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Development of a Building Design Support Tool Based on Indoor Thermal Load Optimization
Optimization
Background and Purpose
In today's world where energy consumption in residential and commercial buildings is significantly increasing, the construction sector is required to pay greater attention to environmental considerations than ever before to build a sustainable society. This research develops a design support tool that uses optimization methods to derive the optimal building layout, shape, envelope performance, and openings. This optimization accounts for the building's internal thermal load while incorporating influences such as the surrounding climate and adjacent sites. The ultimate goal of this research is to develop a building optimization tool that uses environmental factors as variables and can be employed during the early design stages.
Results
This study examined the trends and diversity of solutions obtained through the setting of design variable discretization and constraints. Moving forward, it is necessary to incorporate evaluation metrics for material and heating/cooling costs, visualize results, and develop the tool into a practical, user-friendly application that provides visually clear outcome information.
List of Research Topics
Master's Thesis
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Based on Indoor Thermal Load Optimization - Solution Verification and Evaluation -
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Based on Indoor Thermal Load Optimization - Verification of Design Variables and Constraints in the Optimization Program -
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Based on Indoor Thermal Load Optimization - Derivation of Optimal Building Shape, Openings, Envelope Performance, and Building Layout -
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Using Optimization Methods Based on Environmental Factors - Solution Search Characteristics of the Discovery Multi-Point Search Method in Environmental Optimization Problems -
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Using Optimization Methods Based on Environmental Factors - Search for Optimal Form, Envelope Performance, and Openings Using the Average Thermal Transmittance of the Envelope as the Objective Function -
Bachelor's Thesis
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Based on Indoor Thermal Load Optimization - Roof Shape Development -
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Based on Indoor Thermal Load Optimization - Optimal Building Layout Considering the Influence of Surrounding Buildings -
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Using Optimization Methods Based on Environmental Factors - Opening Optimization Using Annual Heating and Cooling Thermal Load as an Indicator Part 2: Incorporating Solar Radiation Effects -
Development of a Building Design Support Tool Using Optimization Methods Based on Environmental Factors -Optimization of Openings Based on Annual Heating and Cooling Load-
Development of a Simplified Life Cycle Assessment Tool ② -Evaluation of Building Materials During Manufacturing and Operation-
Development of a Simplified Life Cycle Assessment Tool -Evaluation of Building Materials During the Manufacturing Stage and Envelope Performance-
Peer-Reviewed Papers
Ryohei Nagata, Atsushi Takano, Toshio Honma, Yushi Tokuda: Research on Architectural Design Support Tools Based on Indoor Thermal Load Optimization, Construction of Optimization Program and Verification of Optimization Method, Architectural Engineering and Planning, The Architectural Institute of Japan, Vol. 87, No. 801, pp. 2159-2168, 2022
