Optimal Design

In this study, a new optimal design method for buildings and urban energy systems is proposed. Also its applicability is analyzed through a simple case study. Multi Island Genetic Algorithms (MIGA) are adopted for this optimization. This method has two optimization steps, selection of equipment capacity and selection of system operational planning. These optimization steps are calculated simultaneously. The results showed that the proposed method has the potential to be applied to very complex energy systems and achieve significant improvements.

In this paper, a new optimal design method for buildings and urban energy systems is proposed. Alsoits applicability is analyzed through a simple case study. Genetic Algorithms (GA) which can deal withnonlinear optimization problems is adopted for this optimal design method. This method has twooptimization steps, selection of equipment capacity and selection of the best operational planning.These optimization problems cannot be solved separately due to the strong relation between thecapacity size and operation efficiency of equipment.