International Building Simulation Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 1989.

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The objectives of this discussion paper are: to define the new Annex on "Calculation of Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings"; to determine feasibility of the Annex i.e.
Dan Seth
Many criticisms have been made about existing software for building energy analysis and simulation. In this paper, we try to show the interest of the model-based approach. The credibility of simulation results is pointed out.
Anne-Marie Dubois
The present American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 62-1981 "Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality" is being revised.
Earnest S. McCutcheon, Marino Vardabasso
Computers are currently used for a large variety of tasks in building design and analysis.
Bo-Christer Bjork
A new computer program has been written for comparing the annual energy and economic performances of different window systems in non-residential buildings.
R. McCluney
This paper describes the concept of developing a component program library for building energy simulation and the current state of its development, which has been made by a working group of theSociety of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engi
Hisaya Ishino, Masanori Shukuya, Kimiko Kohri
The Indoor Air Quality Simulator for personal computers (IAQPC) has been developed in response to the growing need for quick, accurate predictions of indoor air contamination levels.
M. K. Owen, P. A. Lawless, D. S. Ensor
Air enthalpy control strategy, or often known as free cooling, has been very effective in conserving building air-conditioning power consumptions-in moderate climatic areas.
K. H. Yang, R. L. Hwang
Proposed construction of high rise buildings near the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. caused astronomers to ask what effect the heat released by these buildings would have on their ability to make accurate observations.
Richard E. Hirst, Calvin A. Kodres
Experimental studies during the 1940S concluded that heat loss from slab-on-grade floors is proportional to floor perimeter length. More recent numerical investigations, however, indicate that area and shape are also important parameters.
Curtis O. Pedersen, William P. Bahnfleth
Several single zone, monthly based, correlation methods have been developed at a national level , ver the past few years.
Rik Van De Perre, A. Massart
Since methods incorporating the time value of money are the only ones that give an accurate picture of life costs of a system, they are the only methods appropriate for the analysis of building lighting systems.
M. Clay Belcher
The heat transfer processes occurring in the earth surrounding a building have a substantial effect on the building's energy consumption.
Curtis O. Pedersen, Joann Amber
COMBINE is a file utility program developed by Jeff Hirsch of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories for use with the DOE2.1C building energy simulation program.
Michael Hatten
This paper summarises the objectives and initial achievements of BEPAC, a recently formed club based in the UK which in many respects parallels the stated goals of IBPSA.
Stephen Irving
Commercial building owners and managers face a complex array of HvAc technology options. Economicanalysis of the options requires consideration of technology characteristics, equipment operatingstrategies, and utility rates.
Ingrid Rohmund
Today, the development of computer makes the accurate performance analysis of complex system by simulation available for most of the research community, and very soon for every concerned engineer.
Louis Laret
Building simulation software alone can sometimes fall short of providing a reliable building model.
Manuel Carabott
In order to create a simulation model of a building, it is usually necessary to make a number of assumptions and/or approximations about the building being simulated.
Jeffrey Spitler, Daniel C. Fisher
At the present time several powerful simulation models exist for the assessment of building environmental performance at the design stage. However when used as design tools these models suffer from several fundamental limitations.
J.A. Clarke, J. Rutherford

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