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Building thermoregulation based on the adaptive building envelope

dc.contributor.advisor Augenbroe, Godfried
dc.contributor.advisor Brown, Jason
dc.contributor.author Zeng, Zhaoyun
dc.contributor.committeeMember Song, Xinyi
dc.contributor.committeeMember Hensen, Jan
dc.contributor.committeeMember de Wilde, Pieter
dc.contributor.committeeMember Aksamija, Ajla
dc.contributor.department Architecture
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-10T13:48:57Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-10T13:48:57Z
dc.date.created 2020-05
dc.date.issued 2020-01-09
dc.date.submitted May 2020
dc.date.updated 2021-06-10T13:48:58Z
dc.description.abstract In contrast to the traditional building envelope, which tries to block the thermal and mass exchange between the indoor and outdoor environments as much as possible, the adaptive building envelope (ABE) can admit the favorable environmental factors while block the adverse ones to reduce the building load as well as improve the thermal and visual comfort of the occupants. This thesis is intended to facilitate the research of ABE by (1) Clarifying the definition of ABE and offer conceptualizations that are important to the research. (2) Investigating the energy saving potential of ABE technologies by associating these technologies with four weather variables. The results of this investigation can be used in the selection of ABE technologies. (3) Summarizing the existing modelling methods for ABE technologies. If the modelling methods for certain ABE technologies do not exist, they will be developed in this thesis. (4) Reviewing and categorizing the optimization approaches adopted in previous studies on ABE. Recommendations are also made for choosing the appropriate optimization approaches in different application scenarios. (5) Developing a generic optimization framework for ABE that can guide the formulation of optimization problems in different application scenarios. (6) Conducting three application studies that can enrich the optimization framework and serve as paradigms for using the optimization framework in different application scenarios.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/64556
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Adaptive building envelope
dc.subject Passive
dc.subject Building energy modelling
dc.subject Optimization
dc.subject Model predictive control
dc.title Building thermoregulation based on the adaptive building envelope
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Augenbroe, Godfried
local.contributor.corporatename College of Design
local.contributor.corporatename School of Architecture
local.relation.ispartofseries Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Architecture
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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