Energy and daylighting trade-offs in residential window design: multi-objective optimization for hot-arid regions
Mahdi Ramezani, Somayyeh Taheri, Mohammad Sharajabian Gorgabi, Arash nourbakhsh sadabad · 2025
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Mahdi Ramezani, Somayyeh Taheri, Mohammad Sharajabian Gorgabi, and Arash Nourbakhsh Sadabad wrote this 2025 study on window design for homes in hot, dry Yazd, Iran. Window size and shape pull two goals apart: bigger windows admit more daylight but also more heat. The team tuned south-facing windows across eight room layouts drawn from field surveys of real flats.
A parametric model varied width, height, sill height, position, and pane splits, and a search algorithm weighed three goals at once: less cooling need, less heating need, and more useful daylight. Checks against real energy bills from Yazd homes backed the model. The share of wall given to window, the window area, and its height drove results the most. The authors report the best layout found and offer the method for dry-climate housing design.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mahdi Ramezani, Somayyeh Taheri, Mohammad Sharajabian Gorgabi, Arash nourbakhsh sadabad |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 85 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |