LoginIn this paper, the effect of the windows shading systems both on visual and thermal comfort and on the total building energy needs (for heating, cooling and artificial lighting) has been analyzed.
IBPSA 2013 - Chambéry, France
International Building Simulation Conference 2013, Chambéry, France.
Contains 470 papers.
Volume content
Office energy needs and indoor comfort with different types of external roller shades in a southern Europe climate | 2013 | English
Low order envelope model for optimised predictive control of indoor temperature: development methodology and calibration with a numerical model | 2013 | English
Use of net zero energy solution sets for the redesign of the New Zealand meridian net ZEB building | 2013 | English
Designing Net Zero Energy Buildings (Net ZEB) requires extensive work to identify a suitable combination of energy efficiency measures and energy generation technologies that will enable a building to satisfy its annual energy needs.
First energy performance results of a university building and comparison to environmental rating simulation data | 2013 | English
Completed in early 2012, the showcase Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB) is the new home for several energy research groups at the University of New South Wales.
A high level architecture framework for coupling building energy performance models | 2013 | English
In this paper, a framework that couples energy modeling with building information models (BIM), building automation systems and occupancy data is developed using a distributed computing environment based on the principles defined in the High-Level
Wind-induced natural ventilation in typical single storey terraced houses in Malaysia | 2013 | English
Thermal comfort in highly glazed buildings determined for weather years on account of solar radiation | 2013 | English
The presented work is devoted to the analysis of thermal comfort indexes in highly glazed buildings under different weather conditions.
OpenStudio development efforts have focused on providing application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable users to extend OpenStudio without compiling the open source libraries.
Stochastic characteristics of thermal load in a single dwelling in a residential building based on building energy simulation coupled with a sub-model for considering variation in behaviour schedules of residents | 2013 | English
Survey on the occupant behavior relating to window and air conditioner operation in the residential buildings | 2013 | English
Our research group has been working on modeling of occupant behavior relating to window and air conditioner usage for energy simulation of residential buildings.
Application of a district heating network (DHN) model for an ex-ante evaluation to support a multi-sources DH | 2013 | English
Natural ventilation in a room, transition from natural to adverse forced convection | 2013 | English
This study presents 2D numerical simulations of natural ventilation in a room equipped with two openings, one low and one high. The main features are commented in terms of flow and heat transfer.
A simple predesign tool for solar cooling, heating and domestic hot water production systems | 2013 | English
In the framework of the MEGAPICS project “method toward guarantee of solar cooling and heating system”, a simplified pre-design tool for designer and planner has been elaborated.
Simulation-based weather normalization approach to study the impact of weather on energy use of buildings in the U.S. | 2013 | English
Weather normalization is a crucial step in building energy rating and retrofit measurements.
A new methology using agent-based modeling for human behavior simulation is presented. This approach aims to address the limitations and/or challenges of dealing with behavioral components in existing building simulation programs.
Modelling of street canyon geometries in CFD- A comparison with experimental results | 2013 | English
Comparison of simulation tools for optimization and evaluation of green building performance in China | 2013 | English
Influence of fields data quality on the modeling of residential buildings with dynamic simulation tool | 2013 | English
To produce a realistic building reference’s model, in order to work on a retrofitting project, input data have to be chosen with the field’s information. The present work concerns French residential buildings of the pre-world-war-II family.
Simulating combined heat and moisture transfer with EnergyPlus: an uncertainty study and comparison with experimental data | 2013 | English
This article presents a comparison between experimental and numerical results in terms of coupled hygrothermal behavior. The measurements were taken on an experimental wooden-frame house located in France.
Effect of inner compression ratio adjustment on seasonal energy performance of inverter air conditioner | 2013 | English
The inherent feature of fixed inner volume ratio of the scroll compressor causes large degradation of the compressor’s indicated efficiency when the inner compression ratio mismatches with the system compression ratio under the off-design conditio