USING PARAMETRIC ALGORITHMS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF BUILDING SKINS

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 413 - 425, 30.09.2019

Feyza Nur Aksin , Semra Arslan Selçuk

Abstract

As a result of the
continuous increase in the need for energy, the construction industry focuses
more on energy efficient buildings and systems. In this process, the concept of
“performance” can be considered as the key issue behind the design’s decisions.
From this context, the purpose of this study is to investigate how parametric
modeling techniques and algorithms can be used together with to optimize
building energy performance. The study is conducted through descriptive method
and case study analysis covering recently designed four pioneering examples. Consequently,
design samples were examined and evaluated within the framework of energy
optimization on the building skin.

Keywords

parametric algorithms, computational architecture, performance based design, energy optimization, building skins

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