Eleni Primikiri, Michael Kokkolaras and Panos Y. Papalambros
Year:
2003
Bibliographic info:
BUILDING SIMULATION, 8, 2003, Eindhoven, Netherlands, p. 1061-1068

In recent years major advances have been made in the development of computational tools for architects to facilitate building performance evaluation. Most tools require expert knowledge and remain accessible primarily to building engineers or specialized architects. This paper presents a methodology of interpolating data for energy analysis to enable easier implementation of building simulation in the design process. Architects and other building project participants can visualize and analyze complex thermal performance of buildings for different design scenarios, requiring little specialized  knowledge and without a burdensome computational cost.