A review on simulation-based optimization methods applied to building performance analysis

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 113; pp. 1043 - 1058
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Anh-Tuan, Reiter, Sigrid, Rigo, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Elsevier; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Algorithms; Applied sciences; Architecture; Bioclimatic building; Building design optimization; Buildings; Buildings. Public works; Computation methods. Tables. Charts; computer science; Computer simulation; Design engineering; Design of buildings; Engineering, computing & technology; Exact sciences and technology; Ingénierie, informatique & technologie; Mathematical models; Multi-objective optimization; Obstacles; Optimization; Optimization algorithm; Project management. Process of design; Robust design optimization; Searching; Structural analysis. Stresses; Surrogate-based optimization; system optimization; Types of buildings; uncertainty; CFD; ANN; NSGA-II; Surrogate-based optimization; BOP; HJ; Optimization algorithm; BPS; GPS; PSO; HS-BFGS; ES/HDE; Building design optimization; CMA; GA; Multi-objective optimization; NSGA; Robust design optimization; RDO; Performance evaluation; Computer simulation; Multiobjective programming; Robust estimation; Optimization; Design; Green building; Classification; Method study
• ISSN: 0306-2619; 1872-9118; 1872-9118
• DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.061

•Building design optimization techniques are described.•Advances and obstacles in building design optimization are outlined.•Bibliographic information related to building design optimization is analyzed.•New research directions are introduced. Recent progress in computer science and stringent requir...