LoginDespite the obvious importance of thermal comfort in the design of indoor environment, it has not been effectively integrated with design decision support tools.
Bibliographic database Airbase
AIRBASE is the Bibliographic Database of the AIVC. It contains publications and abstracts of articles related to energy efficient ventilation. Where possible, sufficient detail is supplied in the bibliographic details for users to trace and order the material via their own libraries. Topics include: ventilation strategies, design and retrofit methods, calculation techniques, standards and regulations, measurement methods, indoor air quality and energy implications etc. Entries are based on articles and reports published in journals, internal publications and research reports, produced both by university departments and by building research institutions throughout the world. AIRBASE has grown and evolved over many years (1979 to present day, over 22000 references and 16000 documents available online). For most of the references, the full document is also available online.
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A dynamic simulation of the HVAC system is being paid attention because of the development of the computer technology. Authors examined the reproducibility of HVACSIM+(J).
This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a computational tool for the comprehensive support of the lighting design process.
This paper describes a control scheme with fault detection capabilities suitable for application to HVAC systems.
This paper presents a tool, based on a method using IDA for simulation of duct systems and MATLAB as a pre- and post-processor, to study the controllability of VAV-systems.
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.
A general method to determine the shading of direct and diffuse radiation is presented. This can handle an almost infinite number building surfaces and screens of any shape.
This paper describes a computer simulation model for assessing the potential energy savings in office buildings through the use of daylight and occupancy sensors.
This paper presents the new EnergyPlus HVAC simulation environment, which differs from existing energy analysis programs in three key respects.
Traditional algorithms for the simulation of sound propagation in spatial enclosures include the image source method and the ray-tracing method. These algorithms are computation intensive and take a long time to generate results.
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.
A nodal model has been developed to represent room heat transfer in displacement ventilation and chilled ceiling systems.
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.
The CHAT-D software environment was developed by the Electricity Applications in the Residential and Commercial Buildings Branch, of the research and development division of EDF (Electricité de France). Our main objective is to ensure the well-bei
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.
A computationally-efficient building thermal model is developed for short-timescale investigations applicable to control system design.
The purpose of this study is to investigate how much the peak daytime demand for electricity is reduced by an underground heat storage system that uses surplus electricity during the nighttime. In this paper, we report on a numerical simulation me
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