Genetic Algorithm Theory in Simulation Programs as A Tool for Improving the Environmental Performance of Office Buildings

Globally, a large proportion of building's energy is consumed to achieve thermal comfort, as promoting efficiency and environmental sustainability buildings an important global goal. Therefore, the new building regulations are geared explicitly toward energy-saving projects. However, there usually many competitive priorities, such maximizing use in office buildings, leading complex multi-objective optimization topic. The main objective this research was reduce for cooling load city Cairo, which located hot desert climate. This achieved by optimizing ten different design variables with DesignBuilder (version 6.1) applying comfort Thermal Comfort CBE tool based on ASHRAE Standard55 system.