Life cycle costs optimization of residential buildings

Abstract

This paper considers the questions of techno-economic optimization in order to determine the thermal transmittance coefficient of the external walls of an existing residential building.The optimization procedure is conducted for the climatic and economic conditions in Bulgaria and taking into account the existing legal framework. The minimum of the building life cycle costs is determined by using genetic algorithm

Keywords

• genetic algorithm
• life cycle costs
• optimization
• optimal thermal transmittance coefficient