LoginThe traditionally engineering-oriented approach to thermal building simulations tends to leave such analysis tools out of the reach of general design practitioners, especially during the early stages of building design when many of the most influe
IBPSA 1997 - Prague, Czech Republic
International Building Simulation Conference 1997, Prague, Czech Republic.
Contains 117 papers.
Volume content
Sun and climate modeling for thermal simulation: parametric models relevant at early design stages | 1997 | English
Optimisation of design criteria for solar space heating systems through modelling and simulation | 1997 | English
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.
Simulation of visual and thermal comfort related to daylighting and solar radiation in office buildings | 1997 | English
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
The simulations of the thermal performance of retrofitted existing residential buildings in Istambul with micro-DOE-2.1E | 1997 | English
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.
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.
Hollow core ventilated slab systems provide an effective means of utilizing the building structure as a thermal store.
SOMBRERO: shadow calculations on arbitrarily oriented surfaces as a preprocessor for simulation programs | 1997 | English
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.
A simulation software focused on HVAC energy consumption in large supermarkets, called Clim Top, has been recently developed in France.
A new method aimed at the selection of the best reduction technique for each given invariant linear system, such as those obtained when modelling the thermal behaviour of building envelopes, is presented here.
Numerical and experimetal assessment of a flow field in a ventilated industrial hall | 1997 | English
The paper presents the results from a numerical and experimental investigation of the velocity distribution in a ventilated industrial hall in the nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.
The CLIM 2000 software environment [1] was developed by the Electricity Applications in Buildings Branch of the French utility company, Electricité de France.
Epidemiological evidence suggests that mould infestation in buildings can have serious health implications for the occupants.
This paper reports the current state of an ongoing collaborative project which aims to promote modelling and simulation of energy in buildings by making self-learning course material available on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Earth heat exchangers are advantageous features to reduce energy consumption in residential buildings.
The lighting simulation programme Radiance is used to predict daylight factors and the illuminance distribution in a room which is 12m x 12m x 3.6m high, with grey tinted solar control glazing.
Models of faulty components or processes may either be used on-line as part of a fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) system or may be used in simulations to train or test FDD procedures. Some faults may be modelled by choosing suitable values of t
New educational software for teaching the sunpath diagram and shading mask protactor | 1997 | English
The well-known versions of the sunpath diagrams that appear in the AIA’s Architectural Graphics Standards are based on the equidistant sky dome projections and use a shading mask protractor developed by Olgyay and Olgyay at Princeton University in
Since two years, the Dutch building consultancy practice has been supported by an integrated design environment to base its advices on.
Building thermal models reduction: improving exixting methods by taking spectral imputs characteristics into account | 1997 | English
Modal-based model reduction techniques have been modified in order to improve their performance when applied to building thermal models.