Multi-objective design exploration for integrated structural-environmental performance of buildings: A review

Z Wang, M Akbarzadeh, D Aviv - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Building performance optimization has been developed and frequently deployed in building
design over recent years. However, the division of disciplines in architecture results in …

Implementing data-driven parametric building design with a flexible toolbox

NC Brown, V Jusiega, CT Mueller - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Designers in architecture and engineering are increasingly employing parametric models
linked to performance simulations to assist in early building design decisions. This context …

Design for structural and energy performance of long span buildings using geometric multi-objective optimization

NC Brown, CT Mueller - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the potential of multi-objective optimization (MOO) in conceptual
design to help designers generate and select solutions from a geometrically diverse range …

The impact of thermal mass and insulation of building structure on energy efficiency

E Zilberberg, P Trapper, IA Meir, S Isaac - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
A methodology is developed that allows an optimization of the dimensions of a building's
structural components at the initial design stage, aimed to minimize operational and …

Design space exploration for comparing embodied carbon in tall timber structural systems

I Hens, R Solnosky, NC Brown - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper describes a parametric framework for early-stage tall timber design, which
enables a comparison across a range of geometries with respect to embodied carbon of the …

Robustness of building energy optimization with uncertainties using deterministic and stochastic methods: Analysis of two forms

S Lu, C Wang, Y Fan, B Lin - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Building performance optimization is effective in searching for optimal design solutions, but
its result may be unrobust with uncertainties in input parameters, especially for form design …

Reliability analysis of an energy-based form optimization of office buildings under uncertainties in envelope and occupant parameters

S Lu, J Li, B Lin - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Building performance optimization is effective in finding optimal design solutions and
improving the building energy efficiency, but the reliability of its results can be affected by …

Balancing energy efficiency and structural performance through multi-objective shape optimization: Case study of a rapidly deployable origami-inspired shelter

CP Quaglia, N Yu, AP Thrall, S Paolucci - Energy and Buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
For military and disaster relief housing, rapidly deployable shelters must be lightweight, be
packaged in a small volume for transportability, and be erected without heavy lifting …

Life cycle thinking–based selection of building facades

M Saleem, G Chhipi-Shrestha… - Journal of …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The building industry has a high energy consumption, which results in natural resource
depletion, land use, ecosystem degradation, atmospheric pollution, and many other …

Effectiveness of one-click feedback of building energy efficiency in supporting early-stage architecture design: An experimental study

C Wang, S Lu, H Chen, Z Li, B Lin - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
As early-stage design decisions are critical to building energy efficiency, performance-
oriented design supporting methods have been intensively investigated using various …