International Building Simulation Conference 1999, Kyoto, Japan.

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This paper presents a mathematical model yielding a simplified representation of the thermal behaviors of ivy-covered walls. The model is integrated with a CFD program to implement simulation.
Liao Zaiyi, Niu J.L
A model for the design of urban grids and fabric with solar rights consideration taken into account is presented.
Isaac G. Capeluto, E. Shaviv
The optimal supervisory control strategy for a central chilled water facility has been determined. A quadratic linear regression relation for the total system power in terms of the controlled and uncontrolled variables was  developed  using simula
B.C. Ahn, J.W. Mitchell
The  authors  propose  a  predicting  methodology combined with simultaneous solution for Building- Urban-Soil system to analyze the heat island phenomenon quantitatively in this paper. Using this model, numerical simulation is performed in order
Aya Hagishima, Jun Tanimoto, Tadahisa Katayama
Project REED (Residential Energy Efficiency Design) is a Web-based building performance simulation tool developed under contract to one of the nations largest utilities, to help their 4.5 million ratepayers make en- ergy efficient design decisions
Murray Milne, Carlos Francisco Gomez, Don Leeper, Jennifer Zurick, Ameet Nindra, Jiang Shen, Yoshi Kobayashi
An  integrated  simulation  system  for  the  building services design and facilities management purposes is being developed by Olof Granlund Oy.
Antti Karola, Tuomas Laine, Kenneth Lassila, Hannu Lahtela, and Markku Jokela
In order to make proper radiative meshes with considering thermal distribution on solid surfaces, we inves- tigated the adaptive mesh generation method and per- formed parametric survey for a threshold which con- trols subdivision of mesh.
Imano Masashi, Kamata Motoyasu, Kurabuchi Takashi, Hayama Hirofumi, Kishita Manabu
An experimental apparatus (in-situ thermal test unit) and an analysis method have been developed for evaluating the thermal resistance of the building envelope on site.
Seung-Eon Lee, Jae-Sik Kang, Jae-Min Kim
Simulation  of  visual  context  in  architecture,  the environment that surrounds both building and observer, is an essential but problematic feature of realistic imagery.
A. J. Summerfield & S. Hayman
A major goal in computer-aided design research has been the development of integrated design for convenient generation and evaluation of evolving designs.
Georg Suter and Ardeshir Mahdavi
Based on K- two equation turbulence model, we used PHOENICS 1.4 and numerically simulated air distribution and contamination field under different conditions in a vector- flow clean room.
Guangbei Tu, Wenhao Chen, Lai Wang
This communication presents a tool, m2m&Roofsol, which has been developed in the framework of a European project, ROOFSOL, dedicated to the study of passive cooling by roof components.
Gilles Lefebvre
In order to evaluate energy efficiency of solar hot water systems, a calculation method was developed in this paper that models the unsteady flow and temperature distribution in heat storage tank utilizing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Compa
S.Iwamoto, N.Takayama, M.Imano and N.Nakahara
Design of air conditioning systems for efficient and effective part-load operation poses a considerable challenge, but one which is  frequently  not appreciated by the designer tied to traditional design practices.
P.G. Marshallsay and R.E. Luxton
This paper explains the development of a dedicated configuration tool for the HVACSIM+ simulation environment. This computer-based tool eases configuration by exploiting a visual metaphor of a simulation subject.
Yosuke Nishi, Xiangyang Chen, Nobuo Nakahara
With the advent of the computing age, heat balance based techniques for simulating thermal loads in buildings became a reality for architects and engineers.
Richard Strand, Fred Winkelmann, Fred Buhl,Joe Huang, Richard Liesen, Curtis Pedersen, Daniel Fisher, Russell Taylor, Drury Crawley, Linda Lawrie
Many recent, moisture-originated failures in  low-rise residential and  high-rise residential/commercial buildings have put a significant pressure to change construction codes in North America and Europe.
Achilles Karagiozis, Mikael Salonvaara
This paper proposes a dynamic optimization technique for building heating and cooling systems. The proposed algorithm returns trajectories for space temperature setpoints throughout a specified period that will minimize objective functions such as
Tatsuo Nagai
The paper describes the development of a su pervisory control scheme that adapts to the presence of degradation faults and  minimises any resulting increase in energy consumption or deterioration  in  occupant  comfort   Since  there is a high deg
Xiong Fu Liu and Arthur Dexter

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