Artificial Neural Network-Based Decision Support System for Development of an Energy-Efficient Built Environment

Arturas Kaklauskas, Gintautas Dzemyda, Laura Tupenaite, Ihar Voitau, Olga Kurasova, Jurga Naimaviciene, Yauheni Rassokha and Loreta Kanapeckiene
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Arturas Kaklauskas: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Gintautas Dzemyda: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University, Akademijos str. 4, LT-08663 Vilnius, Lithuania
Laura Tupenaite: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Ihar Voitau: Belarusian State Technological University, Sverdlova str. 13a, 220006 Minsk, Belarus
Olga Kurasova: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University, Akademijos str. 4, LT-08663 Vilnius, Lithuania
Jurga Naimaviciene: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Yauheni Rassokha: Belarusian State Technological University, Sverdlova str. 13a, 220006 Minsk, Belarus
Loreta Kanapeckiene: Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: Implementing energy-efficient solutions in a built environment is important for reaching international energy reduction targets. For advanced energy efficiency-related solutions, computer-based decision support systems are proposed and rapidly used in a variety of spheres relevant to a built environment. Present research proposes a novel artificial neural network-based decision support system for development of an energy-efficient built environment. The system was developed by integrating methods of the multiple criteria evaluation and multivariant design, determination of project utility and market value, and visual data mining by artificial neural networks. It enables a user to compose up to 100,000,000 combinations of the energy-efficient solutions, analyze strengths and weaknesses of a built environment projects, provide advice for stakeholders, and calculate market value and utility degree of the projects. For visual data mining, self-organizing maps (type neural networks) are used, which may influence the choosing of the final set of alternatives and criteria in the decision-making problem, taking into account the discovered similarities of alternatives or criteria. A system was validated by the real case study on the design of an energy-efficient individual house.

Keywords: energy-efficiency; built environment; solutions; artificial neural networks; decision support system; quantitative and qualitative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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