Print Email Facebook Twitter Embodied Optimisation Tool for low-rise office buildings in steel Title Embodied Optimisation Tool for low-rise office buildings in steel Author Koonath Surendran, S. Contributor Rots, J.G. (mentor) Coenders, J.L. (mentor) Welleman, J.W. (mentor) Den Hollander, J.P. (mentor) Bonnema, B.H. (mentor) Rolvink, A. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Programme Structural Design Date 2014-08-29 Abstract This thesis investigates the development and application of a computational tool that optimises the conceptual stage design of a building to have minimum embodied energy and some aspects of the operating energy, depending on the adaptability required. For this purpose, a parametric computational framework for sustainable building design was developed and implemented by the tool. The working prototype of the tool focuses on low-rise rectangular grid office buildings in steel. The various competing objectives are optimised by applying multi-objective optimisation techniques. The Embodied Optimisation Tool has been developed as a plugin within Grasshopper, for 3D modeling tool Rhinoceros, in collaboration with Arup, Bouwen Met Staal and Tata Steel. Subject multi-objective optimisationembodied energyoperating energyadaptabilitysustainabilityparametric designcomputational toolconceptual stage To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3e4af7f6-9a7c-4c5b-bb55-9c1b928c9d0c Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2014 Koonath Surendran, S. Files PDF Report_SKoonathSurendran.pdf 5.13 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3e4af7f6-9a7c-4c5b-bb55-9c1b928c9d0c/datastream/OBJ/view