A Multi-objective Harmony Search Algorithm for Optimal Energy and Environmental Refurbishment at District Level Scale
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2017Keywords
Energy
Environmental
Refurbishment
District
Multi-objective
Optimization
Abstract
Nowadays municipalities are facing an increasing commitment regarding the energy and environmental performance of cities and districts. The multiple factors that characterize a district scenario, such as: refurbishment strategies’ selection, combination of passive, active and control measures, the surface to be refurbished and the generation systems to be substituted will highly influence the final impacts of the refurbishment solution. In order to answer this increasing demand and consider all above-mentioned district factors, municipalities need optimisation methods supporting the decision making process at district level scale when defining cost-effective refurbishment scenarios. Furthermore, the optimisation process should enable the evaluation of feasible solutions at district scale taking into account that each district and building has specific boundaries and barriers. Considering these needs, this paper presents a multi-objective approach allowing a simultaneous environmental and ...
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