LoginIBPSA 2013 - Chambéry, France
International Building Simulation Conference 2013, Chambéry, France.
Contains 470 papers.
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This paper describes yearly and monthly optimization of greenhouse shells. Simulations adopt a validated building energy simulation program, adapted and re-validated for simulation of commercial greenhouses, including a tomato crop model.
Potential and parameter sensitivity of model based predictive control for concrete core activation and air handling unit | 2013 | English
This paper presents a sensitivity analysis of Model based Predictive Control (MPC) performance, with the final goal to rank the building and system parameters influencing the robustness of the MPC.
The aim of this paper is to develop an opti-mization algorithm to control the temperature in the occupation zone, using reduced-order ap-proaches based on POD.
Using building simulation to create marginal abatement cost curves of individual buildings | 2013 | English
This paper explores a technique for generating marginal abatement cost curves for individual build-ings.
Thermal renovation of buildings has other consequences than energy savings. In this project, a light framed renovation façade with a low U-value was added on existing heavy building envelop, for enhance its energy performance.
Evaluation of heat transfer coefficients in various airconditioning modes by using thermal manikin | 2013 | English
Today, radiant floor heating systems are generally used for heating indoor environments of residential buildings. Radiant heating is physically comfortable and energy use largely differs compared to convective heating.
Feasibility study of CFD prediction for evaluation of commercial kitchen environments | 2013 | English
A measurement technique was developed on capture efficiency of commercial kitchen ventilation systems affected by disturbance due to HVAC diffusers and movement of kitchen workers.
SRC (System of Resistances and Capacitances), is a new building thermal simulation program which uses an RC-Network representation to model the thermal flow among building elements and an H-Network rep-resentation to model the humidity mass flow amo
Individualization of a mathematical manikin model in terms of gender, age and morphological issues for predicting thermal comfort: a preliminary study | 2013 | English
To holistically understand the influence of inhomo-geneous and dynamic indoor climatic effects on hu-man thermal comfort, it is essential to investigate the appropriate dynamic human thermoregulatory pro-cesses and their complex interdependencies
Annual hourly CFD simulation: new approach— an efficient scheduling algorithm for fast iteration convergence | 2013 | English
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is one of the branches of fluid mechanics that uses numerical meth-ods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows.
Biomimicry offers opportunities to advance the development of flexible building facades.
Refurbishment of an event centre – how building simulation was used to formulate some fundamental design guidelines for an architectural competition | 2013 | English
This paper describes the investigation of a former sports centre in order to establish design guidelines for a refurbishment.
Optimizing insulation-thermal mass wall layer distribution from maximum time lag and minimum decrement factor point of view | 2013 | English
Different wall construction configurations lead to different wall thermal behaviour which affects energy consumption and thermal comfort of the room.
Comparison of inverse models used for the forecast of the electric demand of chillers | 2013 | English
Transient simulation calibration of an old building using an experimental design: evaluating uncertainty results | 2013 | English
Calibration of Building Energy Simulation is an under-determined problem. There can be several correct solutions. The consequences of using the Building Energy Simulation for retrofit design can be significant.
Conceptual energy modeling for architecture, planning and design: impact of using building performance simulation in early design stages | 2013 | English
Architecture practice is on the front line directly applying best-case evidence-based solutions to conserve energy.
Development of a method to predict building energy consumption through an artificial neural network approach | 2013 | English
The main objective of this study is to develop a more accurate method to estimate the energy consumption of commercial buildings at the design stage.
Human-behavior oriented control strategies for natural ventilation in office buildings | 2013 | English
Natural ventilation is a cost-effective way to reduce cooling energy for buildings. However, the performance of natural ventilation largely depends on outdoor climate.