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Article: Cost-aware generative design for urban ‘cool spots’: A random forest-principal component analysis-augmented combinatorial optimization approach

TitleCost-aware generative design for urban ‘cool spots’: A random forest-principal component analysis-augmented combinatorial optimization approach
Authors
KeywordsConstruction cost
Design assistance tool
Generative design
Multi-objective combinatorial optimization
Outdoor thermal comfort
Issue Date15-Sep-2023
PublisherElsevier
Citation
Energy and Buildings, 2023, v. 295 How to Cite?
Abstract

Whilst designing cool small neighborhoods (called ‘cool spots’ in this paper) remains an enormous technical challenge, clients and their designers are also confronting with the perpetual burden of the financial sphere. This research aims to develop a novel methodological approach for designers to search for affordable cool spots in dense urban areas. It does so by conducting genetic combinatorial optimizations augmented by Random Forest (RF) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) algorithms. What is particularly innovative is to develop a mass-based generative design approach to produce neighborhood options for the subsequent combinatorial optimization. The methodology is tested in a real-world urban renewal project in Hong Kong, which is epitomized by high density and hot and humid weather in the summer. The results show that the design approach can automatically identify high-performance schemes of cool spot design, reducing the daily average thermophysiological equivalent temperature from averagely 29.76 °C to at lowest 29.59 °C, and decreasing the construction cost by 82.57%. With proper translation, the approach can serve as a useful and robust design assisting tool for designing and developing cool and cost-aware buildings and neighborhoods in urban areas.


    Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/329121
    ISSN
    2023 Impact Factor: 6.6
    2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.632
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    dc.contributor.authorPeng, Ziyu-
    dc.contributor.authorLu, Weisheng-
    dc.contributor.authorHao, Tongping-
    dc.contributor.authorTang, Xu-
    dc.contributor.authorHuang, Jianxiang-
    dc.contributor.authorWebster, Chris-
    dc.date.accessioned2023-08-05T07:55:27Z-
    dc.date.available2023-08-05T07:55:27Z-
    dc.date.issued2023-09-15-
    dc.identifier.citationEnergy and Buildings, 2023, v. 295-
    dc.identifier.issn0378-7788-
    dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/329121-
    dc.description.abstract<p>Whilst designing cool small neighborhoods (called ‘cool spots’ in this paper) remains an enormous technical challenge, clients and their designers are also confronting with the perpetual burden of the financial sphere. This research aims to develop a novel methodological approach for designers to search for affordable cool spots in dense urban areas. It does so by conducting genetic combinatorial optimizations augmented by Random Forest (RF) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) algorithms. What is particularly innovative is to develop a mass-based generative design approach to produce neighborhood options for the subsequent combinatorial optimization. The methodology is tested in a real-world urban renewal project in Hong Kong, which is epitomized by high density and hot and humid weather in the summer. The results show that the design approach can automatically identify high-performance schemes of cool spot design, reducing the daily average thermophysiological equivalent temperature from averagely 29.76 °C to at lowest 29.59 °C, and decreasing the construction cost by 82.57%. With proper translation, the approach can serve as a useful and robust design assisting tool for designing and developing cool and cost-aware buildings and neighborhoods in urban areas.</p><ul></ul>-
    dc.languageeng-
    dc.publisherElsevier-
    dc.relation.ispartofEnergy and Buildings-
    dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
    dc.subjectConstruction cost-
    dc.subjectDesign assistance tool-
    dc.subjectGenerative design-
    dc.subjectMulti-objective combinatorial optimization-
    dc.subjectOutdoor thermal comfort-
    dc.titleCost-aware generative design for urban ‘cool spots’: A random forest-principal component analysis-augmented combinatorial optimization approach-
    dc.typeArticle-
    dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113317-
    dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85163989871-
    dc.identifier.volume295-
    dc.identifier.eissn1872-6178-
    dc.identifier.isiWOS:001034588400001-
    dc.identifier.issnl0378-7788-

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