LoginComputation of sound propagation in enclosed spaces is needed for a variety of purposes such as noise exposure in industrial spaces, acoustic privacy conditions in open-plan office settings, and speech intelligibility in auditoriums.
IBPSA 1997 - Prague, Czech Republic
International Building Simulation Conference 1997, Prague, Czech Republic.
Contains 117 papers.
Volume content
This paper describes the simulation of electric storage heaters and their controls. A method for modelling manual control, inferred from transformer readings, is described.
This paper presents the theoretical modelling work of an elementary urban units (street), thermal behaviour.
The CLIM 2000 software environment [1] was developed by the Electricity Applications in Buildings Branch of the French utility company, Electricité de France.
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.
Earth heat exchangers are advantageous features to reduce energy consumption in residential buildings.
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).
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
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.
Since two years, the Dutch building consultancy practice has been supported by an integrated design environment to base its advices on.
This paper describes the contents of an application manual for building energy and environmental software to be published in the UK.
A comparative validation based certification test for home energy rating system software | 1997 | English
This paper summarizes a two volume National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report entitled "Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test (HERS BESTEST)" (Judkoff and Neymark, 1995a).
A study on the thermal performance simulation to evaluate the prefabricated radiant floor heating panels | 1997 | English
Computer models used for analyzing heat transfer have been developed and computerized for the precise thermal analysis of two typical prefabricated radiant floor heating panels.
Aggregate space-time performance indicators for simulation-based building evaluation procedures | 1997 | English
Computational modeling of building performance can generate extensive amounts of data. For this data to be useful, it must effectively interface with the informational requirements and procedural constraints of the building delivery process.