A strategy to provide computacional support for the selection of energy saving building components

This paper describes a strategy to provide computational support for the selection of energy saving building components. The strategy rationalizes a small but significant part of the building design process by providing a clear procedure for a decision making process in which the use of computational tools is embedded; it is based on systems engineering, engineering design and decision theory. Consequences for the embedded computational tools of using this strategy for the selection of energy saving building components are discussed; a prototype providing process support is presented.