Conference


Proceedings of Building Simulation 1997: 5th Conference of IBPSA

BS 1997 Prague, Czech Republic September 8-10, 1997



A COMPARISON OF WIND TUNNEL AND CFD METHODS APPLIED TO NATURAL VENTILATION DESIGN
D. K. Alexander, H. G. Jenkins, P. J. Jones
FAULT MODELLING IN COMPONENT-BASED HVAC SIMULATION
Philip Haves
THE USE OF A SIMPLE SIMULATION TOOL FOR ENERGY ANALYSIS
Risto Kosonen, Jari Shemeikka
A NEW SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING TRANSFER FUNCTION COEFFICIENTS FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL COMPUTER-AIDED THERMAL OPTIMIZATION TOOL
Ali M. Malkawi, John Wambaugh
MODELLING OF THE HEAT ISLAND GENERATED BY AN URBAN UNIT
F. Pignolet-Tardan, P. Depecker, F. Garde, L. Adelard, J.C. Gatina
PARAMETER ESTIMATION AND THE USE OF CATALOG DATA WITH TRNSYS
R. J. Rabehl, W. A. Beckman, J. W. Mitchell
OPTIMISATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN AN INTEGRATED BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM: PART I: CONVENTIONAL CENTRAL PLANT EQUIPMENT
Russell D. Taylor, Curtis O. Pedersen
OPTIMISATION OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN AN INTEGRATED BUILDING ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM: PART II: THERMAL STORAGE-BASED CENTRAL PLANT EQUIPMENT
Russell D. Taylor, Curtis O. Pedersen
INTEGRATED BUILDING SIMULATION TOOL – RIUSKA
Jokela M., Keinänen A., Lahtela H., Lassila K.
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF A TRADITIONAL ROUND HUT IN THE TROPICAL UPLAND CLIMATE
Albert Malama, Steve Sharples
A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF TWO HVAC PLANT MODELLING PROGRAMS
Christopher Underwood
SUN AND CLIMATE MODELING FOR THERMAL SIMULATION: PARAMETRIC MODELS RELEVANT AT EARLY DESIGN STAGES
Margit Rudy
SPREADSHEET MODELING OF THERMAL AND DAYLIGHTING PERFORMANCE
David Lord
REPRODUCING THERMAL COUPLING BETWEEN COMPONENTS IN A GENERIC ENVIRONMENT LIKE MATLAB
Gilles Lefebvre, Elena Palomo, Maria del Mar Izquierdo
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES IN SIMULATION TOOLS FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
Vladimir Bazjanac
SIMULATION AND FAULT DETECTION OF THE THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM
Nobuo Nakahara
NATURAL CONVECTION IN A SUPERPOSED AIR AND POROUS LAYER WHEN HEATED FROM BELOW
Mihail Serkitjis
DYNAMIC LINK OF LIGHT- AND THERMAL SIMULATION: ON THE WAY TO INTEGRATED PLANNING TOOLS
Sebastian Herkel
THE OPTIMAL INSULATION DETAIL OF THE THERMAL BRIDGE ADJACENT TO HOT WATER PIPES IN APARTMENT BUILDING SLABS
Seung Yeong Song, Kwang Woo Kim
BUILDING THERMAL SIMULATION USING A NEW TOOL – PASSPORT PLUS
M. Santamouris, C. A. Balaras, E. Dascalaki, S. Alvarez, J. F. Coronel, E. G. Rodriguez
PREDICTING NATURAL VENTILATION AIR VELOCITY USING DETERMINISTIC AND NON-DETERMINISTIC METHODOLOGIES
Mat Santamouris, Elena Dascalaki
A RANDOMISED APPROACH TO MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS OF BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
Sam C. M. Hui
GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR MODELLING BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS
Malcolm J. Cook, Kevin J. Lomas
OPTIMISATION OF DESIGN CRITERIA FOR SOLAR SPACE HEATING SYSTEMS THROUGH MODELLING AND SIMULATION
I. M. Michaelides, D. R. Wilson
SIMULATION OF A COMPLEX WIND AND BUOYANCY DRIVEN BUILDING
Michael J. Holmes, Sara McGowan
INTEGRATION OF BUILDING DESIGN TOOLS IN DUTCH PRACTICE
Win Plokker, Luc L. Soethout
A SYSTEMATIC METHOD FOR HYGROTHERMAL ANALYSIS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS USING COMPUTER MODELS
Stig Geving
SIMULATION OF VISUAL AND THERMAL COMFORT RELATED TO DAYLIGHTING AND SOLAR RADIATION IN OFFICE BUILDINGS
P. Laforgue, B. Souyri, M. Fontoynont, G. Achard
MULTI-YEAR (MY) BUILDING SIMULATION: IS IT USEFUL AND PRACTICAL?
Sam C. M. Hui, K. P. Cheung
DAYLIGHT MODELLING WITH PASSPORT-LIGHT
Aris Tsangrassoulis, Mat Santamouris
GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION OF A REDUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR THERMAL MODELS
E. Palomo, Y. Bonnefous, F. Déqué
A SUBSTRUCTURING APPROACH TO 3D CONDUCTION PROBLEMS. APPLICATIONS TO BUILDINGS’ COMPONENTS
Christophe Durmont, Bernard Flament
AN ILLUSTRATION OF AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF ZONAL MODELS
S. Gagneau, J. M. Nataf, E. Wurtz
SIMULATION-BASED FEATURES OF THE COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM DESCRIPTION TOOL XCEED
Keith L. Curtner, Patrick J. O’Neill, Don Winter, Paul Bursch
EXAMINATION OF THE CONCEPT OF USING “TYPICAL-WEEK” WEATHER DATA FOR SIMULATION OF ANNUALIZED ENERGY USE IN BUILDINGS
Larry O. Degelman
VENTILATION AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF DESIGN OPTIONS FOR STADIUM AUSTRALIA
K. J. Lomas, H. Eppel, M. Cook, J. Mardaljevic
A COMPARATIVE VALIDATION BASED CERTIFICATION TEST FOR HOME ENERGY RATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE
Joel Neymark, Ron Judkoff
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AIR FLOWS – AN ESSENTIAL TOOL OF COMFORT OPTIMIZATION OF MODERN BUILDINGS AND HVAC SYSTEMS
Blazej Ochocinski
COMIS 3.0 A NEW SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR MULTIZONE AIR FLOW AND POLLUTANT TRANSPORT MODELLING
Roger Y. Pelletret, Werner P. Keilholz
AN NMF BASED MODEL LIBRARY FOR BUILDING CLIMATE AND ENERGY SIMULATION
Mika Vuolle, Axel Bring
HEAT TRANSFER IN BLOCK WALLS
S. Hassid, E. Levinski
CALIBRATION OF HOURLY ENERGY SIMULATIONS USING HOURLY MONITORED DATA AND MONTHLY UTILITY RECORDS FOR TWO CASE STUDY BUILDINGS
Veronica I. Soebarto
THE MAIN FEATURES OF A NEW GENERATION BUILDING SIMULATION TOOL
Pekka Tuomaala, Kalevi Piira, Mika Vuolle
INFLUENCE OF MODELING UNCERTAINTIES ON THE SIMULATION OF BUILDING THERMAL COMFORT PERFORMANCE
Sten de Wit
THE USE OF A SIMULATION TOOL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF PASSIVE SOLAR HOUSES IN PORTUGAL
Helder P. Gonçalves, Marta N. Oliveira, Anita M. Patrício
RATIONAL OPERATION OF A THERMAL STORAGE TANK WITH LOAD PREDICTION SCHEME BY ARX MODEL APPROACH
Harunori Yoshida, Tatsuo Inooka
EVALUATION OF THE FINITE CONTROL VOLUME METHOD IN SIMULATING THERMAL FIRE RESISTANCE OF BUILDING ELEMENTS
W. K. Chow, C. M. Ho, N. K. Fong
RECENT CZECH BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION CASE STUDIES
F. Drkal, T. Dunovska, M. Neuzil, V
AN INVERSE MODEL TO PREDICT AND EVALUATE THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF LARGE COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS
Bass Abushakra
ENERGY-10: A DESIGN-TOOL COMPUTER PROGRAM
J. Douglas Balcomb
FORGET THE TOOL WHEN TRAINING NEW SIMULATION USERS
Jon W. Hand, Drury B. Crawley
THE VERIFICATION OF RADON PROTECTIVE MEASURES BY MEANS OF A COMPUTER MODEL
Martin Jiranek, Zbynek Svoboda
DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION TOOL FOR MOULD GROWTH PREDICTION IN BUILDINGS
Clarke J. A., Johnstone C. M., Kelly N. J., McLean R. C., Nakhi A. E.
SIMULATION OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC HYBRID FACADE
Olaf Gutschker, Harald Rogaß
SIMULATION TOOLS FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: THE ENTRACK-GIS SYSTEM
Clarke J. A., Evans M. S., Grant A. D., Kelly N.
COMPUTER MODEL OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING FROM THE PANEL SYSTEM T06B
Roman Rabenseifer
THE SIMULATIONS OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF RETROFITTED EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN ISTANBUL WITH MICRO-DOE-2.1E COMPUTER PROGRAM
Aslihan Tavil, Nil Sahal, Ertan Özkan
A NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW AND DISPERSION AROUND A CUBE
Thomas J. Scanlon
THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE FLOW POTENTIALS FOR MOI0STURE TRANSPORT MODELS
Graham H. Galbraith, R. Craig McLean, Jiansong Guo
SIMULATION OF SOLAR GAINS THROUGH EXTERNAL SHADING DEVICES
D. K. Alexander, K. A. Ku Hassan, P. J. Jones
MOISTURE PERMEABILITY DATA PRESENTED AS A MATHEMATICAL FUNCTION APPLICABLE TO HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT MODELS
Graham H. Galbraith, R. Craig McLean, Jiansong Guo
A USER-FRIENDLY TOOL FOR THE INTEGRATED SIMULATION OF BUILDING HVAC CONTROL PERFORMANCE
E. H. Matews, E. van Heerden
EXPERIENCE FROM A DESIGN ADVICE SERVICE USING SIMULATION
L. B. McElroy, J. W. Hand, P. A. Strachan
NEW EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING THE SUNPATH DIAGRAM AND SHADING MASK PROTRACTOR
John K. W. Oh, Jeff S. Haberl
VALIDATION OF DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION SIMPLIFIED MODELS
Dominique Manzoni, Pierre Guitton
AN APPLICATION MANUAL FOR BUILDING ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING
D. Bartholomew, J. Hand, S. Irving, K. Lomas, L. McElroy, F. Parand, D. Robinson, P. Strachan
COMMUNICATING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS OF INTERMEDIATE BUILDING DESIGN STATES
Godfried Augenbroe, Sten de Wit
NEW GENERATION OF SOFTWARE? MODELING OF ENERGY DEMANDS FOR RESIDENTIAL VENTILATION WITH HTML INTERFACE
Teresa Forowicz
MONITORING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AND HEAT SUPPLY COMPLEX
Bíla J., Broz K., Jírovsky V., Rodic H.
THE SIMULATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC-INTEGRATED BUILDING FACADES
Clarke J. A., Johnstone C., Kelly N., Strachan P. A.
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF A FLOW FIELD IN A VENTILATED INDUSTRIAL HALL
Jordan Denev, Peter Stankov, Dimiter Stoyanov, Pavel Spassov
SIMBAD: A SIMULATION TOOLBOX FOR THE DESIGN AND TEST OF HVAC CONTROL SYSTEMS
A. Husaunndee, R. Lahrech, H. Vaezi-Nejad, J. C. Visier
CA-SIS: A DESIGN TOOL FOR THERMAL STUDIES WITH A GRADUAL ACCESS
L. Tabary
INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER BASED MODELLING AND AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY BASED APPROACH TO BUILDING DESIGN IN POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
William J. Batty, Barbara Swann
A HYBRID MONITORING-MODELING PROCEDURE FOR ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE OF LARGE CENTRAL CHILLING PLANTS
Ricardo Troncoso
THERMOSTAT STRATEGIES FOR DISCRETIONARY HEATING AND COOLING OF DWELLINGS IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES
T. J. Williamson, P. Riordan
A STUDY ON THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE SIMULATION TO EVALUATE THE PREFABRICATED RADIANT FLOOR HEATING PANELS
Myoung Souk, Kwang Woo Kim
BUILDING ENERGY TOOLS DIRECTORY
Drury B. Crawley
ADELINE – AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO LIGHTING SIMULATION
Hans Erhorn, Jan de Boer, Michael Dirksmöller
AN ADVANCED GLAZING CASE STUDY FROM THE IMAGE PROJECT
J. A. Clarke, M. Janak, P. Ruyssevelt, R. Cohen, J. Bates
PHYSICAL SYSTEM MODELLING LANGUAGES : FROM ALLAN TO MODELICA
Alexandre Jeandel, Fabrice Boudaud
BUILDING THERMAL MODELS REDUCTION: IMPROVING EXISTING METHODS BY TAKING SPECTRAL INPUTS CHARACTERISTICS INTO ACCOUNT
E. Palomo, S. Dautin, A. Ait-Yahia, F. Déqué
PREDICTIVE OPTIMAL CONTROL OF FABRIC THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEMS
M. J. Ren, J. A. Wright
COUPLING BUILDING ENERGY AND LIGHTING SIMULATION
Milan Janak
A SURVEY OF USERS OF THERMAL SIMULATION PROGRAMS
Michael R. Donn
ELECTRIC STORAGE HEATERS IN BUILDING SIMULATION
Andrew J. Wright
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SKY LUMINANCE MODELS IN THE TROPICAL CONTEXT
K. P. Lam, A. Mahdavi, M. B. Ullah, E. Ng, V. Pal
THE IMPLICATIONS OF SKY MODEL SELECTION FOR THE PREDICTION OF DAYLIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN ARCHITECTURAL SPACES
K. P. Lam, A. Mahdavi, V. Pal
DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF HVAC SYSTEMS WITH BOND GRAPH’S
Wim Zeiler
SIMPLIFIED METHOD FOR UNDERGROUND HEAT TRANSFER CALCULATION
Sangho Choui, Moncef Krarti
SIMULATION OF A CENTRALIZED COOLING PLANT UNDER DIFFERENT CONTROL STRATEGIES
Jean-Pascal Bourdouxhe
BASESIMP: A RESIDENTIAL-FOUNDATION HEAT-LOSS ALGORITHM FOR INCORPORATING INTO WHOLE-BUILDING ENERGY-ANALYSIS PROGRAMS
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Gintas Mitalas
PREDICTING FOUNDATION HEAT LOSSES: NEURAL NETWORKS VERSUS THE BASESIMP CORRELATIONS
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Moncef Krarti
APPLICATION OF SIMULATION IN DESIGN AND OPERATION OF REFURBISHED BUILDINGS AND HEATING SYSTEMS
Felsmann , Knabe , Kremonke , Perschk
SIMULATION OF VENTILATION AND INDOOR AIR CONDITIONS OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS
Pavel Kic, Roberto Chiumenti, Stefano Bortolussi, Francesco da Borso
ROLE OF THE MODEL USER IN RESULTS OBTAINED FROM SIMULATION SOFTWARE PROGRAM
Gilles Guyon
TRNSYS 14 GOES WINDOWS AND WINDOW 4.1: TOOL FOR ENERGETIC AND VISUAL BUILDING SIMULATION
M. Schuler, H. Meyer, S. Holst, M. Hiller
VALIDATION OF A BUILDING THERMAL MODEL IN CLIM2000 SIMULATION SOFTWARE USING FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENTAL DATA, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS
Gilles Guyon, Nadia Rahni
CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR HEATING SYSTEMS
Niclas Björsell
TOWARD A SIMULATION-ASSISTED DYNAMIC BUILDING CONTROL STRATEGY
Ardeshir Mahdavi
CASCADE: A NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SYSTEM FOR ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS
A. Mahdavi, G. Liu, M. E. Ilal
AGGREGATE SPACE-TIME PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR SIMULATION-BASED BUILDING EVALUATION PROCEDURES
A. Mahdavi, P. Mathew, K. P. Lam
ACOUSTIC RENDERING OF BUILDINGS
Rudolf Rabenstein, Oliver Schips, Alexander Stenger
ANALYSING RADIATION TRANSPORT THROUGH COMPLEX FENESTRATION SYSTEMS
N. S. Campbell, J. K. Whittle
SOMBRERO - SHADOW CALCULATIONS ON ARBITRARILY ORIENTED SURFACES AS A PREPROCESSOR FOR SIMULATION PROGRAMS
J. Schnieders, A. Eicker, F. D. Heidt
AN OPEN ENDED MODULAR INTERFACE AND CONTROLLER LIBRARY FOR CLIM 2000
Kevin M. Murphy, Francis Déqué
WEATHER SEQUENCES FOR PREDICTING HVAC SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR IN RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED IN TROPICAL CLIMATES
L. Adelard, F. Garde, F. Pignolet-Tardan, H. Boyer, J. C. Gatina
DESIGN OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENT LIFE-CYCLE OPERATION USING THE ZEBRA SOFTWARE PACKAGE.
P. G. Marchallsay, R. E. Luxton
CALCULATION TOOL FOR EARTH HEAT EXCHANGERS GAEA
St. Benkert, F. D. Heidt, D. Schöler
ENERGYBASE: THE MERGER OF BLAST AND DOE–2
C. O. Pedersen, D. E. Fisher, R. J. Liesen, R. K. Strand, R. D. Taylor
COMPARISON OF COMPUTER AND MODEL SIMULATIONS OF A DAYLIT INTERIOR WITH REALITY
Dave Jarvis, Michael Donn
ENERGY SAVING IN OFFICE BUILDINGS. A CASE STUDY IN ROME THROUGH THE USE OF DOE-2 AND OTHER SIMULATION TOOLS
Marco Beccali, Roberto Caponio, Susanna Gara, Lorenzo Pagliano
COMPUTER-AIDED ENERGY USE ESTIMATION IN SUPERMARKETS
M. Orphelin, D. Marchio
VALIDATION OF HOT2000™ USING HERS BESTEST
Debra Haltrecht, Kathleen Fraser
APPLICATION OF SYSTEM SIMULATION TO WCH BOILER SELECTION
Jan Hensen, Karel Kabele
INTRODUCING IT BASED ENERGY SIMULATION COURSES IN CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE
Jan Hense, Milan Janak, Nick Kaloyanov, Paul Rutten
WHAT NEXT FOR BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION—A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE
D. B. Crawley, L. K. Lawrie, F. C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, A. E. Erdem, C. O. Pedersen, R. J. Liesen, D. E. Fisher, R. K. Strand, R. D. Taylor
IMAGE PROCESSING FOR URBAN SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING
Paul Richens
METHODOLOGY FOR MODELLING/SIMULATION OF AN OFFICE BUILDING EQUIPPED WITH AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM
Frédéric Milcent, Laurence Lapenu
A FUZZY CONTROL ADAPTED BY A NEURAL NETWORK TO MAINTAIN A DWELLING WITHIN THERMAL COMFORT
B. Egilegor, J.P. Uribe, G. Arregi, E. Pradilla, L. Susperregi
DECISION MAKING THROUGH USE OF INTEROPERABLE SIMULATION SOFTWARE
Konstantinos Papamichael, John La Porta, Hannah Chauvet