Conference Paper

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2021: 17th Conference of IBPSA

     

Passive envelope design optimization of residential buildings using NSGA-II in different Algerian climatic zones

Samir Semahi 1,2,4, Noureddine Zemmouri 2, Mohamed Hamdy 3, Shady Attia 4
1 University of Blida-1,Blida, Algeria
2 Laboratory of Design and Modeling of Architectural and Urban Forms and Ambiances (LACOMOFA), Dept. of Architecture, University of Biskra, Algeria
3 NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dept. of Civil and Transport Engineering, Trondheim, Norway
4 Sustainable Building Design Lab, Dept. UEE, Applied Sciences, Universite de Liege, Belgium

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2021.30243
Abstract: The most sustainable building operation is that presents a minimum primary energy consumption, which minimizes the environmental impact. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to optimize the passive envelope design of the multi-family apartment building in Algeria for reducing heating and cooling energy consumption. 12 representative cities are investigated and 20 design variables with their different combinations are simulated. A multi-objective non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is coupled with EnergyPlus building energy simulation software to obtain the optimal solution according to the Pareto approach. Our optimization approach achieved energy saving ranging from around 21% to 51%.
Keywords: Multi-objective optimization, dynamic simulation, genetic algorithm, primary energy consumption, jEPlus.
Pages: 1287 - 1294
Paper:

bs2021_30243