International Building Simulation Conference 1999, Kyoto, Japan.

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IDA Indoor Climate and Energy is a recently developed tool for building performance modelling and simulation. It represents a new generation of BPM software in several ways.
Niclas Björsell, Axel Bring, Lars Eriksson, Pavel Grozman, Magnus Lindgren, Per Sahlin, Alexander Shapovalov, Mika Vuolle
This paper describes a simulation based method for the integrated performance appraisal of buildings incorporating daylight utilisation technologies.
Milan Janak and Iain Macdonald
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 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
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
EESLISM is a tool developed to simulate the whole energy system consisting of both building thermal system and mechanical system for heating and cooling and domestic hot water supply.
Mitsuhiro Udagawa, Makoto Sato
In the framework of a collaboration between EDF and CSTB, we carried out a specific experimental protocol in Bouin house (CSTB site, house completely dedicated for infiltration and air change measurement) with different configurations to study the
G. Guyon, P. Girault, S. Delille, D. Hoareau, J. Villain
The objective of the work presented in this paper is to develop a building performance assessment tool that will assist the design process rather than be aimed at giving endorsement to a completed design. he paper discusses the concepts behind the
Veronica I. Soebarto and T. J. Williamson
This research is aimed to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) in the building by using the expert system (ES) based on the artificial intelligence (AI). The diagnosis tool of IAQ and ventilation design tool corresponding to 9 kinds of pollutants were
Shin-ya Sato, Hiroshi Kobayashi and Yasuo Utsumi
In this study, energy simulation program of heat distribution network in a district heating and cooling system was developed. Research on actual condition of heat distribution system of DHC plant was also executed.
Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Minoru Mizuno, Shigeki Kametani, Shin-ichi Kawamura
Currently used design tools for kitchen design are often complicated, have poor interfaces and limited capabilities to exchange data between different applications.
Tuomas Laine
A large empirical validation exercise was recently completed in the framework of International Energy Agency (IEA) Solar Heating And Cooling (SHAC) Task 22 (Building Energy Analysis Tools) (Sub-task A3 « Empirical validation »).
Gilles Guyon, Stéphane Moinard, Nacim Ramdani
Hourly simulation programs such as DOE-2, HAP and BLAST can effectively simulate the performance of HVAC systems in response to seasonal weather patterns.
Thomas A. Lunneberg
Addressing the complexity underlying design questions does not appear to be sufficient reason for simulation to be widely deployed in design practice.
Hand J, Clarke J A, Strachan P
Three indices are introduced in order to evaluate cost saving operation of chillers using nighttime low electric power rates for thermal storage systems with water tanks.
Kazuo Nakai, Kyoko Shuku, Hiroaki Kitano, Kazunobu Sagara
Eight  mechanically  ventilated  flow  patterns  have been conducted in a test chamber. The air age in test chamber is measured with tracer gas technique. A CFD program named as STACH-3 is developed with the transport equation of air age in it.
Xianting Li, Xin Wang, Xiaofeng Li and Ying Li
Optimization of thermal storage tank operation is one of the major areas for energy conservation in HVAC systems.
Yoshihito Gotou and Harunori Yoshida
This paper deals about the presentation of a new software RUNEOLE used to provide weather data in buildings physics. RUNEOLE associates three modules leading to the description, the modelling and the generation of weather data.
Laetitia Adelard, Mara Thierry, Harry Boyer, Jean Claude Gatina

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