Solving the comfort-retrofit conundrum through post-occupancy evaluation and multi-objective optimisation

• Published in: Building services engineering research & technology Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 381 - 403
• Main Authors: Yu, Chuan-Rui, Liu, Xuan, Wang, Qian-Cheng, Yang, Dujuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2023
• Subjects: post-occupancy evaluation; computer-aided design; Multi-objectives optimisation; building performance simulation; occupancy comfort

Developing appropriate building retrofit strategies is a challenging task. This case study presents a multi-criteria decision-supporting method that suggests optimal solutions and alternative design references with a range of diversity at the early exploration stage in building retrofit. This method...