Maximizing occupants' comfort in affordable housing units

Aslihan Karatas, Khaled El-Rayes

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Abstract

Improving occupants' comfort in affordable housing units has become a major priority in recent years to enhance the life-standards of their residents. Quantifying and maximizing occupants' comfort in affordable housing units is dependent on design and construction decisions that affect the occupants' thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and day lighting quality. This paper presents the development of a model to assist decision-makers in optimizing the configurations of single-family housing design and construction decisions to maximize occupants' comfort in affordable housing units while complying with annual energy cost constraints. The model incorporates genetic algorithms that are linked to an external energy simulation program, EnergyPlus. A case study is analyzed to illustrate the practical implementation of the model and evaluate its performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
EditorsR. Raymond Issa, Ian Flood
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
Pages2040-2046
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780784413616
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Orlando, United States
Duration: Jun 23 2014Jun 25 2014

Publication series

NameComputing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering

Other

Other2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period6/23/146/25/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Building and Construction
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

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