International Building Simulation Conference 1999, Kyoto, Japan.

Contains 177 papers

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The Expanded AMeDAS Weather Data CD-ROMs would be available and may be utilized to conduct building simulations. However, the CD-ROMs do not include temperature data for thermally undisturbed ground.
Shin-ichi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Yoshino, Hiroshi Akasaka
The UC Berkeley Multinode Comfort Model is based on the Stolwijk model of human thermal regulation but includes several significant improvements.
Charlie Huizenga, Zhang Hui, Thomas Duan, Edward Arens
The use of air flow modeling tools for building design is still limited due to lack of explicit standards governing infiltration and ventilation rates in buildings. There is also inconsistency and discrepancy in the use of such modeling tools thro
Wong Nyuk Hien, Ardeshir Mahdavi
A study of the way in which humans visually perceive the motion of high-rise buildings was carried out. In our experiment, an edited movie was projected so that the subjects could observe the motion of the view from a window.
Satoshi Shindo and Takeshi Goto
Several features of heat transfer on enclosing surfaces is discussed including temperature distributions in a room heated by a floor heater.
Haruo Hanibuchi, Shuichi Hokoi
This paper concerns reasons - and solutions – for the time lag in the uptake and use of building simulation in the Czech Republic relative to many other countries. Following a brief introduction, several barriers to the use of simulation are ident
Terezie Dunovska, Frantisek Drkal and Jan Hensen
It is a basic premise of this paper that accurate earthcontact simulation is important and that the rapid parametric analysis of a structure can help designers pinpoint critical aspects of a structure early in the design stage.
Michael Davies, Stamatis Zoras and Hicham Adjali
This paper presents a new, accelerated method based on GD\OLJKWFRHIILFLHQWV according to Tregenza [1] to calculate cumulative annual indoor illuminance distributions.
C. F. Reinhart, S. Herkel
Sound predictions based on the wave theory were carried out on HVAC duct networks.
Michihito Terao, Hidehisa Sekine and Makoto Itoh
The objective of this study is to improve the control performance of Ondol heating system in apartment buildings. For this purpose, prevalent control systems and relevant researches are evaluated.
Jin-Young Lee, In-Ho Yang, Seung-Yeong Song, Hway-Suh Kim, Kwang-Woo Kim
Typical Meteorological Years obtained from observed meteorological records have become the de facto data source when evaluating thermal performance of buildings.
Ricardo Aguiar, Susana Camelo and Helder Gonçalves
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with a Dynamic Subgrid-scale Model (DSM) is a powerful tool to predict indoor airflow. However, the model needs to average the model coefficient over a homogeneous direction.
Wei Zhang and Qingyan Chen
An absorption chiller model is developed for HVACSIM+(J). The model simulates dynamic characteristics of the chiller, such as dynamic trends of chiller temperatures and COP.
Yasuo Takagi, Tadashi Nakamaru and Yoshihiko Nishitani
Calibration with actual data has been considered as one of the most important and difficult part for the systematic energy audit procedure.
Jong-Ho Yoon and Euy-Joon Lee
This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a computational tool for the comprehensive support of the lighting design process.
Vineeta Pal and Ardeshir Mahdavi
Within the research context relating to the modeling process of architectural buildings and landscape planning, the CRAI particularly works on the simulation of day-light and artificial illumination. The purpose of this research is to develop a so
Christine Chevrier, Didier Bur, Jean-Pierre Perrin
New thermodynamic energy “water potential” based on the chemical potential of a component of mixture gases is defined as the driving force of gaseous phase water flux.
Akihito Ozaki, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Tetsuo Hayashi and Yuji Ryu
The main aim of this study is to derive some simple rules for an optimal management of direct electric heating in residential buildings. Optimal management should minimise the running cost of heating while maintaining comfort, in the case of contr
R. Lahrech, H. Hocquet, A. Husaunndee, K. Rechaussat, J. C. Visier
This paper presents the new EnergyPlus HVAC simulation environment, which differs from existing energy analysis programs in three key respects.
Daniel E Fisher, Russell D. Taylor, Fred Buhl, Richard J Liesen and Richard K Strand

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