International Building Simulation Conference 2003, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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The validation and development of turbulence models are still important issues  related to Computa- tional Fluid Dynamics for ventilation purposes. The present work continues the work initiated by (Voigt, 2002).
Lars Køllgaard Voigt, Jens Nørkær Sørensen, Jakob Martin Pedersen and Morten Brøns
The    performances  of  air  conditioning  equipments, like heat pumps, chillers or air conditioners, derive not only from the operative thermal levels, but also from the building requirement trend which normally involves frequent reductions of t
Ernesto Bettanini, Alessio Gastaldello, Luigi Schibuola
This paper presents a simulation study employed for the optimization of the building envelope for a new university building located in Montreal (latitude 450N).
Athanassios Tzempelikos and Andreas K. Athienitis
Experimental studies in building energy usage and environmental analysis are very time consuming and expensive, and require sophisticated sensors and instrumentation techniques.
Pedro Dinis Gaspar, Rui F. Barroca and R.A. Pitarma
This  article  presents  a  one-dimensional  model  of spray vaporization that can be easily used in thermal performance simulations of buildings.
Antonio César S. Baptista da Silva, José A. Bellini da Cunha Neto, Roberto Lamberts
Present  international  standard  for  thermal  comfort such as ASHRAE Standard 55 and ISO 7730 were developed to serve as a guideline for moderate thermal environments e.g. mechanically air- conditioned spaces [CEN ISO 1995].
Henry Feriadi, Wong Nyuk Hien
Four areas in Texas have been designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as non-attainment areas because ozone levels exceed the NAAQS1  maximum allowable limits.
Jeff S. Haberl, Piljae Im, Charles Culp, Bahman Yazdani, Tom Fitzpatrick, Dan Turner, Malcolm Verdict
A   two-level   analysis   was   used   to   study   the economic potential of implementing Building Cooling, Heating and Power (BCHP) technologies in the U.S.
Marek Czachorski, Jaroslav Wurm
A web-based, non-expert daylighting analysis tool has been developed to support daylighting-related design decisions in peripheral private offices during an early design stage.
C. F. Reinhart, M. Morrison
Since buildings have a predominant impact on the global climate change and other  environmental issues, it has become necessary to consider environmental performance in building design.
Weimin Wang, Hugues Rivard, Radu G. Zmeureanu
There is a need for Dutch design support tools for building services that can be used in early design stages. TNO Building and Construction Research has therefore initiated the research project described here.
Wim Maassen, Ellie de Groot and Maarten Hoenen
The EnergyPlus building energy simulation software has been tested using the IEA HVAC BESTEST E100-E200 series of tests.
Robert H. Henninger, Michael J. Witte, Drury B. Crawley
This  article  introduces  the  modelling  of  the  split system (room air conditioner) with a continuous action controller for a building energy simulation. This model shows a way to calculate the energy consumption, the sensible and latent cooli
Gottfried Knabe and Huu-Thoi Le
The balance between the energy efficient thermal comfort and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in healthcare facilities is the main aim of this paper. The present paper will present this balance from the viewpoint of the air conditioning design.
Ramiz Kameel, Essam E. Khalil
In   the   summer   of   2002,   measurements   were simultaneously performed to investigate the characteristics of heat flow in urban areas at three locations in Kyoto city: 1) a commercial urban area mixed with low-rise traditional residential b
Kazuya Takahashi, Harunori Yoshida, Yuzo Tanaka, Noriko Aotake and Fulin Wang
An optimization module is developed and incorporated within EnergyPlus. As an application of the optimization module, improved controls are determined for building passive thermal energy storage inventory.
G. Zhou, P. Ihm, M. Krarti, S. Liu and G.P. Henze
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into the process of heating a room with a low-temperature radiant heating system and solar energy, considering energy conversion and heat transfer steps in the building (where heat is required), in the
Hideo Asada, Elisa C. Boelman
Interoperable software makes it possible to seamlessly exchange data among different compliant applications.
Vladimir Bazjanac
We define building systems as systems that not only consist of the load bearing building structure and its environment, the service systems (installations), and the control systems, but also include building usage and users.
Gerhard Zimmermann
In the context of a european project dealing with the issue of transport safety improvement in fog conditions, an experimental building has been constructed on the FUL campus, in the southern part of Belgium.
Philippe Andre, Nick Kelly, Jean-Jacques Boreux, Patrick Lacote, Christophe Adam

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