?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Impact+of+building+geometry+on+its+energy+performance+depending+on+climate+zones&rft.creator=Ordonez%2C+Arturo&rft.creator=Carreras%2C+Joan&rft.creator=Korolija%2C+Ivan&rft.creator=Zhang%2C+Yi&rft.creator=Coronas%2C+Alberto&rft.description=This++paper++proposes++a++method++to++characterize++the+impact+of+shape++on++the++energy++performance++of++office+buildings%2C+considering+a++wide++range+of+climate+types.+16++modular++building++shapes%2C++from++one++to+25++stories+height%2C++but++with++the++same++useful++floor++area++and+volume%2C+have+been+simulated+in+the+17+climatic+zones+defined+by++the++ASHRAE++Standard.++The+results++have+been++analysed++to++determine++how++the++effect++of+building++shape++varies++depending++on++the++climate.+Furthermore%2C++the++study++defines++a++set++of++shape+parameters++that++could++be++useful++to++determine++the+relationship++between++the++shape++and++the++key++energy+loads+of+buildings%3A+lighting%2C+heating+and+cooling.&rft.publisher=International+Building+Performance+Simulation+Association+(IBPSA)&rft.date=2014-06-11&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+of+the+2nd+IBPSA-England+Conference%2C+BSO+2014.++++International+Building+Performance+Simulation+Association+(IBPSA)%3A+London%2CUK.+(2014)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10149659%2F1%2FOrdonez%2520et%2520al.%2520-%25202014%2520-%2520Impact%2520of%2520building%2520geometry%2520on%2520its%2520energy%2520performa%2520-%2520Copy.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10149659%2F&rft.rights=open