Conference


Proceedings of Building Simulation 1991: 2nd Conference of IBPSA

BS 1991 Nice, France August 20-22, 1991

List of topics


Control and Management


GAS-FIRED HEATING PLANT MANAGEMENT
D. Caccavelli, E. Hutter, S. Nibel, P. Picard
STUDY ON OPTIMAL START/STOP OPERATION OF HYDRONIC HEATING SYSTEMS
R. Kohonen, A. Laitinen, L. Aho, M. Madjidi, W. Stephan
INTERMITTENT HEATING SYSTEM CONTROL BASED ON THE QUADRATIC OPTIMIZATION PRINCIPLE
H. Zhao, J. C. Visier
APPLICATION OF FUZZY CONTROL FOR BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Pierre Yves Glorennec
THE SIMULATION OF LARGE SCALE INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Louis Laret
THE USE OF BUILDING EMULATORS TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
E. Hutter, H. Vaezi-Nejad, A. L. Dexter, P. Haves, G. Kelly, P. Nusgens, S. Wang


Daylighting


SIMULATION OF NATURAL LIGHTING: FROM GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATION TO OCCUPANCY EVALUATION
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Liana Berberidou-Kallikova
THE USE AND EVALUATION OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DAYLIGHT AND DUNLIGHT PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS
Sheila Birch, Ian Frame
A DESIGN TOOL FOR INTERIOR DAYLIGHTING DESCRIPTION OF LUMINOUS ENVIRONMENT WITH IMAGE SYNTHESIS
Michel Perraudeau, Gerard Le Strat
AN INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC INTERFACE FOR DAYLIGHTING DESIGN WITH SUPERLITE
Murray Milne, Updai Yuliatmo, Marc Schiler
BEEM: A SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE TO CALCULATE DAYLIGHTING AND OTHER IMPACTS OF FENESTRATION
Robert A. Rundquist


Design and Technology Transfer


AN ENERGY EVALUATIVE COMPARISON OF A THERMAL CONFORT DESIGN MODEL
Loukas N. Kalisperis, Mitch Steinman, Luis H. Summers
COMFORT ANALYSIS AS A CRITERION FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT
F. Thellier, A. Cordier, M. Galeou, F. Monchoux, O. Fudym
MULTI APPROACHES OF COMFORT IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING: THE AMACH PROJECT
Luc Adolphe, Ljubica Mudri
WHOLE-BUILDING ENERGY TARGETS: A METHODOLOGY FOR FUTURE PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDS
Robert S. Briggs, Michael R. Brambley
LIFE-CYCLE COST OPTIMIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DESIGNS
William L. Carroll
COMPUTER USE INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING SALES, DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
G. Z. Brown, Margot McDonald, Matt Meacham
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT HVAC SYSTEMS
Radu Zmeureanu, Paul Fazio, Dan Seth
THE APPLICATION OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Jon W. Hand
THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN SIMULATION SOFTWARE
R. E. Urban, W. A. Beskman, J.W. Mitchell


Fluid Flow Modelling


NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INDOOR AERODYNAMICS IN BIG ENCLOSED SPACES
W. K. Chow, W. K. Wong, K. T. Chan, W. Y. Fung
SIMULATION OF AIR FLOW IN NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS
G. Gan, H. B. Awbi, D. J. Croome
ACCURATE NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AIR FLOWS IN VENTILATED MULTI-ROOMS
Yuguo Li, Lazslo Fuchs, Xue-song Bai
SIMULAR AIR: A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT AIR FLOW PROGRAM
R. Mohr, J. Fuerst
CLIM 2000: THE BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION TOOL AND THE MODELLING METHOD
B. Gautier, F. X. Rongere, D. Bonneau
SIMPLIFIED MODELLING OF AIR MOVEMENTS INSIDE DWELLING ROOM
H. Bouia, P. Doliciaux
SIMULATION OF THERMAL COUPLING BETWEEN A RADIATOR AND A ROOM WITH ZONAL MODELS
C. Inard, D. Buty
SCALE MODELS AND CFD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF AIR FLOW IN PASSIVELY VENTILATED BUILDINGS
G. S. Barozzi, E. Nobile, M. S. Imbabi, A. C. M. Sousa
NUMERICAL DATABASE APPLICATION TO BUILDING MODELS
John F. Kendrick


Heat and Mass Transfer


ALGORITHMS FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL HEAT TRANSFER IN BUILDINGS
Samuel Hassid
A TRANSIENT MODEL FOR ANALYZING THE HYGROTHERMAL BEHAVIOR OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS
Carsten Rode Pedersen
REVERSIBLE SORPTION MODELING FOR MULTI-ZONE CONTAMINANT DISPERSAL ANALYSIS
James Axley
WATER VAPOR ADSORPTION AND TRANSFER IN MICROPOROUS BUILDING MATERIALS. A NETWORK SIMULATION
Daniel Quenard, Hebert Sallee
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT IN WALLS OF RESIDENCES
Graig A. Spolek
DYNAMIC MODELLING OF INDOOR AIR HUMIDITY
F. W. H. Yik
A RESPONSE-FACTOR METHOD FOR CALCULATING COUPLED HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER IN BUILDINGS
A. E. Delsante
THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF A HEAT EMITTING DEVICE IN UNSTEADY STATE
L. Fulcheri, R. Attalage
USE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AIR FOR COOLING OF BUILDINGS
Allan Kirckpatrick, Tor Malstrom, Kevin Knappmiller, Douglas Hittle, Paul Miller, Vahab Hassani, Ren Anderson


Intelligent Environments


SETIS: AN INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR BUILDING THERMAL DESIGN
C. Robin, J. Brau, P. Depecker
LEARNING MODELS – A NEW APPROACH TO SIMULATION
L. Jankovic
AN INTELLIGENT FRONT END FOR BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION ON MICROCOMPUTER ENVIRONMENT
Byungseon Sean Kim, Larry O. Degelman
COUPLING EXPERT SYSTEMS TO THERMAL CALCULATION COMPUTER CODES
Nicolas Morel, Florence Hagen
DISTRIBUTED KNOWLEDGE BASES AS AN INTEGRATED BUILDING SYSTEM
Christof A. Hertkorn
EXPERT SYSTEM FOR HEATING EQUIPMENTS’MODELLING IN CLIM 2000
Denis Covalet


Modelling Approaches


A SIMULATION APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN BUILDINGS
J. L. M. Hensen, J. A. Clarke
IMPACT OF SIMULTANEOUS SIMULATION OF BUILDINGS AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN HEAT BALANCE BASED ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAMS ON SYSTEM RESPONSE AND CONTROL
Russell D. Taylor, Curtis O. Pedersen, Dan Fisher, Richard Liesen, Linda Lawrie
BUILDING SIMULATIONS USING THERMAL AND CFD MODELS
Ara Setrakian, Don McLean
PARALLELIZATION OF MODULAR SIMULATION PROGRAMS IN AN OBJECT ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT: THE TRNSYS CASE
P. Y. Glorennec, R. El Boussarghini
SIMULATION OF PROCESSES IN BUILDINGS AS A FACTOR IN THE OBJECT REPRESENTATION OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS
Filiz Ozel
BUILDING DESIGN WITH A MULTI-DISCIPLINE CAD SYSTEM USING OBJECT-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT
G. Achard, J. Dufau, M. Mommessin, G. Sauce
SIMULATION OF THERMAL BUILDING BEHAVIOUR BASED ON AN OBJECT ORIENTED ADA IMPLEMENTATION
R. Ebert, B. Peuportier, G. Lefebvre
THE MODEL COUPLING PROBLEM: METHODS USED IN SOME BUILDING ANALYSIS TOOLS AND THE ALMETH PROPOSITIONS
A. M. Dubois, L. Laret, J. L. Dufresne, J. Y. Grandpeix, A. Lahellec, R. Ebert, G. Lefebvre, J. L. Joly, J. L. Plazy, M. Pottier
USING REGRESSION EQUATIONS TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF INPUTS TO ENERGY SIMULATION TOOLS
Patrick J. O’Neill, Drury B. Crawley, J. Steven Schliesing
THE SIMPLIFIED SIMULATION CODE “LEGO” FOR HVAC-BUILDINGS SYSTEM DESIGN
F. Groppi, C. Priolo
A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THERMAL MODELLING OF BUILDING: THE MODAL SYNTHESIS
B. Flament, L. Blanc Sommereux, A. Neveu


Simulation Environments


THE ENERGY KERNEL SYSTEM
J. A. Clarke, K. James, D. Tang, P. Charlesworth, G. Hammond, A. Irving, B. Lee, D. Mac Randal, S. Lockley, T. J. Wiltshire, A. J. Wright
THE GENERALISED SYSTEM SOLUTION CLASSES IN THE EKS ENVIRONMENT
D. Tang
AN NMF-BASED COMPONENT LIBRARY FOR FIRE SIMULATION
Kjell Kolsaker
IDA SOLVER - A TOOL BUILDING AND ENERGY SYSTEMS SIMULATION
Per Sahlin, Axel Bring
MODELLING PLATFORM WITH MULTIPLE REPRESENTATION FORMALISMS
Francis Lorenz
THE ALMETH PROJECT ZOOM CODE: RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES
J. L. Bonin, C. Butto, J. L. Joly, V. Platel, M. Rigal, J. L. Dufresne, J. Y. Grandpeix, A. Lahellec
INTEGRATION OF SIMULATION INTO THE BUILDING DESIGN PROCESS
Godfried Augenbroe, Frederick Winkelmann
LINKING TWO BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION TOOLS TO A PRODUCT MODEL TESTBED
Godfried Augenbroe, Pauline Wilschut, Wouter Rombouts
THE INTEGRATED DESIGN AND CONTROL OF BUILDINGS
Don Mclean
COMBINE: HVAC-DESIGN PROTOTYPE SPECIFICATION
Paul F. Monaghan, Jim Flynn, Martin Commins, Joe Kennington
BUILDING REPRESENTATION FOR DESIGN INTEGRATION
Albert A. J. Pols
THE INTEGRATION OF A RADIATOR NETWORK DIMENSIONING PROGRAM WITH A BUILDING PRODUCT MODEL
Raine Talonpoika, Hannu Rissanen
APPLICATION OF SIMULATION PROGRAMS TO THE ASSESSMENT OF OVERHEARTING RISKS IN BUILDINGS AND THE WORK OF IEA ANNEX 21
B. Warren, T. J. Wiltshire, D. P. Bloomfield, F. Parand, L. Roche
AN EDUCATIONAL DESIGN FOR COURSEWARE RELATING TO HEATING LOAD CALCULATIONS IN BUILDINGS
P. F. Monaghan, M. M. Keane
PERFORMANCE SIMULATION AS A FRONT-END TOOL FOR ”INTEGRATIVE” CONCEPTUAL DESIGN EVALUATION
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Khee Poh Lam


Specific Tools


BREHOMES: A PHYSICALLY BASED OF THE ENERGY USE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HOUSING STOCK
L. D. Shorrock, G. Henderson, J. H. F. Bown
PC SCREENING TOOLS FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
Karl F. Johnson, Ronald D. Wendland, Ingrid Rohmund
A GRAPHICAL MAN MACHINE INTERFACE FOR MODULAR HVAC SYSTEM SIMULATION PROGRAMS
H. Riaux, J. Miriel, P. Boinet
MODELS AND FEATURES IN HOT-2000 VERSION 6
Brian Bradley, Mark Riley
COMFIE: A SOFTWARE FOR PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN
Bruno Peuportier, Isabelle Blanc Sommereux
SIMULATION OF THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF COMPLEX BUILDINGS USING ISI
Gearoid M. Lane, Paul J. Nolan, Joseph M. Fegan


Validation


AN APPROACH TO THERMAL MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF BUILDINGS AT GAZ DE FRANCE
Alexandre Jeandel, Isabelle Palero, Louis Laret
TOOLS FOR WHOLE MODEL VALIDATION OF BUILDING SIMULATION PROGRAMS EXPERIENCE FROM THE CEC CONCERTED ACTION PASSYS
Soren Ostergaard Jensen, Rik Van de Perre
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF HLITE USING DATA FROM THE NIST INDOOR TEST CELL
Gene P. David
TOWARDS AN INTERACTIVE MODEL VALIDATION FACILITY
P. Strachan, J. A. Clarke
METHODS TO COMPARE MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATIONS
E. Palomo, J. Marco, H. Madsem
ON SITE INDENTIFICATION OF BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCES
V. Richalet, F. Neirac
EXPLORING AN INTEGRATED DATA BASE STRUCTURE FOR BUILDING ENERGY MONITORING DATA
Jeff Haberl, Vandana Jagannathan, Robert Lopez, Robert Sparks, Kelly Kissock, Dean Willis, David Claridge
A STATISTICALLY-BASED HOURLY WEATHER DATA GENERATOR FOR DRIVING ENERGY SIMULATION AND EQUIPAMENT DESIGN SOFTWARE FOR BUILDINGS
Larry O. Degelman
THE DESIGN REFERENCE YEAR
Hans Lund