Occupant-centered optimization framework to evaluate and design new dynamic shading typologies.

Dynamic solar shading has the potential to dramatically reduce the energy consumption in buildings while at the same time improving the thermal and visual comfort of its occupants. Many new typologies of shading systems that have appeared recently, but it is difficult to compare those new systems to...

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Main Authors: Victor Charpentier, Forrest Meggers, Sigrid Adriaenssens, Olivier Baverel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231554