automated early design support workflow, accompanied by a set of tools, for achieving nearly zero emission healthcare buildings. It is intended to be used by decision makers during the early design phase. It starts with the user-defined brief and the design rules, which are the input for the Early Design Configurator (EDC). The EDC generates multiple design alternatives following an evolutionary algorithm while trying to satisfy user requirements and geometric constraints. The generated alternatives are then validated by means of an Early Design Validator (EDV), and then, early energy and cost assessments are made using two early assessment tools. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000073442
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.3390/en10070993
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Zitationen: 11
Web of Science
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Angewandte Informatik (IAI)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2017
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1996-1073
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-734426
KITopen-ID: 1000073442
HGF-Programm 36.02.02 (POF III, LK 01) Energy-Resources, Technologies, Systems
Erschienen in Energies
Verlag MDPI
Band 10
Heft 7
Seiten Art. Nr.: 993
Schlagwörter early decision support; building energy efficiency; nearly zero emission buildings; building design optimization; healthcare buildings; optimal building design; early energy assessment; early cost assessment; early design validation
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