This study examines the influence of building form – comprised of plan shape and roof slope – on the net annual energy performance of solar net-zero energy (NZE) buildings. The renewable energy system used is the building-integrated photovoltaics with thermal heat recovery (BIPVT).
This research applies process automation and optimization technologies to develop a new integrated simulation methodology to design nZEBs in a mediterranean climate. This concept has been applied to a high-rise office building featuring photovoltaic panels integrated in the facade...
The present study proposes a methodology for the design of high efficiency slab-on-ground floor for warm climate through optimization code performed with the software modeFRONTIER. Starting from the traditional floor structures, the multi-objective methodology stands as an advanced step...
The work aims to investigate the capability of a vertical tail leading edge to withstand bird strike and to provide general considerations on the improvement of such capability with respect to the mass saving and to the required structural performances by considering different material...
This research aims to identify the statistical sensitivity of multi-scale urban design factors regarding buildings’ energy demand located in three districts in the city of Toulouse, France. modeFRONTIER was used in this research coupled with the energy model for urban scale buildings,...
The investigation was based on hundreds of detailed forensic reports aftershock, including data from some of the most destructive earthquakes of United States, Chile and New Zealand recorded during the last two decades. In every case, the international Hazus damage scale was used for...
The selection and design of composite materials and its associated manufacturing process is an extremely complex task. This paper presents a Business Decision Support System, implemented in terms of the BPMN and DMN standards, which provides a unified environment supporting...
The ANSYS Workbench Suite was used to simulate the delamination phenomena and modeFRONTIER was applied for the numerical/experimental calibration of the constitutive relationship on the basis of the delamination process, whose mechanism was implemented by means of the cohesive zone...
This work aims at answering two research questions: does a method of generating future weather files for building performance simulation bring advantages that cannot be provided by other methods? And what type of future weather files enable building engineers and designers to more...
