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Morpho-energetic investigations to assess buildings and city areas energy performance

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This thesis analyses the energy performance of dense cities and residential towers. It focuses on the energy performance of the built environment at three different scales - the building, the facade and the city area. The details of the three 'morpho-energetic' studies are as follows: 1 - the first one analyses the link between buildings' dimensions and their energy performance: it focuses on a simple calculation method to quickly approximate the whole energy balance of residential buildings. 2 - The second study analyses the morphology of energy and density reasoned city areas: the ultimate goal is to develop a tool helping to find the optimal form(s) of a low energy and dense city area. It is based on a genetic algorithm tool. 3 - The last one analyses the energy impact of a new design methodology for construction and refurbishment: the Core-Skin-Shell concept. (author)

Abstract (French)

Ce travail est une reflexion prospective sur la densification verticale de la ville par la tour d'habitation. Trois echelles sont considerees: le batiment seul (objet), la composition de sa facade et son insertion urbaine (batiment situe). Le parti pris est de n'examiner que le seul critere energetique. Sont realisees trois series d'etudes 'morpho-energetiques': 1 - une etude sur l'influence energetique de la morphologie d'un batiment 'objet': l'objectif est de developper un outil d'evaluation simplifiee de la performance energetique totale des batiments residentiels. 2 - une extension du precedent modele en inserant le batiment dans un morceau de ville: l'objectif est d'identifier l'influence des configurations urbaines sur leurs performances energetiques, a l'aide d'un outil d'optimisation par algorithmes genetiques. 3 - l'etude d'une nouvelle demarche de conception et de renovation des batiments a travers le concept Core-Skin-Shell: l'objectif est d'evaluer l'interet energetique d'une decomposition fonctionnelle du batiment. (auteur)

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Original title (French)
L'integration des donnees energetiques dans la conception architecturale situee

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
473 p.
Report number
FRNC-TH--10372

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