Simulation-based Optimization for the Solar Decathlon Contest: The PoliTo-SCUT Prototype House This project is developed for a study about a NZEB prototype house designed for the competition Solar Decathlon China. The maximum score is 1000 points, divided into different sections. Since a part of the score is linked to some measured parameters, it is possible to make a study about the prototype, building an accurate energy model, testing the performance requested. Therefore, optimize through some optimization algorithm, using the simulation-based optimization, a growing technique about the simulation of the buildings. Usually the Life Cycle Cost is taken into account, as objective function, for this kind of simulation, instead, in this case the aim, is to maximize the obtained score, related to the parameters measured during the contest period.