Bringing simulation to application: some guidelines and practical recommendations issued from IEA-BCS annex 30

Simulation tools are not yet used as much and as well as they should all along building life cycle ( BLC ). Most important decisions are still taken almost without using these tools. The work done in the frame of IEABCS Annex 30 consisted in identifying and eliminating as much as possible the main bottle necks encountered in the use of simulation tools.