Journal
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages 681-690Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.04.095
Keywords
Energy efficiency; Thermal insulation; Hooke-Jeeves optimization; CO2 emissions; Energy Plus; Life cycle
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- Technological Development of Republic of Serbia [TR33015]
- Integral and Interdisciplinary investigations of Republic of Serbia [III 42006]
- Ministry of education, and science of Republic of Serbia
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Due to the current environmental situation, saving energy and reducing CO2 emission have become the leading drive in modern research. For buildings that require heating, one of the solutions is to optimize a thickness of their thermal insulation and thus improve energy efficiency and reduce energy needs. In this paper, for a small residential house in Serbia, an optimization in the thickness of its thermal insulation layer is investigated by using EnergyPlus software and Hooke-Jeeves direct search method. The embodied energy of thermal insulation is taken into account. The optimization is done for the entire life cycle of thermal insulation. The results show the optimal thickness of thermal insulation that yields the minimum primary energy consumption. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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