LoginThe paper describes the main features of the new simulation environment ColSim [15] and a special application for investigating ventilation strategies in buildings.
IBPSA 2001 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
International Building Simulation Conference 2001, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Contains 153 papers
Volume content
Development and quality improvement of HVAC control systems in virtual laboratories | 2001 | English
The control industry integrates more and more recent innovations, especially on the sector of communication networks (bus), control (fuzzy logic, neural networks…) and informatic (hard-and software) for the development of Building Management
BSPRO COM-SERVER: interoperability between software tools using industry foundation classes | 2001 | English
The continuing development of the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) standard by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) creates new possibilities for achieving interoperability for design software through the use of a common object m
Daylight illuminance is one of the most important element which comprises the luminous environment by daylight both in interior and at outdoor of building. Daylight is taken into interior mainly through the window.
The software DOMUS has been developed to model coupled heat and moisture transfer in multi-zone buildings.
In addition to the fact that the serviceability of building constructions used as exhibition halls has to be ensured, the climate stability of the whole structure has to be increased.
Determining baseling energy consumption and peak cooling loads of a 107-year-old science museum using DOE 2.1E | 2001 | English
The Energy Resources Center (ERC) at the University of Illinois at Chicago conducted an energy assessment to determine the peak cooling loads of the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) as part of MSI’s Long Term Development Plan.
Computer simulation Of measurement methods can give in-depth information on the possible effect of a wide variety of parameters on measurement results.
A proposal for an estimation method of thermal load and space radiant environment for HVAC system design development by applying DOE technique | 2001 | English
This study aims to develop a simplified estimation method of the thermal design load and space radiant environment in order to achieve adequate and economical HVAC equipment sizing and confirmation of thermal comfort.
A daylight simulation tool including transmitted direct and diffuse light: application to the evaluation of daylighting inside glazed intermediate spaces | 2001 | English
The paper describes new improvements in SOLENE, a set of numerical models for the simulation of natural light in both the urban morphologies and the indoor architectural spaces which is developed in our laboratory.
An object oriented multizone thermal building model based on the simulation environment smile | 2001 | English
Classical building simulators are typically based on global systems of differential equations that model the physical reality and are numerically solved at runtime. In this paper we propose a new approach.
The aim of this work is to present a computer application that was developed to be a user-friendly interface that simplifies the manipulation of weather data files.
Building geometry is essential to any simulation of building performance. This paper examines from the users’ point of view the importing of building geometry into simulation of energy performance.
A methodology for micro-level building thermal analysis: combining CFD experimental Set-ups | 2001 | English
Physical and computational simulations have been combined within a unique framework for the aim of establishing a methodology for micro-level building thermal analysis.
Application of the state-of-the-art computer simulation and visualization in architectural lighting research | 2001 | English
The paper discusses the technical features of the physically based computer simulation/visualization techniques for architectural lighting research. Potentials and limitations are evaluated in terms of input, algorithms, output, and analysis tools
A strategy to provide computacional support for the selection of energy saving building components | 2001 | English
This paper describes a strategy to provide computational support for the selection of energy saving building components.
This paper argues that analytical approaches (i.e., simulation) and inductive learning methods (i.e., neural networks) can cooperate to facilitate a daylight responsive lighting control strategy.
Analyzing thermal performance of building envelope components using 2-D heat transfer tool with detailed radiation modeling | 2001 | English
THERM is a freely available, user-friendly twodimensional heat transfer model for analyzing the impacts of thermal bridges in building components such as windows and doors.