LoginThis paper complements a previous publication in the Building Simulation Conference series by identifying where perceptualization techniques can improve data presentation and assist with the interpretation of the underlying performance message.
IBPSA 2005 - Montreal, Canada
International Building Simulation Conference 2005, Montreal, Canada.
Contains 180 papers.
Volume content
Qualitative analysis on the usefulness of perceptualization techniques in communicating building simulation outputs | 2005 | English
Building design and control applications can benefit from daylight simulation. Currently, most daylight simulation applications work with simplified sky luminance models.
Two-phase application of multi-objective genetic algorithms in green building design | 2005 | English
This paper presents the application of multi-objective genetic algorithms for green building design to minimize two conflicting criteria: the life-cycle cost and the life-cycle environmental impact. Environmental impact categories considered in th
Simulation of a model-based optimal controller for heatingsystems under realistic hypotheses | 2005 | English
An optimal controller for auxiliary heating of passive solar buildings and commercial buildings with high internal gains is tested in simulation.
Calculating the dynamic effects of surface overshadowing is a major part of most thermal analysis engines.
The thermal comfort, the indoor environment control, and the energy consumption in three types of operating rooms | 2005 | English
This research investigated the influence of three layouts of operating rooms on the indoor environment control, on thermal comfort and on energy consumption. It was used the EnergyPlus software. The parameters of the environment were described in
Prediction of hygrothermal environment of buildings based upon combined simulation of heatand moisture transfer and airflow | 2005 | English
The hygrothermal environment of the Japanese traditional house constructed by wet process with clay wall and the recent house constructed with industrial building materials are estimated through the interrelated simulation of heat and moisture tra
This paper critically examines the use of Analytic Target Cascading as a multi-level, hierarchical design optimization model for formulating simulation-based design tasks in architecture.
This paper presents two DOE-2 functions to expand the modeling capability of DOE-2.1E, a popular calculation engine for building energy simulations. The first function models sensible and total heat recovery between outside air and exhaust air, wi
Tall buildings pose unique challenges for simulation software and modelers. Environmental factors such as air temperature and wind speed change with altitude.
This paper describes a new data set appropriate for empirical validation of whole-building energy simulation software.
The robustness of genetic algorithms in solving unconstrained building optimization problems | 2005 | English
This paper investigates the robustness of a Genetic Algorithm (GA) search method in solving an unconstrained building optimization problem, when the number of building simulations used by the optimization is restricted.
Position uncertainty in space scene reconstruction for simulation-based lighting control | 2005 | English
Dynamic, three-dimensional models of existing facilities that are updated automatically based on data provided by advanced sensing technologies appear increasingly feasible.
Heating Canadian homes is an energy intensive endeavour. Factors such as the northerly climate and dispersed population cannot be avoided but inefficiencies with heating system design can.
Experimental and CFD research on the thermal performance of the air cooled slab system | 2005 | English
This paper presents an air cooled slab system (ACS) specially designed for use in multi-storey steel framed buildings.
Interfacing building performance simulation with control modeling using internet sockets | 2005 | English
This paper reports on progress of an ongoing research project, which aims to achieve better control modeling in building performance simulation by integrating distributed computer programs.
Increasingly the fire protection concerns at airports are being addressed using computational fluid dynamics and most of these studies have been based on the prescriptive recommendations on design of an airport terminal building given by appropria
Implementation of exergy –calculations in an existing software tool for energy-flow calculations in the early design stage | 2005 | English
This paper focuses initially on the calculation of the flows of exergy corresponding to the energy demand of buildings for the following uses: heating and cooling in the air handling units, local (room level) heating and cooling, lighting, ventila
Modeling ground source heat pump systems in a buildingenergy simulation program (energyplus) | 2005 | English
Despite the low energy and lower maintenance benefits of ground-source heat pump systems, little work has been undertaken in detailed analysis and simulation of such systems.
Parametric analysis of a solar dessicant cooling system using the simspark environment | 2005 | English
A desiccant cooling unit powered by 14.8 m2 of solar liquid collectors is implemented in a training room in Chambery in Eastern France.