Estimation of classrooms occupancy using a multi-layer perceptron

no code implementations • 7 Feb 2017 • Eugénio Rodrigues, Luísa Dias Pereira, Adélio Rodrigues Gaspar, Álvaro Gomes, Manuel Carlos Gameiro da Silva

This paper presents a multi-layer perceptron model for the estimation of classrooms number of occupants from sensed indoor environmental data-relative humidity, air temperature, and carbon dioxide concentration.

Contributions of natural ventilation on thermal performance of alternative floor plan designs

no code implementations • 3 Oct 2014 • Eugénio Rodrigues, Adélio R. Gaspar, Álvaro Gomes, Manuel Gameiro da Silva

The authors have been developing a prototype tool to assist architects during this initial design phase.

A gradient descent technique coupled with a dynamic simulation to determine the near optimum orientation of floor plan designs

no code implementations • 25 Jul 2013 • Eugénio Rodrigues, Adélio Rodrigues Gaspar, Álvaro Gomes

A prototype tool to assist architects during the early design stage of floor plans has been developed, consisting of an Evolutionary Program for the Space Allocation Problem (EPSAP), which generates sets of floor plan alternatives according to the architect's preferences; and a Floor Plan Performance Optimization Program (FPOP), which optimizes the selected solutions according to thermal performance criteria.