Conference


Proceedings of Building Simulation 1993: 3rd Conference of IBPSA

BS 1993 Adelaide, Australia August 16-18, 1993

List of topics



Air Flow Modelling



THE THEORY OF PLUMES ADAPTED TO MODEL AIR MOVEMENT IN NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS
P. Cooper
MULTI-GRID PREDICTION OF CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER AND AIR FLOW I N BUILDINGS
Yuguo Li, Sture Holmberg, Laszio Fuchs
THERMAL AND CFD MODELLING VS WIND TUNNEL IN NATURAL VENTILATION STUDIES
S. Stankovic, A. Setrakian
MODELLING AIR FLOWS AND BUILDINGS WITH NMF AND IDA
Axel Bring, Per Sahlin
APPLICATION OF THE SPARK ENVIRONMENT TO 3D AIR FLOW PROBLEMS
Jean Michel Nataf, Etienne Wurtz
AIR AND HEAT FLOW THROUGH LARGE VERTICAL OPENINGS
J. L. M. Hensen, J. van der Maas, A. Roos



Building Design



DESIGN AND EVALUATION IN THE EARLY PHASES OF THE DESIGN PROCESS: SOME PROBLEMS AND A SOLUTION
K. J. Veldhuisen, E.J. H. Hacfoort
SIMULATION.BASED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AS A DESIGN DECISION SUPPORT STRATEGY: EXPERIENCES WITH THE “INTELLIGENT WORKPLACE”
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Volker Hartkopf, Vivian Loftness, Khee Poh Lam
DYNAMIC SIMULATION SOFTWARE AS A GRAPHIC TOOL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING DESIGN
Larry O. Degelman, Tao-Kuang Huang
DESIGN DATA ACQUISITION FOR BUILDING SIMULATION
John Palmer, Marci Webster – Mannison



Building Simulation in Practice



COMPUTER SIMULATION OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG
Joseph C. Lam, Sam C. M. Hui
EVALUATION OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF LOW.COST TROPICAL HOUSING
P.J. Jones, D. K. Alexander, A. M. Rahman
COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM
Donald J. Frey, Peter C. Jacobs, Karl F. Johnson



Case Studies



THE APPLICATION OF RADIANCE TO DAYLIGHTING SIMULATION
Karl Frost, Mike Donn, Robert Amor
MULTIPLE MODEL SOFTWARE FOR AIRFLOW AND THERMAL BUILDING SIMULATION. A CASE STUDY UNDER TROPICAL HUMID CLIMATE IN RÉUNION ISLAND
H. Boyer, J. Brau, J. C. Gatina
BUILDING SIMULATION IN PRACTICE: THE PORTUGUESE EXPERIENCE
Helder Gonçalves



Controls and Equipment



THE USE OF SIMULATION DATA TO DESIGN RULE-BASED CONTROLLERS FOR HVAC SYSTEMS
A. L. Dexter, M. E. Hawkins
A PLANT COMPONENT TAXONOMY FOR ESP-R SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
T. T. Chow
STOCHASTIC MODELLING AND GENETIC ALGORITHM-BASED OPTIMAL CONTROL OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
H. N. Lam



Education



THE USE OF HYPERCARD AS A MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO DESIGN PROFESSIONALS
Helen Bernnetts, Susan Coldicutt
HOW TO TRAIN USERS OF SIMULATION BASED THERMAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TOOLS
J. W. Hand
AN INTEGRATION SYSTEM FOR ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION: THE CALIN PROJECT
Luc. Adolphe



General Validation



CAN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LEARN FROM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING?
Tony Pollard, Jim Plume
EMPIRICAL WHOLE MODEL VALIDATION CASE STUDY: THE PASSYS REFERENCE WALL
Soren Ostergaard Jensen
PROCEDURES FOR SCALING AND REPLICATION BY SIMULATION
P. A. Strachan



Heat and Mass Transfer



A SOLAR WALL SIMULATION MODULE
Kim B. Wittchen
IMPROVED FLUORESCENT LIGHTING MODELS FOR BUILDING ENERGY PROGRAMS
Edward F. Sowell, Karl Johnson
APPROACHES AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE SIMULATION OF SOLAR SYSTEMS
Jon Hand, Essam Aasern, Paul Strachan
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF MULTIROOM TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY VARIATION UNDER VARIABLE INFILTRATION CONDITIONS
Takao Tsuchiya, Kazumi Sakano
DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF COMBINATION OF EVAPORATIVE COOLING WITH COOLED CEILING SYSTEMS FOR OFFICE ROOM COOLING
J. Niu, J. van der Kooi
THE DETERMINATION OF VAPOUR AND LIQUID TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS AS INPUT TO COMBINED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODELS
Graham H. Galbraith, R. Craig McLean



Lighting



SIMULATING THE DAYLIGHT PERFORMANCE OF FENESTRATION SYSTEMS AND SPACES OF ARBITRARY COMPLEXITY: THE IDC METHOD
K. Papamichael, L. Beltrán
LIGHTCAD AND LIGHTPAD . TWO NEW PROGRAMS FOR CIMPROVING THE DESIGN AND APPLICATI ON OF LIGHTING IN BUILDINGS
Karl F. Johnson, G. Kimball Hart, John Weidt
MODELLING THE SKY – A STANDARD DIGITAL FORM
Nancy Ruck, Geoffrey Roy, Graeme Reid



Mathematical Methods



APPLYING SIMULATION OF OPTIMAL SYSTEMS IN BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Ilari Aho, Mingzhe Xu, Juhani Hyvärinen
ON THE EFFICIENCY OF PARTITIONING IN OBJECT-BASED SIMULATION
Jean-Michel Nataf, Rolf Ebert
A MODULAR APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING A MODELLING ENVIRONMENT OF THERMAL SYSTEMS: THE SYMBOLPROJECT
R. Ebert, G. Lefebvre, B. Flament



Multi-Discipline, Integrated Tools



MULTI-DISCIPLINARY VIEWS TO AN INTEGRATED SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
Robert Amor, Mike Donn, Nigel Isaacs, John. Hosking
AN INTEGRATED SIMULATION NETWORK
Godfried Augenbroe, Peter Bijvoet, Leo Nederlof, Wouter Rombouts, Peter de Vries
AN INTEGRATED DESIGN AND APPRAISAL SYSTEM
N. D'Cruz, M. Vuong



Object-Orientated Environments



THE ENERGY KERNEL SYSTEM: FORM AND CONTENT
J. A. Clarke, D. F. Mac Randal



Object.Orientated Environments



IDA MODELLER: A ‘MAN.MODEL’ INTERFACE FOR BUILDING SIMULATION
Per Sahlin
APPLICATION OF THE OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING PARADIGM TO BUILDING PLANT SYSTEM MODELLING
D. Tang, J. A. Clarke



Policy, Standards, Regulations



TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED: THE USE OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE MODELLING FOR REGULATORY ACTIVITY IN AUSTRALIA
Alan Pears
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL SECTOR LOAD AGGREGATION AND DSM IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
Curt Hepting, Norm Weaver, Gifford Jung
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE COMPLIANCE CHECKING USING AN INTEGRATED HYPERTEXT AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM
Krishnan Gowri, Paul Fazio, Dan Seth



Simplified Models



STEPHANIE: A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH TO ENERGY ANALYSIS IN BUILDINGS
J. M. S. Dionisio
THE IMPACT OF VARIATIONS IN BUILDING PARAMETERS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS ON COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENERGY USE AND LOAD SHAPES
Yu Joe Huang, James W. Hanford, Mike Piraino
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE MODEL TO RELATE HEATING AND COOLING ENERGY TO BUILDING ENVELOPE THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS
Daniel M. Sander, Steve Comick, Guy R. Newsham, Drury B. Crawley



Simulation Environments



THE CONCEPT OF INTELLIGENT SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT
Roger Pelletret, Souheil Soubra, Werner Keilholz, Z. Belghali
RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SPARK: STRONG COMPONENT DECOMPOSITION, MULTIVALUED OBJECTS,AND GRAPHICAL INTERFACE
W. F. Buhl, A. E. Erdem, F. C. Winkelmann, E. F. Sowell
ALLAMSIMULATION: A GENERAL SOFTWARE TOOL FOR MODEL DESCRIPTION AND SIMULATION
Alexandre Jeandel, Fabien Favret, Laurence Lapenu, Eric Lariviere



Structures and Construction



REPRESENTING ROBOTS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION
Rudi Stouffs, Stephen R. Lee, Ramesh Krishnamurti, Iiving J. Oppenheim
THERMAL LOADS – A STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS PERSPECTIVE
Malcom J. S. Hirst



User Interfaces



INTELLIGENT CAD AS AN INTERFACE TO THERMAL SIMULATION PROGRAMS
Robin Drogemuller, Harry Suehrcke
PUTTING INTERACTIVE CAD SYSTEMS IN PERSPECTIVE
Paul Taplin
ENERGY AND COMFORT OPTIMISATION FOR THE HOME BUILDER
S. K. Moller, K. I. Guthrie
IMPROVEMENTS TO USER.FRIENDLINESS OF A COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) CODE FOR SIMULATION OF AIR MOVEMENT IN BUILDINGS
Joseph C. Lam, Richard Yuen, T. M. Lau
CLIM 2000: MODULAR SOFTWARE FOR ENERGY SIMULATION IN BUILDINGS
D. Bornneau, F.X. Rongere, D. Covalet, B. Gautier
IMPLEMENTATION OF SIMULATION BASED DESIGN TOOLS IN PRACTICE
J. A. Clarke, D.F. Mac Randal



User Needs & Experiences



A VIEW OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION
Antony D. Radford
BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION SOFTWARE: AND ENDE USER’S VIEWPOINT
Stephen K. Logan
JOINING FORCES IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
J. L. M. Hensen, J. A. Clarke, J. W. Hand, P. Strachan
HOTCALC MICROCOMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL WATER HEATING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
Kari F. Johnson, Alan C. Shedd, Donald W. Abrams



Validation Case Studies



THERMAL DESIGN TOOLS IN AUSTRALIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEMPER, CHEETAH, ARCHIPAK AND QUICK
Q.T. Ahmad, S.V. Szokolay
MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF THE THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF A DWELLING UNDER ALLAN ( ACCÉS À DES LOGICIELS EN LANGAGE NATUREL OR ACCESS TO SOFTWARE UN NATURAL LANGUAGE)
K. Boulkroune, Y. Candau, G. Piar, A. Jeandel
SIMULATION STUDY OF COUPLED ENERGY SAVING SYSTEMS INCLUDED IN REAL SITE BUILDING
A. Trombe, L. Serres, A. Mavroulakis



Weather



LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
Murray D. Mason, Trevor M. Kingston
THE CREATION OF WEATHER DATA FILES TO FULFIL THE SIMULATION NEEDS OF NEW ZEALAND
Mike Donn, Robert Amor
COMPILATION OF MONTHLY WORLD WEATHER DATA AND TRANSFORMATION INTO HOURLY BASIS FOR THE CALCULATION OF AIR CONDITIONING LOAD AT AN ARBITRARY LOCATION IN THE WORLD
Hiroshi Akasaka, Yoshinobu Arai, Soichiro Kuroki, Satashi Ohara