Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach
Building prototyping has regularly been used in building performance analyses with statistically feasible models. The novelty of this research involves a new hybrid approach combining stratified sampling and k-means clustering to establish building geometry prototypes. The research focuses on reside...
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| author | Ma, Yuanli Deng, Wu Xie, Jing Heath, Tim Xiang, Yeyu Hong, Yuanda |
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| description | Building prototyping has regularly been used in building performance analyses with statistically feasible models. The novelty of this research involves a new hybrid approach combining stratified sampling and k-means clustering to establish building geometry prototypes. The research focuses on residential buildings in Ningbo, China. Seventeen small residential districts (SRDs) containing 367 residential buildings were systemically selected for survey and data collection. The stratified sampling used building construction year as the main parameter to generate stratification. Floor numbers, shape coefficients, floor areas, and window-to-wall ratios were used as the four observations for k-means clustering. Based on this new approach, nine building geometry prototypes were identified and modelled. These statistically representative prototypes provide building geometrical information and characteristic-based evaluations for subsequent building performance analysis. |
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| spelling | nottingham-651482021-05-12T02:48:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65148/ Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach Ma, Yuanli Deng, Wu Xie, Jing Heath, Tim Xiang, Yeyu Hong, Yuanda Building prototyping has regularly been used in building performance analyses with statistically feasible models. The novelty of this research involves a new hybrid approach combining stratified sampling and k-means clustering to establish building geometry prototypes. The research focuses on residential buildings in Ningbo, China. Seventeen small residential districts (SRDs) containing 367 residential buildings were systemically selected for survey and data collection. The stratified sampling used building construction year as the main parameter to generate stratification. Floor numbers, shape coefficients, floor areas, and window-to-wall ratios were used as the four observations for k-means clustering. Based on this new approach, nine building geometry prototypes were identified and modelled. These statistically representative prototypes provide building geometrical information and characteristic-based evaluations for subsequent building performance analysis. 2021-04-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/65148/1/Revised%20manuscript_full.pdf Ma, Yuanli, Deng, Wu, Xie, Jing, Heath, Tim, Xiang, Yeyu and Hong, Yuanda (2021) Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach. Building Simulation . ISSN 1996-3599 building prototyping; geometry models; new hybrid approach; Ningbo China http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12273-021-0779-6 doi:10.1007/s12273-021-0779-6 doi:10.1007/s12273-021-0779-6 |
| spellingShingle | building prototyping; geometry models; new hybrid approach; Ningbo China Ma, Yuanli Deng, Wu Xie, Jing Heath, Tim Xiang, Yeyu Hong, Yuanda Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach |
| title | Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach |
| title_full | Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach |
| title_fullStr | Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach |
| title_short | Generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach |
| title_sort | generating prototypical residential building geometry models using a new hybrid approach |
| topic | building prototyping; geometry models; new hybrid approach; Ningbo China |
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