LoginThis paper explores the implications of object oriented representation of buildings in the simulation of dynamic processes in architectural environments.
IBPSA 1991 - Nice, France
International Building Simulation Conference, Nice, France, 1991.
Contains 85 abstracts.
Volume content
Simulation of processes in building as a factor in the object representation of built environments | 1991 | English
One of the inherent problems with monitoring hourly energy use and environmental conditions in commercial buildings is efficiently processing the "sea" of data that accumulates into an easily understood form.
Performance Simulation as a Front-end Tool For "Integrative" Conceptual Design Evaluation | 1991 | English
The building design process, with all its inherent complexities, is still by and large regarded and conducted as a series of rather discrete sequential operations.
Design Reference Years are used as climatic input data for computer calculations-simulations - mainly of solar energy systems, and of building energy consumption, energy conservation, indoor climate and comfort.
The rapid development in the thermal energy modelling requirements for buildings, marked by the need to integrate many phenomena, has led the Applications de l'Electricit department at Electricit de France to develop a general energy simulation to
This paper describes a numerical whole-building optimization method that has been developed to optimize selected residential building envelope and equipment efficiency parameters, using life-cycle cost (LCC) as the optimization criterion.
The air flow pattern and temperature distribution in a naturally ventilated classroom were simulated using CFD techniques.
The present paper shows a possible way to make simulation computer codes more easy to use by nonspecialists. The basic idea is to implement a code which translates the building representation into a suitable thermal model.
Parallelization of modular simulation programs in an object oriented environment: the TRNSYS case | 1991 | English
From the observation that existing simulation programs exploit neither the subjacent parallelism in building energy management problems nor parallel computer possibilities, we develop certain principles and apply them to a well-known program, TRNS
The TEF (Transfer Evolution Formalism) and the ZOOM software (Zone Organized Optimal Modelling) have been developped in order to give a flexible framework for physics oriented modelling.
The present means of building representation, fall short in establishing a common modelling base for the various application specific analysis and simulation programs, describing building behavior and performance.
This paper deals with an optimal control algorithm which enables to regulate the heating installation of a building with discontinuous occupation. The control structure is based on the quadratic optimization principle.
The need for increasingly sharp modelling of building energy behaviour allowing comfort to be evaluated within a heated, ventilated dwelling room leads Electricite De France ADE Department to develop an air interior movement simulation model.
This paper summarizes a study on the extent of computer use by industrialized housing producers in the U.S., Japan, Sweden and Norway.
Increasing design standards within the building industry mean that some form of pre-construction testing of the building envelope is required.
Zonal models are a promising way to predict air movement in a room with respect to comfort conditions and gradient of temperature because they require extremely low computer time and may be therefore rather easily included in multizone air movemen
Beem: a simplifield procedure to calculate daylighting and other impacts of fenestration | 1991 | English
A simplified procedure is described, to model daylighting, cooling, and heating impacts of vertical glazing in commercial buildings. Both annual and peak impacts are calculated, as well as cooling-equipment -sizing impacts.
Impact of simultaneous simulation of buildings and mechanical systems in heat balance based energy analysis programs on system response and control | 1991 | English
The current generation of building simulation software is based upon separate building, mechanical system, and equipment simulations.
Sensitivity Analysis and emperical Validation of Hlite Using Data from the Nist Indoor Test Cell | 1991 | English
Over the past seven years, Ross & Baruzzini, Inc., (R&B) has been working on a project to determine the relationship of the air conditioning load caused by building lighting with time.
Me Energy Kernel System (EKS) is an energy simulation environment that facilitates the creation, validation and maintenance of simulation programs using the object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm.