International Building Simulation Conference 2011, Sydney, Australia. 

Contains 206 papers.

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This paper reports on research that uses building performance simulation and uncertainty analysis to assess the risks that projected climate change poses to the thermal performance of buildings, and to their critical functions. The work takes mete
Pieter de Wilde and Wei Tian
Advanced control systems are widely applied in modern buildings so as to meet the requirements of energy conservation and higher level of indoor environmental quality.
Yiqun Pan, Xingbin Lin, Zhizhong Huang, James Sun, Osman Ahmed
This paper investigates the inclusion of passive airflow components such as solar chimney, and wind induced earth air tunnel into a coupled multi-zone ventilation and thermal model.
Alemu T Alemu, Wasim Saman, and Martin Belusko
In this paper, the application potential of ground-coupled heat pumps (GCHP) in a multi-storey office building in Hong Kong was investigated.
C.K. Lee, H.N. Lam
New façades of high-rise buildings often include renewable energy converters to allow “green building” operation. At the same time, numerous tenants value visual transparency.
Christoph Maurer, Thomas Baumann, Michael Hermann, Paolo Di Lauro, Stefano Pavan, Lars Michel, Tilmann E. Kuhn
The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) currently under development at the University of Wollongong will be an exemplar in respect of demonstration of a range of technical and operational means of reducing greenhouse emissions and other e
Paul Cooper, Xiong Liu, Prabuono Buyung Kosasih, Rui Yan
A calculation model for air-to-water heat pump for  space heating in residential house was developed.
Hisashi Miura, Takashi Ogino
In this paper, we developed a new method to forecast 10-minutes ahead wind speed based on Heteroscdastic Gaus-sian Process and investigated the impacts of this predict-ing on a mix-mode operated building.
Bing Dong and Xiaoqian Jiang
There has been an increasing demand for sports facilities in urban areas recently.
Priyadarsini Rajagopalan, Hisham Elkadi
In this paper, a methodology for interfacing and as-sessing a Model Predictive Control strategy in a build-ing simulation tool (SIMBAD) is presented.
Mohamed Yacine Lamoudi, Patrick Béguery and Mazen Alamir
The faulty operation of Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in commercial buildings can waste vast amounts of energy, cause unnecessary CO2 emissions and decrease occupant thermal comfort, reducing productivity.
Samuel R. West, Ying Guo, X. Rosalind Wang , Joshua Wall
This paper presents an analysis of whole-building performance modelling and simulation process of a low-energy single-family detached residence located in Northeast U.S.
Omer Tugrul Karaguzel, Khee Poh Lam
According to the Passivhaus Institute (PHI) the verification of a Passivhaus design must be carried out using the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP).
Robert S. McLeod, Christina J. Hopfe, Yacine Rezgui
Foundation Heat Exchangers (FHX) are a novel form of ground heat exchanger for residential applications and, by virtue of lower costs, could increase the up-take of efficient heat pump technology.
Denis Fan, Simon Rees, Jeffrey Spitler
The aim of this study is to identify the most effective strategies  to  improve  energy  performance  of  an  existing  typical  office  building  in  the  city  of  São Paulo/Brazil,  by  simulating  the  results  of  various  retrofit  intervent
Fernando Ernesto Pasquali, Paulo Otto Beyer, Anna Maria Hennes and Clarissa Sartori Ziebell
To predict the risk if mould growth, rot, deformations and cracks in wood, it is necessary to know the moisture levels in constructions and building components.
Jesper Arfvidsson
The performance of night ventilation to cool buildings is highly sensitive to the convective surface heat flux. As a result, simulations in BES-models may largely over- or underestimate the real cooling potential of this technique.
Sarah Leenknegt, Rolf Wagemakers, Walter Bosschaerts, Dirk Saelens
Within this paper an annual performance and daylight comfort analysis of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) is discussed, evaluated and compared to a common façade solution.
Sandra Mende, Francesco Frontini, Jan Wienold
To minimize the total power consumption of a central air conditioning system, optimal control variables are necessary. A simulation of a central air conditioning system and its components are modeled.
Akihiro Yamada, Tatsuo Nagai, Toshirou Inou, Tetsurou Iwata, Hideki Uchida
The building sector is responsible for a major part of the energy consumption. A considerable reduction can be achieved by improving the operation of the buildings.
Dirk Jacob, Sebastian Burhenne, Christian Neumann and Sebastian Herkel

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