Designing zero-energy buildings using advanced fuzzy cognitive maps

Theodor Panagiotakopoulos, Nikolaos Zafeirakis, Iliana Vasiliki Tsoulea, Peter P. Groumpos

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Abstract

Energy efficient buildings are able to provide effective solutions to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, support environmental-friendly energy management and facilitate significant energy savings. The concept of Zero-Energy Buildings is gaining a constant increasing focus. The use of Advanced Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (AFCMs) as a new modelling methodology to provide energy performance indicators in a quantified manner that will drive the appropriate integration of required renewable energy generation, in order to design a (nearly) Zero-Energy Building (nZEB) is considered. The new approach is used to calculate the energy balance of buildings in alternative climate contexts and thus to explore their energy efficiency in six use cases. Simulation results and observations show that AFCMs could provide valuable insight to design and development issues of nZEBs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCreativity in Intelligent Technologies and Data Science - 3rd Conference, CIT and DS 2019, Proceedings
EditorsAlla G. Kravets, Peter P. Groumpos, Maxim Shcherbakov, Marina Kultsova
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages256-266
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030297428
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd Conference on Creativity in Intelligent Technologies and Data Science, CIT and DS 2019 - Volgograd, Russian Federation
Duration: 16 Sept 201919 Sept 2019

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1083
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference3rd Conference on Creativity in Intelligent Technologies and Data Science, CIT and DS 2019
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityVolgograd
Period16/09/1919/09/19

Keywords

  • Advanced fuzzy cognitive maps
  • Energy efficiency
  • Zero energy buildings

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