School Buildings Rehabilitation Indoor Environmental Quality and Enclosure Optimization /

• Main Authors: Almeida, Ricardo M.S.F (Author), Freitas, Vasco Peixoto de (Author), Delgado, João M.P.Q (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy efficiency.; Building repair.; Buildings > Repair and reconstruction.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Building Repair and Maintenance.; Interior Architecture.

This book discusses the effect of different school building rehabilitation strategies on the classrooms’ indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and presents a multi-objective methodology for school building enclosure optimization combining artificial neural networks and lifecycle costs. The special feat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Indoor environmental quality
• Optimization and approximation methods
• Indoor environmental quality in classrooms: case studies
• Enclosure optimization
• Conclusions and recommendations.