Planning the Selection of Energy Saving building Components

This paper deals with the selection procedure for energy saving building components. The main goal is to develop an approach for well-founded selection of these components. In doing so, it addresses the research question of how the current way of selecting energy saving building components can be improved. The approach that is developed in this paper is to be applicable during the early design phases, and must enable maximal use of computational tools. In order to reach the goal, two research questions need to be answered: which opportunities exist to arrive at a well-founded choice of energy saving building components? how can an approach for the well-founded selection of energy saving building components be developed?