MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR CLIMATE-FRIENDLY BUILDING DESIGN
Integrating data-based processes and methods into the planning of buildings makes it possible to minimise emissions-related environmental impacts and the consumption of finite resources across all phases of a building's life cycle. Multi-criteria optimisation (MO) can particularly support building planners in designing climate-friendly buildings. In combination with parametric modelling and building simulations, MO allows the automatic search for planning solutions that meet various criteria and to balance conflicting criteria such as construction costs and energy efficiency. The use of MO is particularly promising in early design phases, as decisions made, for example, on building geometry or building materials, have the greatest influence on grey and operational (CO2) emissions.
The project presented here develops and tests novel algorithms of data-based artificial intelligence, develops software tools based on these algorithms and demonstrates the application of these tools on realistic building plans of Ed. Züblin AG. The general contractor's specialist planners evaluate the usability and effectiveness of these tools. This applied research, which is very rare in the field of building optimisation, is intended to promote the practical application of the developed algorithms and tools in construction planning practice and thus contribute to achieving the reduction of CO2 emissions from buildings specified in the Climate Protection Plan 2050.
PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS
Tenure-Track Prof. Dr. Thomas Wortmann
Department for Computing in Architecture, Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD/CA), University of Stuttgart
TEAM
PARTNERS
Generative Design, Strabag Innovation & Digitalisation (SID)
Zifeng Guo, Jacob Wegerer, Fabian Evers
FUNDING
Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung, Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
2024
- De Luca, F., Natanian, J., & Wortmann, T. (2024). Ten questions concerning environmental architectural design exploration. Building and Environment, 261, 111697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111697
- Tay, J., Ortner, F. P., Wortmann, T., & Aydin, E. E. (2024). Computational Optimisation of Urban Design Models: A Systematic Literature Review. Urban Science, 8(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci8030093
- Zhang, R., Xu, X., Liu, K., Kong, L., Wang, W., & Wortmann, T. (2024). Airflow modelling for building design: A designers’ review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 197, 114380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114380