LoginWhen low carbon and renewable energy (RE) systems are adopted in a building, matching the outputs from RE systems (e.g.
IBPSA 2007 - Beijing, China
International Building Simulation Conference 2007, Beijing, China.
Contains 288 papers.
Volume content
A multi-criteria performance study of an integrated demand/supply energy system for low and zero carbon technologies within domestic building design | 2007 | English
Physiological and psychological model of local thermal sensation under local cooling | 2007 | English
Local thermal sensations of all body parts were studied in neutral-warm room while face, chest and back were each exposed to local cooling air. Dressed in shorts, 30 randomly selected male subjects were exposed to each condition for 30 minutes.
Energy and environment has been issues concerned all over the world.
Development of fast calculation method for ammonia refrigeration cycle and parameter adjustment with genetic algorithm | 2007 | English
A parameter adjustment method for an ammonia heat pump chiller using a genetic algorithm (GA) was developed.
Transitional spaces in São Paulo, Brazil: mathematical modeling and empirical calibration for thermal comfort assessment | 2007 | English
This paper presents different thermal comfort models and empirical verification for assessment of the thermal conditions of transitional spaces in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Technique of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for sustainable building energy systems performance calculations | 2007 | English
Sustainable buildings design process is typical for modeling and simulation usage. The main reason is because there is generally no experience with such buildings and there is lot of new approaches and technical solutions to be used.
Preheating of supply air through an earth to air heat exchanger coupled with a solar chimney | 2007 | English
The performance of a passive heating system was evaluated as part of design works for the project of an office building. The passive heating system incorporates an array of buried pipes together with a solar chimney.
Comfort driven adaptive window opening behavior and the influence of building design | 2007 | English
It is important to understand and model the behaviour of occupants in buildings and how this behaviour impacts energy use and comfort.
Multivariate predictive window blind control models for intelligent building façade systems | 2007 | English
This paper presents results from a window blind usage field study that was conducted in California, USA.
The energy demand for heating is decreasing significantly in modern highly-insulated dwellings.
Modeling user control of lighting and shading devices in office buildings: an empirical case study | 2007 | English
Reliable information regarding user presence and behavior in buildings is crucial for building performance simulation applications (energy consumption, indoor environment).
How do people interact with buildings`environmental systems? An empirical case study of an office building | 2007 | English
The effectiveness of building performance simulation can be increased if more reliable information regarding user presence and behavior in buildings become available.
Prediction about progress in performance of district heating and cooling system using combined heat and power | 2007 | English
This study aims to reveal the advantages of district heating and cooling system (DHC) in energy efficiency as an urban energy system in the future.
User control of indoor-environmental conditions in buildings: An empirical case study | 2007 | English
As in most buildings windows, shades, luminaries, radiators, fans, and other control devices can be operated by building occupants, information on user control behavior is crucial toward accurate prediction of building performance (energy consumpt
All year heating and cooling load analysis for small hotel buildings in Guiyang city China | 2007 | English
Guiyang is the capital city of Guizhou province in southwest China, located in the Mild Climatic zone in China. With the economy booming in recent years, the energy consumption in heating and cooling buildings in Guiyang continues to increase.
A new simulation system to predict human-environment thermal interactions in naturally ventilated buildings | 2007 | English
This paper describes the development of computational thermal manikins (CTMs) to be used in a coupled simulation envrionment to simulate the human thermoregulary response in buildings.
Water heating in the U.S. has been identified as a major component of total energy consumption used in buildings, mostly coming from the residential sector at around 11%.
While most current building simulation tools consider occupants as predictable robots the true nature of human behaviour is more complex.
Analysis of the potential of using photovoltaic and windturbine energy systems in the Canadian residential sector | 2007 | English
The Canadian residential sector contributes approximately 80 megatonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gases (GHG) to the environment each year.
An ESP-r component model for gas-fired water storage tanks was developed within the context of the simulation for building-integrated cogeneration systems.