Subject Area
Architectural Engineering
Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
Due to the critical reliance of office buildings on wide-glazed areas for providing daylight which increases heat gain, the kinetic façades (KF) have been innovated to improve buildings’ envelopes. This study proposed a parametric computational methodology to optimize building forms and the KF system of office buildings cooperatively. The computational methodology was implemented by using Rhinoceros software and consists of 4 phases. The main aim is to improve the annual energy consumption, average daylight factor, and payback period, and the results concluded a significant improvement after applying the KF system by 1050.3 kWh/m2, 17.34%, and 6.8 years, respectively. Building parameters are more effective than KF parameters without ignoring the KF role to significantly increase the improvement. Finally, the study provided a helpful multi-objective optimization process that can be applied to various cubic forms of office buildings to predict current or future energy and daylighting performance to adapt to climate changes.
Keywords
Kinetic Façades System; Parametric Design; Energy Consumption; Daylight Performance; Building and Façades Optimization.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Mahmoud, Randa Mohamed Ahmed
(2023)
"Multi-objective Approach for Optimizing Buildings’ Forms and Kinetic Façades Systems in Office Buildings,"
Mansoura Engineering Journal: Vol. 49
:
Iss.
2
, Article 3.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.58491/2735-4202.3134
