TY - JOUR

T1 - Parametric systems modeling for sustainable energy and resource flows in buildings and their urban environment

AU - Geyer, Philipp Florian

AU - Buchholz, Martin

N1 - Funding Information: Development of this study was enabled by support for the first author from the Volkswagen Foundation as part of the ongoing research project “Parametric Systems Modeling and Simulation for Strategic Building Design” at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Technische Universität München. The “Cycler Support” project, which provides the background for the development of a sustainable urban system, received specific support under the 6th Framework Program of the European Union, aimed at the implementation of research activities related to wastewater use and recycling in a new-generation greenhouse system (RTD FP 6 – INCO, Ref. Nr. 031697). Furthermore, the research on the Watergy greenhouse, its building integration, and the desiccant heating and cooling system were supported by the European Community's Framework Program that promotes Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (NNE5-2001-683) and by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology of Germany in the program Exist Forschungstransfer (FKZ03EFU1BE09).

PY - 2012/3

Y1 - 2012/3

N2 - This paper proposes Parametric Systems Modeling (PSM) as a tool for building and city planning. The method outlined is based on Systems Modeling Language (SysML). It supplements geometry-based Computer-aided Design (CAD) with a non-geometric, design-oriented modeling approach that considers multidisciplinary information and parametric interdependencies. Its application is intended for the exploration of innovative sustainable design solutions at the system level. An innovative urban building-greenhouse system illustrates how the approach works for urban system design. This system features closed water cycles, renewable energy production and use, thermo-chemical energy accumulation and transport of energy for heating and cooling, as well as transformation of biomass into pyrogenic carbon. Finally, the dimensioning of the system model determines the required land areas for sustainable supply and shows that the system configuration has features of a carbon-absorbing city and thus exceeds the concept of a zero-emission city.

AB - This paper proposes Parametric Systems Modeling (PSM) as a tool for building and city planning. The method outlined is based on Systems Modeling Language (SysML). It supplements geometry-based Computer-aided Design (CAD) with a non-geometric, design-oriented modeling approach that considers multidisciplinary information and parametric interdependencies. Its application is intended for the exploration of innovative sustainable design solutions at the system level. An innovative urban building-greenhouse system illustrates how the approach works for urban system design. This system features closed water cycles, renewable energy production and use, thermo-chemical energy accumulation and transport of energy for heating and cooling, as well as transformation of biomass into pyrogenic carbon. Finally, the dimensioning of the system model determines the required land areas for sustainable supply and shows that the system configuration has features of a carbon-absorbing city and thus exceeds the concept of a zero-emission city.

KW - City-integrated greenhouse

KW - CO -absorbing city

KW - Parametric systems modeling

KW - Sustainable urban system

KW - Systems design and engineering

KW - Zero-emission city

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U2 - 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.07.002

DO - 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.07.002

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84857366725

VL - 22

SP - 70

EP - 80

JO - Automation in construction

JF - Automation in construction

SN - 0926-5805

ER -