Solar Envelope Optimization Method for Complex Urban Environments
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Planning requirements in terms of energy efficiency and daylighting strongly contribute to shaping the layout of cities. Direct solar access is the main requirement of the right to light in Estonia. Direct sunlight hours on building facades can be calculated by using environmental simulation software that also allows right-to-light analysis through the generation of the Solar Envelope. It is a method for calculating the maximum buildable volume that allows neighbors to receive the required amount of direct sunlight in a specific period of the year. The Solar Envelope can be determined on paper or more easily using simulations. The methods used by actual environmental software have significant limitations if used in complex urban environments. This paper discusses the potentialities of multi-objective optimization tools to generate Solar Envelopes for multiple facades with different orientations and specific amount of direct solar access requirements. The results show the superiority of the developed method that integrates parametric design, environmental simulations and multi-objective optimization, compared to existing methods.- Title
- Solar Envelope Optimization Method for Complex Urban Environments
- Author
- De Luca, Francesco
- Date of issue
- 2016
- Access level
- Open access
- Copyright owner
- Faculty of Architecture, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Conference title
- CAADence in Architecture, 2016
- Conference place
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Conference date
- 16 June - 17 June 2016
- Language
- en
- Page
- 195 - 201
- Subject
- Urban Design, Direct Solar Access, Solar Envelope, Environmental Simulations, Multi-objective Optimization
- Version
- Kiadói változat
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.3311/CAADence.1657
- Title of the container document
- CAADence in Architecture: Back to Command: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design
- ISBN, e-ISBN
- 978-963-313-237-1
- 978-963-313-225-8
- Document type
- könyvfejezet
- Document genre
- Konferenciacikk
- Subject area
- Műszaki tudományok
- Field
- Építészmérnöki tudományok
- University
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Faculty
- Faculty of Architecture