International Building Simulation Conference 1997, Prague, Czech Republic.

Contains 117 papers.

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Buoyancy driven flows have always been, and still are, difficult to model using CFD programs. Much validation work is required along with guidelines for the CFD practitioner about how to model such flows.
Malcolm J. Cook, Kevin J. Lomas
A directory of building energy software tools is now available on the web. The directory contains information on more than 100 tools ranging from research software to commercial products with thousands of users.
Drury B. Crawley
The research we develop consists in evaluating "radiative comfort" during no heating periods in dwelling space and particularly in office buildings. The expression "radiative comfort" is used to characterize the thermal and visual component of the
P. Laforgue, B. Souyri, M. Fontoynont, G. Achard
In this study, the thermal performance of the external envelope of existing residential buildings in Istanbul and energy efficient retrofitting of these buildings are being investigated and modelled by MICRO DOE-2.1E.
Aslihan Tavil, Nil Sahal, Ertan Özkan
This paper is concerned with the optimisation of some design criteria for water based active solar space heating systems intended for residential applications in Cyprus.
I. M. Michaelides, D. R. Wilson
SOMBRERO, a PC-program running under the operating system WindowsTM, calculates the proportion of shaded area of an arbitrarily oriented surface surrounded by shading elements as a function of time and location.
J. Schnieders, A. Eicker, F.D. Heidt
Optimization and control of displacement ventilation systems in buildings require accurate modeling of aeraulic and thermal phenomena involved in the establishment or the destruction of thermal stratification in the room.
Dominique Manzoni & Pierre Guitton
Hollow core ventilated slab systems provide an effective means of utilizing the building structure as a thermal store.
M J Ren & J A Wright
Central to the formulation of a mathematical model to describe moisture transport through porous building materials is the initial choice of the flow driving potentials.
Graham H Galbraith, R Craig McLean, Jiansong Guo
A simplified heat transfer calculation method for underground buildings is developed. The method is based on the results from the ITPE method and is suitable for seasonal heat loss calculation.
Sangho Choi & Moncef Krarti
A simulation program VENTOLA was developed to study behaviour of the microclimatic situation inside buildings housing domestic animals.
Pavel Kic, Roberto Chiumenti, Stefano Bortolussi, Francesco da Borso
New developments of both user-friendly interfaces and mathematical models have been added to the very known software package TRNSYS /2/, a transient system simulation program, during the last year.
M. Schuler, H. Meyer, A. Knirsch, S. Holst, M. Hiller, W. A. Beckmann, N. Blair
This paper describes a series of tests that were performed to determine whether a neural-network model could outperform a correlation-based model in representing foundation heat losses.
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Moncef Krarti
A new generation building simulation tool combines the most important inter-acting physical processes (air infiltration and ventilation, heat transfer, and indoor air quality) in an reliable, effective, and flexible way.
Pekka Tuomaala, Kalevi Piira, Mika Vuolle
The  traditional  round  hut  has  been  analysed  by simulating the sensitivity of its different components in order to establish their relative performance.
Albert Malama and Steve Sharples
The conception of complex buildings with innovative facade elements often demands dynamic building simulations. In some cases the required thermal parameters of the components must be obtained by experimental investigations.
Olaf Gutschker and Harald Rogaß
The numerical model for verification of various radon protective measures has been developed. This model is based on the partial differencial equation for the two-dimensional steady-state radon transport caused by diffusion and convection.
Martin Jiranek & Zbynek Svoboda
General models for heat and mass transfer components have been developed for use in TRNSYS [1] thermal system simulations.
R. J. Rabehl, W. A. Beckman, J. W. Mitchell
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) provide an environment of interoperability among IFC-compliant software applications in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management (AEC/FM) industry.
Vladimir Bazjanac, Drury B. Crawley
The   purpose of our research deals with the description of a methodology for the definition of specific weather sequences and their influence  on the energy needs of HVAC system. We’ll apply the method on the tropical Reunion Island.
L. Adelard, F. Garde, F. Pignolet-Tardan, H. Boyer, J.C. Gatina

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