This contribution contains the description of a design and evaluation system which is formulated for the early phases in the building design process. These phases include the conceptual and the preliminary design steps. The design system is based on the idea that the evaluation should be performed on the same kind of data throughout the design process. That means that as the decisions about a number of attributes of the design are not yet taken, the system automatically provides the default values for those attributes.
Developed in this study is the computer simulation program which can predict the temperature and humidity variation in multiroom of a residence, especially under variable opening conditions such as doorway open or close according to inhabitants behaviors. In the multizone infiltration calculation, the special process is devised to make the computation stable, never failing to converge. In the humidity calculation, two parameters related to the absorption and desorption of the surface finishing of a wall are, also, presented.
Computer-based simulation methods offer a powerful and flerible tool for building energy analysis. This paper presents a research study on the thermal and energy perfomance of commercial buildings in Hong Kong using computer modelling techniques on a microcorrputer-based platform. A database of energy simulation results has been generated using a personal computer (PC) version of the DOE-2. ID building energy simulation programme with a generic base case model building and the weather files developed for Hong Kong.
Weather data at thousands of stations throughout the world are compiled for air-conditioning load calculation using a personal computer. Several selected sources of weather data are introduced. Major sources among them are the publication by the British Meteorological Office and the magnetic tape compiled by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Since solar radiation is not included in the major sources, it is supplemented from the other sources. Consequently, two files named BMO and JMA are compiled. A computer program for calling the designated station from the files is developed.
Computer simulations play an important role in programs being conducted by electric utility companies in the United States to reduce customers' demand for electricity. These utility program are referred to as demandside management (DSM) programs and are based on the premise* that energy efficiency can be a cost-effective source of new electricity supply.
The CLIM 2000 software environment was developed by the Electricity Applications in Buildings Branch of the French utility company, Electricité de France. This software, which has been operational since June 1989, allows the behaviour of a whole building to be simulated. The building is described by means of a graphics editor providing multi-windowed dialogue in the form of a set oficons representing the models chosen by the user These models are taken from a library containing about one hundred elementary models supplied on a standard basis by the software.
Software engineering is the structured approach to the development of computer software. It centres upon the concepts of system theory, and as such, many of its concepts, philosophies and techniques can be applied to the development of systems outside the field of computer software. The main area covered by this paper is the use of process modelling techniques as an aide in architectural design.
The use of simulation as a tool for assessing building thermal performance is a powerful technique but contains certain difficulties, which limit very much its application and even its dissemination. In this paper, some of the Portuguese experiences of building simulation are presented and discussed, focusing on a large simulation exercise. The different strategies and decisions taken by the modeller during the process and their consequences, are discussed for this particular case.
This paper describes the recent, current and projected uses of building energy simulation software. Limitations of the currently available software are discussed. Suggestions as to the formal of future programs
Active and passive solar designs work on the basis of complex interactions of conduction, convection, radiation, mass flows, feedback and control mechanisms which are inherently dynamic and often tightly coupled. Historically the appraisal of such designs has been done in the context of one domain i.e., fabric, plant or flow analysis, with the other facets of the design handled as abstractions with limited interaction with the core domain.
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