A morpho-energetic tool to model energy and density reasoned city areas: methodology (Part I) (WIP)

摘要

This paper presents an urban modeling tool that analyzes the morphology of low energy and dense city areas. Even if the link between building form and energy has been established, the correlation is less obvious at the urban scale. The density of grouped buildings introduces a significant new issue for consideration. Maximizing energy production in urban environments requires the minimization of sun shading. The tool we describe in the paper below relates three parameters: density, energy performance and sun penetration. By optimizing population density, the tool proposes to find the optimal building layout in a city area from sun shading and energy performance criteria. The optimization is accomplished with the genetic algorithm tool Bianca. Our ultimate goal in the development of the tool is to find the optimal form(s) of a low energy and dense city area.