Environment|구충완
A decision support model for improving a multi-family housing complex based on CO2 emission from electricity consumption
2012International Journals
Research AreaEnvironment
Professor구충완
AuthorsHong, T., Koo, C., and Kim, H
Publication Year2012
Journal (Volume, Issue, Pages)Journal of Environmental Management, 112, 67-78 , Elsevier). (Yonsei)
AbstractThe number of deteriorated multi-family housing complexes in South Korea continues to rise, and consequently their electricity consumption is also increasing. This needs to be addressed as part of the nation’s efforts to reduce energy consumption. The objective of this research was to develop a decision support model for determining the need to improve multi-family housing complexes. In this research, 1664 cases located in Seoul were selected for model development. The research team collected the characteristics and electricity energy consumption data of these projects in 2009–2010. The following were carried out in this research: (i) using the Decision Tree, multi-family housing complexes were clustered based on their electricity energy consumption; (ii) using Case-Based Reasoning, similar cases were retrieved from the same cluster; and (iii) using a combination of Multiple Regression Analysis, Artificial Neural Network, and Genetic Algorithm, the prediction performance of the developed model was improved. The results of this research can be used as follows: (i) as basic research data for continuously managing several energy consumption data of multi-family housing complexes; (ii) as advanced research data for predicting energy consumption based on the project characteristics; (iii) as practical research data for selecting the most optimal multi-family housing complex with the most potential in terms of energy savings; and (iv) as consistent and objective criteria for incentives and penalties.
Energy ConsumptionMulti-Family Housing ComplexCase-Based ReasoningDecision TreeEnvironmental PolicyCO2 Emissions