?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Optimization+of+dwelling+design+under+current+and+future+climates+using+evolutionary+algorithms+in+EnergyPlus&rft.creator=Wright%2C+Andrew+J&rft.creator=Korolija%2C+Ivan&rft.creator=Zhang%2C+Yi&rft.description=Designers+of+low+energy+dwellings+face+many+challenges+in+making+best+use+of%0D%0Aspace%2C+and+providing+day+lit+and+pleasant+spaces%2C+while+minimising+heat+loss+and%0D%0Aoverall+carbon+emissions+to+meet+various+environmental+and+legislative+targets.%0D%0AThese+also+have+to+be+achieved+within+financial%2C+spatial+and+planning+constraints.+In%0D%0Aother+words%2C+the+design+exercise+is+a+multi-criteria+optimization+exercise.+Usually+this%0D%0Ais+done+using+experience+through+iterative+design+development%2C+assisted+by+various%0D%0Asoftware+tools+ranging+from+relatively+simple+models+such+as+the+Standard%0D%0AAssessment+Procedure+(SAP)%2C+to+detailed+thermal+simulation.+This+paper+describes%0D%0Athe+use+of+parametric+simulations+using+EnergyPlus+on+a+computer+cluster+to+arrive+at%0D%0Aoptimal+solutions%2C+for+both+current+and+future+climates.+The+tool+is+applied+to+some%0D%0Amodern+house+designs+proposed+for+developments+in+the+UK.&rft.subject=Simulation%2C+optimisation%2C+energy%2C+house&rft.publisher=The+Chartered+Institution+of+Building+Services+Engineers+(CIBSE)&rft.date=2013-04-12&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++The+2013+CIBSE+Technical+Symposium.++++The+Chartered+Institution+of+Building+Services+Engineers+(CIBSE)%3A+London%2CUK.+(2013)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10149656%2F1%2FWright%2520et%2520al.%2520-%25202013%2520-%2520Optimization%2520of%2520dwelling%2520design%2520under%2520current%2520and%2520.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10149656%2F&rft.rights=open