Conference


Proceedings of Building Simulation 2009: 11th Conference of IBPSA

BS 2009 Glasgow, Scotland July 27-30, 2009

List of topics



Advanced Systems Modelling



AN IMPLEMENTATION OF CO-SIMULATION FOR PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF INNOVATIVE INTEGRATED HVAC SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS
Marija Trcka, Michael Wetter, Jan L.M. Hensen
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR THE SIMULATION OF BOILERS USING OIL, GAS, PELLETS OR WOOD CHIPS
Michel Haller, Lars Konersmann, Robert Haberl, Angela Dröscher, Elimar Frank
COMPUTER SIMULATION FOR BETTER DESIGN AND OPERATION OF LARGE OFFICE BUILDING AIR-CONDITIONING
Milos Lain, Jan Hensen, Vladimir Zmrhal
DYNAMIC MODELLING OF SHIP ENVIRONMENTS WITH ESP-R
Andrew Pennycott, Aizaz Samuel
DYNAMIC TEST METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE GLOBAL SEASONAL PERFORMANCE FACTOR OF HEAT PUMPS USED FOR HEATING, COOLING AND DOMESTIC HOT WATER PREPARATION
P. Riederer, V. Partenay, O. Raguideau
RECENT ADVANCES IN SIMULATION-POWERED BUILDING SYSTEMS CONTROL
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Mathias Schuss, Georg Suter, Susanne Metzger, Sergio Camara, Sokol Dervishi



Advances in applications: case studies



CFD APPLICATIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE TOMBS OF THE VALLEY OF KINGS, LUXOR
Essam E Khalil
DESIGN AND FUTURE OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT OFFICE BUILDINGS IN NORWAY
Matthias Haase, Inger Andresen, Berit Time, Anne Grete Hestnes
THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE BUILDINGS IN GHANA
Christian Koranteng, Ardeshir Mahdavi -Kristina Orehounig, Claus Pröglhöf
THERMAL SIMULATION AND COOLING ENERGY SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF A TYPICAL SHOPHOUSE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA
Rahmi Andarini, A.K. Pratiwi
NUMERICAL EVALUATION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENT IN SUBWAY ISLAND PLATFORM WITH DCV SYSTEM
Jing Liu, Xiao-chi Deng, Yin Wang
SIMULATION OF A LARGE CENTRAL COOLING AND HEATING PLANT USING TRNSYS AND CALIBRATION WITH MONITORED DATA
Danielle Monfet, Radu Zmeureanu
ANALYSIS OF THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF EARTH-SHELTERED HOUSES WITH SOUTHERN ELEVATION EXPOSED
Maja Staniec, Henryk Nowak
NUMERICAL SIMULATION ON TRANSIENT ACCESSIBILITY OF SUPPLY AIR AND CONTAMINANT SOURCE IN VENTILATED ROOM
Xiaojun Ma, Jiujiu Chen, Fenfei Zhu, Xiaoliang Shao, Xianting Li
COURTHOUSE ENERGY EVALUATION: BIM AND SIMULATION MODEL INTEROPERABILITY IN CONCEPT DESIGN
Paola Sanguinetti, Charles Eastman, Godfried Augenbroe
THE USE OF CFD APPLIED TO STUDIES OF VENTILATION IN URBAN AREAS IN CAMPINAS, BRAZIL
M. C. A. Oliveira, L. C. Labaki, P. Vatavuk



Advances in applications: design optimisation



MODELLING TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL BENEFITS OF THREE LOW ENERGY TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING
Yixing Chai, Jianjun Ye, Fan Wang
OPTIMIZATION OF DAYLIGHT IN BUILDINGS TO SAVE ENERGY AND TO IMPROVE VISUAL COMFORT: ANALYSIS IN DIFFERENT LATITUDES
Michele De Carli
MULTI-CRITERIA OPTIMAL DESIGN OF RESIDENTIAL VENTILATION SYSTEMS
Young-Jin Kim, Cheol-Soo Park
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VENTILATION STRATEGIES IN RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Young-Jin Kim, Cheol-Soo Park
THE EFFECT OF PCM INTERIOR FINISHING MATERIAL WITH MOISTURE SORPTION AND DESORPTION CHARACTERISTICS ON HYGROTHERMAL CONTROLL OF ROOMS
Akihito Ozaki, Yuki Satou, Myonghyang Lee, Chisato Matsuda
STUDY ON OPTIMAL ENERGY SYSTEM DESIGN FOR APARTMENT HOUSE USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
Janghoo Seo, Ryozo Ooka, Genku Kayo
SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND PREDICTION OF THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF AN APARTMENT ENVELOPE IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN
Yu Young-Dong, Woo Sae-Jin, Suh Hye-Soo
ANALYSIS OF LIFE CYCLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD OF INSULATION DESIGN FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN CHINA
Lijing Gu, Borong Lin, Xiaoru Zhou, Yingxin Zhu
FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF COUPLED HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER IN TYPICAL EARTH-SHELTERED BUILDING ENVELOPE
Xibin Ma, Baoyi Cheng, Jinfeng Mao, Wenjie Liu, Dongyi Zi
SIMULATION OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT OFFICE BUILDINGS IN NORWAY
Matthias Haase, Igor Sartori, Natasa Djuric, Rasmus Hoseggen



Advances in applications: HVAC and control



RAISING EVAPORATIVE COOLING POTENTIALS USING COMBINED COOLED CEILING AND HIGH TEMPERATURE COOLING STORAGE
Jianlei Niu, Xichun Wang, A.H.C. van Paassen
PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY INDEPENDENT CONTROL AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND THE CONVENTIONAL AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM
Haiqiang Zhang, Xiaohua Liu, Yi Jiang
EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF PREDICTIVE AND OPTIMUM HVAC CONTROL SYSTEM APPLYING THE OPEN PLATFORM TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING
Yasuo Utsumi, Kazuyuki Kamikura, Syuzo Kishima, Utarou Taira, Ryushi Kimura, Tsuyoshi Fujita
ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL OF COOPERATIVE OPERATION BETWEEN DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING PLANT AND BUILDING HVAC SYSTEMS
Yoshitaka Uno, Reiko Kubara, Yoshiyuki Shimoda
HVAC DESIGN INFORMED BY ORGANIZATIONAL SIMULATION
Zhengwei Li, Yeonsook Heo, Godfried Augenbroe
APPLICATION OF WATER MIST PRE-COOLING ON THE AIR-COOLED CHILLERS
Jia Yang, K. T. Chan, Xiangsheng Wu
ENERGY SAVING EFFECT OF HIGH-EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES IN INDUSTRIAL COOLING PLANT SYSTEM
Tatsuya Fukuzaki, Yasunori Akashi, Masato Miyata, Shohei Sueyoshi
APPLICATION OF RADIANT COOLING IN DIFFERENT CLIMATES: ASSESSMENT OF OFFICE BUILDINGS THROUGH SIMULATION
Zhen Tian, James A. Love
THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF EARTH-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR REDUCING COOLING ENERGY DEMAND OF OFFICE BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Abdullahi Ahmed, Kenneth Ip, Andrew Miller, Kassim Gidado
INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS AIRCONDITIONING SCHEMES FOR MUSEUM BUILDINGS



Advances in applications: renewables, passive designs, demand reduction



ENVELOPE INSULATION AND HEAT BALANCE IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Ana Paula Melo, Roberto Lamberts
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE PHOTOVOLTAIC DOUBLE-SKIN FACADE
Zhongzhu Qiu, Tintai Chow, Peng Li, Chunying Li, Jianxing Ren, Wenhuan Wang
MODELLING BUOYANCY INDUCED FLOWS OF PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEMS
Pedro Correia da Silva, Vítor Leal, J. Correia da Silva
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN AIR-TO-AIR HEAT PUMP COUPLED WITH TEMPERATE AIR-SOURCES INTEGRATED INTO A DWELLING
Bruno Filliard, Alain Guiavarch, Bruno Peuportier
ENERGY AND THERMAL COMFORT EVALUATION FOR DIFFERENT PASSIVE SOLUTIONS IN A KINDERGARTEN IN SUMMER CONDITIONS
Eusébio. Z. E. Conceição, Margarida C. Lopes, Maria Manuela J. R. Lúcio
ENSURING DESIRED NATURAL VENTILATION RATE BY MEANS OF OPTIMIZED OPENINGS
Louis Stephan, Alain Bastide, Etienne Wurtz, Bernard Souyri
DETAILED MODELING OF SOLAR FLAT-PLATE COLLECTORS WITH DESIGN TOOL KOLEKTOR 2.2
Tomas Matuska, Vladimir Zmrhal, Juliane Metzger
COMBINED SOLAR THERMAL AND GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM
Farzin M. Rad, Alan S. Fung, Wey H. Leong



Advances in building physics, microclimate



PROGRESS IN SIMULATION OF A THERMAL PROBE: MODELLING THE PROBE TO SAMPLE CONDUCTANCE
P. de Wilde, R. Griffiths, S. Grove, S. Goodhew
RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS AND NEURO-INVERSE APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING THE THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY OF BUILDING MATERIALS
Stéphane Grieu, Adama Traoré, Olivier Faugeroux, Bernard Claudet, Frédérik Thiery, Jean-Luc Bodnar
DUAL STAGE SIMULATIONS TO STUDY THE MICROCLIMATIC EFFECTS OF TREES ON THERMAL COMFORT IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, CAIRO, EGYPT
Mohamad Fahmy, Stephen Sharples, Ali Eltrapolsi
RESEARCH ON MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION OF THE WIND ENVIRONMENT AROUND BUILDINGS IN CAMPUS
Bing Wang, Borong Lin
LOCAL WIND AND RAIN CONDITIONS IN SEMI-CLOSED NARROW CORRIDORS BETWEEN BUILDINGS
Katarzyna Klemm, Dariusz Heim
INVESTIGATING CHANGES IN FAÇADES’ ENERGY BALANCE ACCORDING TO COATING OPTICAL PROPERTIES
Maxime Doya, Emmanuel Bozonnet, Francis Allard
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LOCAL LOSS COEFFICIENTS OF VENTILATION DUCT FITTINGS Vladimir Zmrhal; Jan Schwarze
Vladimir Zmrhal, Jan Schwarzer
POSSIBLE IMPACT ON TEMPERATURE BY DIFFERENCES IN URBAN DISTRICT CONFIGURATIONS
N. Umemiya, S. Sakurai, M. Kawamoto, R. Okura
PREDICTING THE TEMPERATURE PROFILE OF INDOOR BUILDINGS BY USING ORTHONORMAL BASIS FUNCTIONS
Bruno C. Reginato, Roberto Z. Freire, Gustavo H. C. Oliveira, Nathan Mendes, Marc O. Abadie
ESTABLISHING A SIMPLIFIED CORRELATION BETWEEN A PROPOSED DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE AND A THERMALLY EQUIVALENT SINGLE SKIN FAÇADE FOR DYNAMIC BUILDING ENERGY MODELLING
Harris Poirazis, Mikkel Kragh



Buffering and Materials



ON MODELLING MOISTURE BUFFERING WHEN EVALUATING HUMIDITY CONTROLLED HVAC SYSTEMS
Marijke Steeman, Kim Goethals, Jelle Laverge, Arnold Janssens, Michel De Paepe
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF INTERIOR MOISTURE BUFFERING
Hans Janssen
IN SITU DETERMINATION OF THE MOISTURE BUFFERING POTENTIAL OF ROOM ENCLOSURES
Evy Vereecken, Staf Roels, Hans Janssen
STUDY OF THE TRANSIENT BEHAVIOUR OF A HEMP CONCRETE BUILDING ENVELOPE
A. D. Tran Le, C. Maalouf, T. H. Mai, E. Wurtz



CFD



SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF PREDICTED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER AT INTERNAL BUILDING SURFACES TO DIFFUSER MODELLING IN CFD
Kim Goethals, Arnold Janssens
RESULTS FROM A CFD REFERENCE STUDY INTO THE MODELLING OF HEAT AND SMOKE TRANSPORT BY DIFFERENT CFD-PRACTITIONERS
Marcel Loomans, Tony Lemaire, Mirjam van der Plas
A PROTOTYPE MESH GENERATION TOOL DEVELOPMENT FOR CFD SIMULATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE DOMAIN
Rui Zhang, Yongjie Zhang, Khee Poh Lam, David H. Archer
BUILDING SIMULATION OF THERMAL ENVIRONMENT USING RESPONSE FACTOR ANALYSED BY THREE-DIMENSIONAL CFD FACTOR
Kyosuke Hiyama, Yoshihiro Ishida, Shinsuke Kato
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF COLD AIR JET ATTACHMENT TO NON ADIABATIC WALLS
Nikola Mirkov, Zana Stevanovic, Zarko Stevanovic



CFD and Air Flow in Design Practice



CFD ANALYSIS OF NATURAL VENTILATION IN LARGE SEMI-ENCLOSED BUILDINGS – CASE STUDY: AMSTERDAM ARENA FOOTBALL STADIUM
Twan van Hooff, Bert Blocken
DYNAMIC THERMAL MODELLING AND PHYSICAL WIND TUNNEL TESTING: AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP FOR BUILDING SIMULATION 2009 CONFERENCE
Catherine Simpson, Michael Whalley



Climate and Microclimate



APPLICATION OF CFD IN BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION FOR THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT
Bert Blocken, Ted Stathopoulos, Jan Carmeliet, Jan Hensen
ASSESSING THE ERROR FROM FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR URBAN MICROCLIMATE IN COMPUTER SIMULATION OF BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE
T. J. Williamson, Evyatar Erell, Veronica Soebarto
MULTISCALE MODELLING OF URBAN CLIMATE
Adil Rasheed, Darren Robinson
ON SELECTING WEATHER DATA SETS TO ESTIMATE A BUILDING DESIGN’S ROBUSTNESS TO CLIMATE VARIATIONS
Christian Struck, Pieter de Wilde, Janneke Evers, Jan Hensen, Wim Plokker



Comfort and Health



ENERGY CONSERVATION VS HEALTH: THE AIR QUALITY PICTURE
Aizaz Samuel
PRODUCTIVITY AND SICK LEAVE INTEGRATED INTO BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION
Wim Plokker, Aad Wijsman
IMPACT OF OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR ON LIGHTING ENERGY USE
Wout Parys, Dirk Saelens, Hugo Hens
ANNUAL SIMULATION OF IN-DUCT ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
William Bahnfleth
LIFE-CYCLE COST SIMULATION OF IN-DUCT ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION SYSTEMS
Bruno Lee



Commissioning



SIMULATION AND BIM FOR BUILDING DESIGN, COMMISSIONING AND OPERATION: A COMPARISON WITH THE MICROELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
Paul Tuohy
RETRO-COMMISSIONING OF A HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM IN A DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM
Eikichi Ono, Harunori Yoshida, Fulin Wang
VERIFICATION OF OPTIMUM OPERATION METHOD BY SIMULATION FOR THE HVAC SYSTEM WITH A THERMAL STORAGE TANK IN AN ACTUAL BUILDING
Hiromasa Yamaguchi, Harunori Yoshida, Naoki Matsushita, Hisataka Kitora
SIMULATION BASED PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF LOW-ENERGY BUILDING SYSTEM USING TWO-STAGE OPTIMIZATION
Zhen Yu



Commissioning and validation



THERMAL MODELING OF THE COOLING CEILING SYSTEMS AS COMMISSIONING TOOL
Nestor Fonseca Diaz, Jean Lebrun, Philippe André
COMMISSIONING CASE STUDY OF A COOLING CEILING SYSTEM
Nestor Fonseca Diaz, Philippe André, Cristian Cuevas
ON-LINE MONITORING STATION FOR ENERGY DIAGNOSIS IN BUILDINGS
Benjamin Paris, Thierry Talbert, Julien Eynard, Stéphane Grieu, Adama Traoré, Monique Polit
VALIDATION OF THE BUILDING THERMAL SIMULATION TOOL FOCUSED ON EFFECT OF EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Yoshiki Higuchi, Mitsuhiro Udagawa
DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF EQUATION BASED SIMULATION TOOLS TO SUPPORT AUDIT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Stephane Bertagnolio, Jean Lebrun, Philippe André
COMMISSIONING OF A COUPLED EARTH TUBE AND NATURAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT THE POST-ACCEPTANCE STEP
Song Pan, Mingjie Zheng, Harunori Yoshida
CALIBRATION OF AN ENERGYPLUS SIMULATION MODEL BY THE STEMPSTAR METHOD
Antonio Carrillo, Fernando Dominguez, Jose M. Cejudo
CASE STUDY OF ENERGY DIAGNOSIS SIMULATION OF VAV AHU SYSTEM CONTROLS
Bin Yan, Ali M. Malkawi, Yongning Zhang, Jianjun Xia
TESTING AND VALIDATION OF SIMULATION TOOLS OF HVAC MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THEIR CONTROL STRATEGIES PART I: DESCRIPTION OF THE VALIDATION TEST CASES
Clemens Felsmann, Jean Lebrun, Vincent Lemort, Aad Wijsman



Compliance Exemplars



DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB-BASED, CODE-COMPLIANT 2001 IECC RESIDENTIAL SIMULATOR FOR TEXAS
Jeff Haberl, Charles Culp, Bahman Yazdani
EVALUATION OF A PRESCRIPTIVE VENTILATION STANDARD WITH REGARD TO 3 DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Jelle Laverge, Arnold Janssens
DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB-BASED, CODE-COMPLIANT ASHRAE 90.1-1999 COMMERCIAL SIMULATION FOR TEXAS
Jeff Haberl, Charles Culp, Bahman Yazdani
INTEGRATED CALCULATIONS OF THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF BUILDINGS AND PROCESSES IN AHU – THE TOOL FOR ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF COMPLEX BUILDINGS
Maciej Mijakowski, Piotr Narowski, Jerzy Sowa
THE APPLICATION OF SIMULATION IN THE PREDICTION AND ACHIEVEMENT OF ABSOLUTE BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE
Paul Bannister



Cooling and Phase Change



A REVISED RADIANT TIME SERIES (RTS) METHOD FOR INTERMITTENT COOLING LOAD CALCULATION
Mingxian Cui, Tingyao Chen
NUMERICAL METHOD FOR CALCULATING LATENT HEAT STORAGE IN CONSTRUCTIONS CONTAINING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
Jorgen Rose, Andreas Lahme, Niels Uhre Christensen, Per Heiselberg, Magne Hansen, Karl Grau
NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE THICKNESS AND MELTING POINT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS: APPLICATION TO THE RENOVATION OF A LOW INERTIA SCHOOL
Joseph Virgone, Jean Noël, Raymond Reisdorf



Dealing with Climate Change



MODELLING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURES TO REDUCE OVERHEATING RISK IN EXISTING DWELLINGS
Rachel Capon, Jake Hacker
FIRST EXPERIENCES USING CLIMATE SCENARIOS FOR THE NETHERLANDS IN BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION
Wim Plokker, Janneke Evers, Christiaan Struck, Aad Wijsman, Jan Hensen



Demand Modelling and Optimisation



ANALYZING THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF PERMUTATIONS OF ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES WITH BATCH SIMULATIONS AND PARETO OPTIMIZATION
Kristien Achten, Roel De Coninck, Griet Verbeeck, Jeroen Van der Veken
OPTIMISATION OF URBAN ENERGY DEMAND USING AN EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM
Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Darren Robinson
IMPACT OF INSULATION ON BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Jong-Jin Kim, Jin Woo Moon
IMPACT OF GREY WATER HEAT RECOVERY ON THE ELECTRICAL DEMAND OF DOMESTIC HOT WATER HEATERS
Parham Eslami-nejad, Michel Bernier



Design Case Studies 2



DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMALLY ROBUST SCHOOL OUTLINE DESIGN FOR THE DIFFERENT CLIMATE REGIONS OF TURKIYE
Gülsu Ulukavak Harputlugil, Pieter de Wilde, Jan Hensen, Gülser Çelebi



Design Case Studies 3



THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A DATA CENTRE COOLING SYSTEM UNDER FAULT CONDITIONS
Michaël Kummert, William Dempster, Ken McLean



Design Case Sudies 1



VENTILATION OPERATION IN HOSPITAL ISOLATION ROOM: A MULTI-CRITERION ASSESSMENT CONSIDERING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Sean Hay Kim, Godfried Augenbroe



Design Case Sudies 2



DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE OFFICE BUILDING SIMULATION MODEL FOR A HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE
Soolyeon Cho, Jeff S. Haberl



Design Process and Data Quality Assurance



IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN BUILDING SIMULATION SUPPORTED PROJECTS
L. Prazeres, J. Kim, J. Hand
MODELLING AN EXISTING BUILDING IN DESIGNBUILDER/ENERGYPLUS: CUSTOM VERSUS DEFAULT INPUTS
Holly A. Wasilowski, Christoph F. Reinhart



Energy Demands



IMPACT OF ADOPTING THE TIME-OF-USE RATE PLANS ON THE ELECTRICITY COST IN THE CANADIAN RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
Ali M. Syed
WHOLE BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION AND ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF A LARGE PUBLIC BUILDING
Yiqun Pan
THE INFLUENCE OF DESIGN DECISIONS ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF UFRN CAMPUS, BRAZIL
Raoni Venâncio, Aldomar Pedrini
SIMULATING ENERGY USE IN MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS WITH MEASURED, NON CONSTANT HEAT GAINS FROM HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICITY
Dennis Johansson, Hans Bagge
DERIVING U.S. HOUSEHOLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION PROFILES FROM AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY DATA – A BOOTSTRAP APPROACH
Yun-Shang Chiou



Environmental Impact and LZC Assessment



EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF BUILDINGS WITH LESOSAI 6
Didier Favre, Stéphane Citherlet
A METHODOLOGY AND TOOLKIT FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION OF LZC TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BUILDING DESIGN PROCESS
Yaseen Waseem, Nick Kelly, Tom Scanlon, Neil Hall



Glazing and Lighting



PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PV VENTILATED GLAZING
Tin-tai Chow, Zhongzhu Qiu, Chunying Li
APPLICATIONS OF IMAGE BASED RENDERING IN LIGHTING SIMULATION: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF IMAGE BASED SKY MODELS
Mehlika Inanici
COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS FOR PREDICTING VERTICAL DAYLIGHT LEVELS IN ATRIUM BUILDINGS
Jiangtao Du, Steve Sharples
PRACTICAL METHOD TO MODEL TREES FOR DAYLIGHTING SIMULATION USING HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Khaled A. Al-Sallal
IMPACT OF WINDOW DESIGN VARIANTS ON LIGHTING AND COOLING LOADS: CLUES FOR REVISITING LOCAL BUILDING REGULATIONS
Sanyogita Manu, Rajan Rawal
THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE ELEMENTS HAVING GLAZING SURFACES
Ioan Moga, Ligia Moga
FIELD SUMMER PERFORMANCE OF INTERIOR REFLECTIVE SCREEN SHADES FOR RESIDENTIAL WINDOWS
A. D. Galasiu, A. Laouadi, M. M. Armstong, M. C. Swinton, F. Szadkowski
INFLUENCES OF LIGHTING CONTROL AND NATURAL VENTILATION ON ENERGY USE AND OVERHEATING FOR A DAY-LIT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING
Xiaoxin Wang, Chris Kendrick, Ray Ogden
ENERGY-EFFICIENT WINDOW FOR CLASSROOM IN WARM TROPICAL AREA
Floriberta Binarti
MANUAL VS. OPTIMAL CONTROL OF EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR BLIND SYSTEMS
Deuk-Woo Kim, Cheol-Soo Park
INTEGRATED BUILDING ENERGY AND LIGHTING SIMULATION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF EU PV–LIGHT PROJECT
Milan Janak, Reinhard Kainberger
THE IMPACT OF GLAZING SELECTION ON DAYLIGHTING AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE FOR AN OFFICE BUILDING IN CANBERRA
Peter Taylor, Hélène Duponchel, Paul Bannister
ANALYSIS OF DAYLIGHTING DEVICES FOR TYPICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS OF NEW DELHI, INDIA
Neha Singhal, Tanmay Tathagat, Rajan Rawal
THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF THE WINDOW SHADE
Yun Kyu Yi, Ali M. Malkawi
ANALYSIS OF ENERGYPLUS DAYLIGHTING MODULE RESULTS: A BRAZILIAN CASE
Rejane Magiag Loura, Eleonora Sad de Assis, Roberta Vieira Gonçalves de Souza
A SIMULATION ASSESSMENT OF THE HEIGHT OF LIGHT SHELVES TO ENHANCE DAYLIGHTING QUALITY IN TROPICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS UNDER OVERCAST SKY CONDITIONS IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH
Ashikur Rahman Joarder, Zebun Nasreen Ahmed, Andrew Price, Monjur Mourshed



Heat and Moisture Modelling



EXTERNAL COUPLING BETWEEN BES AND HAM PROGRAMS FOR WHOLE-BUILDING SIMULATION
Daniel Cóstola, Bert Blocken, Jan Hensen
APPLICATION OF EXTERNALLY-COUPLED BES-CFD IN HAM ENGINEERING OF THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT
Mohammad Mirsadeghi, Bert Blocken, Jan Hensen
AN ONSET TO WHOLE BUILDING HYGROTHERMAL MODELLING UNDER WIND-DRIVEN RAIN LOADS
Masaru Abuku, Hans Janssen, Staf Roels
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER IN HISTORICAL CERAMIC MASONRY WALL
Dariusz Heim, Sebastian Krawczynski, John Grunewald
COMMON EXERCISES IN WHOLE BUILDING HAM MODELLING
Carsten Rode, Monika Woloszyn



Heat Pumps and Ground Heat Exchange



COMPARISON OF A GROUND-COUPLING REFERENCE STANDARD MODEL TO SIMPLIFIED APPROACHES
Timothy P. McDowell, Jeff W. Thornton, Matthew J. Duffy
SEASONAL STORAGE OF SOLAR ENERGY IN BOREHOLE HEAT EXCHANGERS
Simon Chapuis, Michel Bernier
SIMULATION OF A DOMESTIC GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM USING A TRANSIENT NUMERICAL BORSEHOLE HEAT EXCHANGER MODEL
Miaomiao He, Simon Rees, Li Shao
USE OF RESPONSE FACTOR METHOD TO MODEL EARTH-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER BEHAVIOUR: INTEGRATION IN A WHOLE BUILDING SIMULATION INTO SIMSPARK PLATFORM
Pierre Tittelein, Etienne Wurtz, Gilbert Achard
INFLUENCE OF GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER MODELLING ON THE PREDICTED EFFICIENCY OF THE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM
Wojciech Kozak, Joachim Seifert, Wolfgang Richter



Human aspects of indoor environment



UTILIZATION OF THERMAL MASS IN THE TORONTO NET ZERO ENERGY HOUSE FOR THERMAL COMFORT AND ENERGY SAVINGS
Omar Siddiqui, Alan Fung
RESEARCH ON INDOOR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE TERMINAL 1 OF CHENGDU SHUANGLIU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Jiying Liu, Nanyang Yu, Bo Lei, Xiangyang Rong, Ling Yang
JUDGMENT ON THE PRESENCE OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT FOR BLIND SLAT ANGLE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Mutsuo Honma, Takaharu kawase, Satsuki Yoneda
CROWD NOISE MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATION IN LARGE STADIUM USING BEAMFORMING
Mojtaba Navvab
HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL HEAT TRANSFER SIMULATION WITH CFD: THE ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES
Yi Zhang, Divine Novieto, Yingchun Ji



Indoor Air Flow and Natural Ventilation



SURVEY OF THE EXISTING APPROACHES TO ASSESS AND DESIGN NATURAL VENTILATION AND NEED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
Marcello Caciolo, Dominique Marchio, Pascal Stabat
O-ZONE: AUTOMATIC GENERATOR OF ZONAL MODEL DEDICATED TO DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF AIR FLOWS AND HEAT TRANSFERS IN A ROOM
Sihem Tasca-Guernouti, Marjorie Musy, Gérard Hégron
CURRENT AND LIKELY FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF ADVANCED NATURAL VENTILATION
Yingchun Ji, Kevin J. Lomas
HIGH-PERFORMACNE AND LOW-COST COMPUTING FOR INDOOR AIRFLOW
Wangda Zuo, Qingyan Chen
STUDY ON ENERGY MODELING METHODS OF ATRIUM BUILDINGS
Yiqun Pan



Inverse Modelling and Calibration



DATABASE AND SIMULATION MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR MODELLING THE ENERGY USE OF NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Yohei Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Shimoda
CALIBRATION OF A COMPUTER MODEL OF A NATURALLY-VENTILATED HOUSE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL
Cláudia Donald Pereira, Enedir Ghisi
ASSISTED CALIBRATION IN BUILDING SIMULATION–ALGORITHM DESCRIPTION AND CASE STUDIES
Karine Lavigne



Issues in Compliance



UK BUILDING ENERGY CALCULATION SOFTWARE APPROVAL SCHEME
Michael Chin Nam Lim
AN ANALYSIS OF RESULTS VARIABILITY IN ENERGY PERFORMANCE COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION TOOLS
Rokia Raslan, Michael Davies, Nick Doylend
ASSET RATING: DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM SOFTWARE
Angelo Milone, Daniele Milone, Salvatore Pitruzzella
METHODOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE PORTUGUESE THERMAL REGULATION ACCURACY FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
Pedro Silva
COMPARISON OF STANDARD AND CASE-BASED USER PROFILES IN BUILDING’S ENERGY PERFORMANCE SIMULATION
Sergio Cantos Gaceo, Félix Iglesias Vázquez, Jordina Vidal Moreno



Lighting and Daylighting



LIGHTING POWERS IN SHOPS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF A SHOPPING MALL
Sofia Stensson, Monica Axell, Per Fahlén, Jörgen Eriksson, Simon Roos
DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT TOOL FOR THERMAL AND LUMINOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN IN OUTDOOR AND SEMI-OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE USING NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
Kazuaki Nakaohkubo, Akira Hoyano



Low Carbon Heating, Cooling and Electricity



DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF A COMPLETE SOLAR ASSISTED CONDITIONING SYSTEM IN AN OFFICE BUILDING USING TRNSYS
Sébastien Thomas, Philippe André
IMPLEMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF COMBUSTION ENGINE MICROCOGENERATION ROUTINE FOR THE SIMULATION PROGRAM IDA-ICE
Kari Alanne, Niklas Söderholm, Kai Sirén
MODELLING SPACE HEATING SYSTEMS CONNECTED TO DISTRICT HEATING IN CASE OF ELECTRIC POWER FAILURE
Patrick Lauenburg, Per-Olof Johansson, Janusz Wollerstrand
NUMERICAL MODELLING OF MULTIPLE STANDING COLUMN WELLS FOR HEATING AND COOLING BUILDINGS
Bobo Mingsum Ng, Chris Underwood, Sara Walker
POTENTIAL FOR THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVANCEMENT IN DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING PLANT BY RENOVATION
Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Yoshitaka Uno, Yoshie Togano, Ryo Sunagawa, Yutaka Shoji



Modelling



COUPLING OUTER-BODY AIRFLOW AND INNER-BODY THERMOREGULATION MODELS TO PREDICT THERMAL COMFORT IN NONUNIFORM ENVIRONMENTS
Gao Naiping, Niu Jianlei, Zhang Hui
HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER THROUGH CLOTHING
Conrad Voelker, Sabine Hoffmann, Oliver Kornadt, Edward Arens, Hui Zhang, Charlie Huizenga
SIMULATING THE EFFECT OF COMPLEX INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT
Paul C. Cropper, Tong Yang, Malcolm J. Cook, Dusan Fiala, Rehan Yousaf
MODEL-ADAPTIVE ANALYSIS OF INDOOR THERMAL COMFOR
Christoph van Treeck, Jérôme Frisch, Martin Egger, Ernst Rank



Modelling Air Flow



A NEW UNDER-AISLE DISPLACEMENT AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR WIDE-BODY AIRCRAFT CABINS
Shi Yin, Tengfei Zhang
INTEGRATION OF NATURAL VENTILATION MODELS IN THE HYGROTHERMAL AND ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM POWERDOMUS
Roberto Z. Freire, Marc O. Abadie, Nathan Mendes
NUMERICAL STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF A CEILING HEIGHT FOR DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION
Yukihiro Hashimoto, Hiroko Yoneda
PERFORMANCE OF MIXED-MODE COOLING STRATEGIES FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS IN ARID CLIMATES
Sherif Ezzeldin, Simon Rees, Malcolm Cook



Modelling Future Energy Demand



EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS IN HOTELS IN 2030
Simon Taylor, Thomas Achtmanis, Li Shao
ESTIMATION OF HEATING ENERGY USE OF EXISTING HOUSES IN A FUTURE CLIMATE: 2050 VS 2007
Radu Zmeureanu, Guillaume Renaud, Camille Julien, Jean Brau
MODELING THE GLOBAL WARMING EFFECT ON INDOOR TEMPERATURE PEAKS AND COOLING SYSTEMS CONSUMPTION
Tímea Dénes-Béjat, Emmanuel Bozonnet, Isabelle Calmet



Modelling of Controllers



APPLICATION OF ANN (ARTIFICIAL-NEURAL-NETWORK) IN RESIDENTIAL THERMAL CONTROL
Jin Woo Moon, Sung Kwon Jung, Jong-Jin Kim
REAL CONTROLLERS IN THE CONTEXT OF FULL-BUILDING, WHOLE-YEAR SIMULATION
Per Sahlin, Axel Bring, Lars Eriksson
SELF-CALIBRATION AND OPTIMAL CONTROL OF A DOUBLE-SKIN SYSTEM
Seong-Hwan Yoon, Cheol-Soo Park, Godfried Augenbroe, Deuk-Woo Kim
EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF AIR-CONDITIONER ENERGY SAVING CONTROL CONSIDERING INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT
Fulin Wang, Harunori Yoshida, Bo Li, Noriko Umemiya, Satoshi Hashimoto, Takaaki Matsuda, Hideo Shinbayashi
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF DETAILED BUILDING, PLANT AND CONTROLLER MODELLING TO DEMONSTRATE INTERACTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Jeremy Cockroft, David Kennedy, Martin O'Hara, Aizaz Samuel, Paul Strachan, Paul Tuohy



Modelling of Heat Transfer Processes



DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A VERSATILE METHOD FOR THE CALCULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER IN WATER-BASED RADIANT SYSTEMSq
Massimiliano Scarpa, Karl Grau, Bjarne W. Olesen
ENERGY MODELLING OF ETFE MEMBRANES IN BUILDING APPLICATIONS
Harris Poirazis, Mikkel Kragh, Charlie Hogg
A FUNDAMENTAL APPROACH TO COOLING LOAD CALCULATIONS FOR UFADS AND STRATIFIED SPACES
Curtis O. Pedersen
APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR THE HEAT TRANSFER IN PACKED BEDS FOR SOLAR THERMAL STORAGE IN BUILDING SIMULATORS
F. R. Villatoro, J. Pérez, F. Domínguez-Muñoz, J. M. Cejudo-López
ENERGY CAPTURE USING URBAN SURFACE WATER: MODELLING AND IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS
Evelyn Aparicio Medrano, Kees Wisse, Rob Uittenbogaard



Modelling Prerequisites and Simple Models



PRECONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF SIMULATION IN M&E ENGINEERING
P. de Wilde, D. Prickett
A SIMPLE CHILLER MODEL FOR HOURLY TIME STEP APPLICATIONS
Gerhard Zweifel
SIMPLE, FULLY FEATURED BOILER LOOP MODELLING
Erica Kenna, Paul Bannister
A TWO-NODE HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER NETWORK MODEL FOR LONG-TERM SIMULATION OF VOID SPACE OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENT HOUSES EQUIPPED WITH GASFIRED BOILERS
Tatsuo Nagai, Takashi Kurabuchi
COMBINING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DETAIL IN MODELLING FOR AN IMPROVED PRECISION OF HVAC PLANT SIMULATION
Manuel Ljubijankić, Christoph Nytsch-Geusen



Occupant Data Collection and Behavioural Modelling



TOTAL UTILITY DEMAND PREDICTION BASED ON PROBABILISTICALLY GENERATED BEHAVIROAL SCHEDULES OF ACTURAL INHABITANTS
Jun Tanimoto, Aya Hagishima
A COMPREHENSIVE STOCHASTIC MODEL OF BLIND USAGE: THEORY AND VALIDATION
Frédéric Haldi, Darren Robinson
TOWARD EMPIRICALLY-BASED MODELS OF PEOPLE’S PRESENCE AND ACTIONS IN BUILDINGS
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Claus Pröglhöf
A COMPREHENSIVE STOCHASTIC MODEL OF WINDOW USAGE: THEORY AND VALIDATION
Frédéric Haldi, Darren Robinson



Occupant Data Collection and Modelling 2



SENSOR-BASED OCCUPANCY BEHAVIORAL PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR ENERGY AND COMFORT MANAGEMENT IN INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS
Bing Dong, Burton Andrews



Occupant Data Collection and Modelling 3



OCCUPANCY DETECTION THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR NETWORK IN AN OPEN-PLAN OFFICE BUILDING
Khee Poh Lam, Michael Höynck, Bing Dong, Burton Andrews, Yun-Shang Chiou, Rui Zhang, Diego Benitez, Joonho Choi



Occupant Data Collection and Modelling 4



INFORMATION-THEORETIC ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES SELECTION FOR OCCUPANCY DETECTION IN OPEN OFFICES
Khee Poh Lam, Michael Höynck, Rui Zhang, Burton Andrews, Yun-Shang Chiou, Bing Dong, Diego Benitez



Occupant Data Collection and Modelling 5



NEW ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDING CONCEPTS AFFECTING HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT AND SENSATION
Pekka Tuomaala, Kalevi Piira, Jouko Piippo, Riikka Holopainen, Miimu Airaksinen



Occupant Data Collection and Modelling 6



USING AN INVERSE METHOD TO EVALUATE ENVELOPE THERMAL PROPERTIES
Layal Chahwane, Pierre Tittelein, Etienne Wurtz, Bruno Zuber



Optimisation



A GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR OPTIMIZATION OF BUILDING ENVELOPE AND HVAC SYSTEM PARAMETERS
Matti Palonen, Ala Hasan, Kai Siren
APPLICATION MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR OPTIMAL DESIGN METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEM
Genku Kayo, Ryozo Ooka
COMBINATION OF OPTIMISATION ALGORITHMS FOR A MULTI-OBJECTIVE BUILDING DESIGN PROBLEM
Mohamed Hamdy, Ala Hasan, Kai Siren
GENETIC OPTIMIZATION OF EXTERNAL SHADING DEVICES
Marco Manzan, Francesco Pinto
USE OF GENETIC ALGORITHMS FOR MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION OF BUILDING REFURBISHMENT
Fanny Pernodet, Hicham Lahmidi, Pierre Michel



Performance Analysis



MODELLING OF HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS FOR DIFFERENT HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS IN LOW ENERGY BUILDING
Joachim Seifert
MODELING AND EXPERIMENT ANALYSIS OF VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Xuhui Wang, Jianjun Xia, Xiaoliang Zhang, Sumio Shiochi, Chen Peng, Yi Jiang
SIMULATION OF PASSIVE DOWN-DRAUGHT EVAPORATIVE COOLING (PDEC) SYSTEMS IN ENERGYPLUS
Daeho Kang, Richard K. Strand
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF A GROUND COUPLED HVAC SYSTEM
N. Pardo, Á. Montero, A. Sala, J. Martos, J.F. Urchueguía
PERFORMANCE PREDICTION ON THE FINNED-TUBE DRY COOLER IN WINTER PERIOD
Bing Yu, Xichun Wang, Peter Luscuere



Performance Assessment Comparisons



COMPARISON OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BETWEEN LEED, BREEAM AND GREEN STAR
Ya Roderick, David McEwan, Craig Wheatley, Carlos Alonso
A COMPARISON OF THE UK STANDARD ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE (SAP) AND DETAILED SIMULATION OF BUILDING-INTEGRATED RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
G. B. Murphy



Performance Assessment Tools and Analysis



BEHAVIOURAL COMPARISON OF SOME PREDICTIVE TOOLS USED IN A LOW-ENERGY BUILDING
Adrien Brun, Clara Spitz, Etienne Wurtz, Laurent Mora
BUILDING SIMULATION AS AN ASSISTING TOOL IN DESIGNING AN ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING: A CASE STUDY
Michael Pollock, Ya Roderick, David McEwan, Craig Wheatley



Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal



A SIMPLE MODEL OF DOMESTIC PV SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTEGRATION WITH BUILDING LOADS
Steven K. Firth, Richard A. Buswell, Kevin J. Lomas
DEVELOPMENT OF AN AIR-BASED OPEN LOOP BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC/THERMAL SYSTEM MODEL
Luis Candanedo, William O'Brien, Andreas Athienitis
A COMPARATIVE SIMULATION STUDY OF SOLAR FLAT-PLATE COLLECTORS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING ENVELOPE
J. Metzger, T. Matuska, H. Schranzhofer
DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND DAYLIGHT UTILIZATION FOR FAÇADE WITH SEMITRANSPARENT PHOTOVOLTAICS
Leanne Robinson, Andreas Athienitis



Policy, code compliance and stock modelling



THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE BUILDING AND EPBD: A ROUND ROBIN TEST
Kristian Fabbri, Lamberto Tronchin
ADOPTION OF DYNAMIC SIMULATION FOR AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE RATING TOOL FOR KOREAN RESIDETNTIAL BUILDINGS:EDEM-SAMSUNG
Sabeeta Ghauri, Jon Hand, Cameron Johnstone, Jaemin Kim-
PRELIMINARY APPLICATION OF A METHODOLOGY FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF THERMAL FAILURES IN BUILDINGS SUBJECT TO CLIMATE CHANGE
P. de Wilde, W. Tian
EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR RADIATION ON HEATING ENERGY CONSERVATION OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Seiji Nakano, Akihito Ozaki, Toshiyuki Watanabe
THE DYNAMIC MODEL OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENERGY PRICE CHANGES ON ENERGY SAVING INVESTMENTS IN BUILDINGS
Dalibor Vytlacil
INVESTIGATING CO2 EMISSION REDUCTIONS IN EXISTING URBAN HOUSING USING A COMMUNITY DOMESTIC ENERGY MODEL
Steven K. Firth
ACCURACY OF THE PORTUGUESE EPBD IMPLEMENTED THERMAL PERFORMANCE CALCULATION PROCEDURES – RCCTE
Pedro Silva
A NEW GEOGRAHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM-BASED APPROACH TO MAP AND REDUCE ENERGY-RELATED CO2 EMISSIONS FROM UK DWELLINGS
Rajat Gupta
DEVELOPMENT OF RIBA SUB-PROCESS TO ASSIST REDUCTION OF BUILDING LIFE CYCLE IMPACT: INTEGRATION OF RIBA WORKSTAGE WITH EU EIA LEGISLATION AND ISO14040
Eugene Loh, Nashwan Dawood, John Dean



Residential Demands



STUDY ON SIMULATION MODELLING STRATEGY FOR PREDICTING THERMAL ENERGY DEMAND PROFILES OF RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX
Minhwan Kim, Insoo Yook, Dongho Kim, Laehyun Kim, Jaemin Kim
ON PREDICTING THE MAGNITUDE AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF COOLING LOADS IN DETACHED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
THE EFFECTIVENES OF INTRODUCING EFFECTIVE ENERGY SAVINGS MEASURES FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN JAPAN’S RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
Tomo Okamura, Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Yohei Yamaguchi, Yukio Yamaguchi



Shading and Facades



ACTIVE SOLAR SHADING
Dennis Johansson
CALIBRATION OF MODELS WITH MICROSHADE
Soren Ostergaard Jensen
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STATIC VS. DYNAMIC CONTROLS OF DOUBLE-SKIN SYSTEMS
Seong-Hwan Yoon, Cheol-Soo Park, Joon-Woo Lee
MODELING FENESTRATION WITH SHADING DEVICES IN BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION: A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Bartosz A. Lomanowski, John L. Wright
METHOD FOR EVALUATING EXTERNAL SHADING DEVICE INFLUENCES ON ZONE GAINS BY ENERGYPLUS SIMULATION PROGRAMME
Neslihan Türkmenoglu Bayraktar, Vildan Ok



Simulation and the User



THE ARCHITECT AS PERFORMER OF ENERGY SIMULATION IN THE EARLY DESIGN STAGE
Suhas Bambardekar, Ute Poerschke
SIMULATION IN THE SERVICE OF DESIGN: ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
Michael Donn, Steve Selkowitz, Bill Bordass



Simulation Assisted Control and Control Strategy Development



CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING ENERGY IN A BUILDING MOCK-UP
Julien Eynard, Benjamin Paris, Stéphane Grieu, Thierry Talbert, Frédérik Thiery
KEY FACTORS: METHODOLOGY FOR ENHANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE
Andrea Costa, Marcus Keane, Paul Raftery, James O'Donnell
A SIMULATION-SUPPORTED CONTROL SCHEME FOR NATURAL VENTILATION IN BUILDINGS
Ardeshir Mahdavi, Kristina Orehounig, Claus Pröglhöf



Simulation within the Design Process



INTEGRATING ENERGY SIMULATION INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS: A CASE STUDY OF THE ALDO LEOPOLD LEGACY CENTER
D. Michael Utzinger, David E. Bradley
SIMULATION OF A MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING IN MADRID, SPAIN
Francesc Bonvehí, Mónica Bobrovsky, Sergi Cantos, Marco Massetti



Software developments 1



A NEW APPROACH TO INTER-ZONAL ADJACENCIES ANALYSIS FOR BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAMS
Piotr Narowski



Software developments 10



COUPLING OF TRNSYS WITH SIMULINK: A METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY EXPORT AND USE TRNSYS MODELS WITHIN SIMULINK AND VICE VERSA
P. Riederer, W. Keilholz, V. Ducreux
DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR RADIATION AND BIPV DESIGN TOOL AS ENERGYPLUS PLUGIN FOR GOOGLE SKETCHUP
Stephen K. Wittkopf, Ashwin Kambadkone, He Quanhui, Ng Poh Khai



Software developments 2



COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS OF MODELING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR KITCHEN VENTILATION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MULTI-ZONE APPROACH AND CFD MODELLING WITH REFERENCE TO PREDICTED INDOOR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS
Giacomo Villi, Wilmer Pasut, Michele De Carli
PRODUCT RELATED DEDICATED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON TRNSYS AND TRNSED
Bertrand Labedan, Roel De Coninck



Software developments 3



SOLVING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN TRNSYS WITHOUT PROGRAMMING
Werner Paul Keilholz, Peter Riederer, Vanessa Ducreux
A REVIEW AND COMPARISON OF DATA VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES USED IN BUILDING DESIGN AND IN BUILDING SIMULATION
Shweta Srivastav, Simon Lannon, Donald K. Alexander, Phil Jones



Software developments 4



APPLICATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL GENERATION OF RESPONSE FACTORS (NGRF) METHOD OF MULTI-YEAR BASED CONDUCTIVE TEMPERATURES IN SOIL AND PASSIVE COOLING EARTH-CONTACT COMPONENTS
Stamatis Zoras
TRNSYS – FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITITY FOR BUILDING SIMULATION 2009 CONFERENCE
Matthew J. Duffy, Marion Hiller, David E. Bradley, Werner Keilholz, Jeff W. Thornton



Software developments 5



DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION TOOL FOR CALCULATING MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE COOLING TIME IN CLOSED TYPE COOLING TOWER
Mingjie Zheng, Song Pan
DOCUMENTATION OF OPEN-SOURCE SIMULATION-ADDRESSING MULTIPLE POINTS OF INTEREST
Jon W. Hand



Software developments 6



APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC MODELS IN A GENERAL SIMULATION TOOL
Sven Moosberger
COMPLEX ENERGY SIMULATION USING SIMPLIFIED USER INTERACTION MECHANISMS
Jeremy Cockroft, Sabeeta Ghauri, Aizaz Samuel, Paul Tuohy



Software developments 7



COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF INDOORS TEMPERATURE FIELD: COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE APLICATION OF SHORT AND LONG WIND-CATCH
Patricia R. C. Drach
ADVANCED SIMULATION APPLICATIONS USING ROOM
Andrew White, Michael Holmes



Software developments 8



A SIMPLE METHOD OF DETERMINING THE INFLUENCE OF THE OVERHANG ON WINDOW SOLAR GAINS
Dominik Włodarczyk, Henryk Nowak
EXPERIENCES TESTING ENHANCED BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION PROTOTYPES ON POTENTIAL USER GROUP
Christina Hopfe



Software developments 9



MORE EFFICIENT ESP-R MODELLING BY AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF INPUT FILES
Simon Taylor
TRNSYS17: NEW FEATURES OF THE MULTIZONE BUILDING MODEL
Johannes Aschaber, Marion Hiller, Robert Weber



Software Environments and Paradigms



METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING REUSABLE SCHEDULER CLASSES APPLICABLE FOR LONG TERM BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
Eisuke Togashi, Shin-ichi Tanabe
BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION AND OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELLING: REVIEW AND REFLECTIONS UPON ACHIEVED RESULTS AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
Livio Mazzarella, Martina Pasini
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN AN EQUATION-BASED MODELING ENVIRONMENT
Jason Brown
A MODELICA-BASED MODEL LIBRARY FOR BUILDING ENERGY AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Michael Wetter



Software Focusing on the User



DAYLIGHT FACTOR SIMULATIONS: HOW CLOSE DO SIMULATION BEGINNERS ‘REALLY’ GET?
Diego I. Ibarra, Christoph F. Reinhart
ARCHITECT FRIENDLY: A COMPARISON OF TEN DIFFERENT BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION TOOLS
Shady Attia, Liliana Beltrán, André De Herde, Jan Hensen
BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION IN UNDERGRADUATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION: LEARNING FROM AN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING COLLABORATION
Patrick P. Charles, Charles R. Thomas



Stock Modelling



A GIS-BASED BOTTOM-UP SPACE HEATING DEMAND MODEL OF THE LONDON DOMESTIC STOCK
A. Mavrogianni, M. Davies, M. Kolokotroni, I. Hamilton
ENERGY MODELLING OF CITY HOUSING STOCK AND ITS TEMPORAL EVOLUTION
Natalia Filchakova, Urs Wilke, Darren Robinson
A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BELGRADE HOUSING STOCK: DETERMINANTS OF CARBON REDUCTION STRATEGY
Miroslava Kavgic, Dejan Mumovic, Mike Davies, Zarko Stevanovic, Maja Djurovic-Petrovic
CITYSIM: COMPREHENSIVE MICRO-SIMULATION OF RESOURCE FLOWS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING
Darren Robinson, F. Haldi, J. Kämpf, P. Leroux, D. Perez, A. Rasheed, U. Wilke
WHAT DID THEY DO IN IEA 34/43? OR HOW TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR BUGS IN 500,000
IEA BESTEST IN-DEPTH DIAGNOSTIC CASES FOR GROUND COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER RELATED TO SLAB-ON-GRADE CONSTRUCTION
J. Neymark, R. Judkoff, I. Beausoleil-Morrison, A. Ben-Nakhi, M. Crowley, M. Deru, R. Henninger, H. Ribberink, J. Thornton, A. Wijsman, M. Witte
AN EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF BUILDING SIMULATION SOFTWARE FOR MODELLING OF DOUBLE-SKIN FACADE (DSF)
Olena Kalyanova, Per Heiselberg, Clemens Felsmann, Harris Poirazis, Paul Strachan, Aad Wijsman
TESTING AND VALIDATION OF SIMULATION TOOLS OF HVAC MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THEIR CONTROL STRATEGIES PART II: VALIDATION OF COOLING AND HEATING COIL MODELS
Clemens Felsmann, Jean Lebrun, Vincent Lemort, Aad Wijsman
TESTING AND VALIDATION OF SIMULATION TOOLS OF HVAC MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THEIR CONTROL STRATEGIES PART III: VALIDATION OF AN AIR-COOLED CHILLER MODEL
Vincent Lemort, Jean Lebrun, Clemens Felsmann



Tool Calibration



CALIBRATION OF A DETAILED SIMULATION MODEL TO ENERGY MONITORING SYSTEM DATA: A METHODOLOGY AND CASE STUDY
Paul Raftery, Marcus Keane, Andrea Costa
POST OCCUPANCY CALIBRATION AND REASSESSMENT OF DESIGN PHASE ENERGY MODELING
David E. Bradley, D. Michael Utzinger



Tools and Techniques



DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATOR FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL LOAD PREDICTION USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS
Tomohiro Takai, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Yasunori Akashi, Masato Miyata, Tadahide Sugita, Ayu Terachi
THE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL BUILDING STOCK CHARACTERISTICS USING MAP BASED DATA
D. K. Alexander, S. Lannon, O. Linovski
IMPLEMENTATION OF A CANADIAN RESIDENTIAL ENERGY END-USE MODEL FOR ASSESSING NEW TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS
Lukas Swan, V. Ismet Ugursal, Ian Beasuoleil-Morrison
DEVELOPMENT OF A FUNCTIONALITY GENERATING SIMULATIONS OF COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS HAVING REPRESENTATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF A REAL ESTATE STOCK IN QUÉBEC (CANADA)
Simon Sansregret, Jocelyn Millette



Tools, Databases and Interface



PARALLEL: ENERGYPLUS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS TOOL
Yi Zhang
LIVE ENERGY TRNSYS: TRNSYS SIMULATION WITHIN GOOGLE SKETCHUP
Malcolm C. Murray, Neil Finlayson, Michaël Kummert, John Macbeth
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR HOUSE DESIGN TOOL
William O'Brien, Andreas Athienitis, Ted Kesik
THE PROVENANCES OF YOUR SIMULATION DATA
Michael Donn, Drury Crawley, Jon Hand, Andrew Marsh



Uncertainty … or is it?



COMPARISON OF SAMPLING TECHNIQUES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MONTECARLO BASED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Iain A. Macdonald
IMPACTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CHOICES ON BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS OF UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY TECHNIQUES
Alfonso Capozzoli, Houcem eddine Mechri, Vincenzo Corrado
UNCERTAINTY IN THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF INSULATION MATERIALS
F. Domínguez-Muñoz, B. Anderson, J. M. Cejudo-López, A. Carrillo-Andrés
APPLICATION OF PARTIAL SAFETY FACTORS IN BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
H. Brohus, P. Heiselberg, A. Hesselholt, H. Rasmussen
UNCERTAINTY OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION ASSESSMENT OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS
H. Brohus, P. Heiselberg, A. Simonsen, K. C. Sorensen



Validation



VALIDATION OF THE INDOOR EXPOSURE MODEL FOR DWELLING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
Arjen Meijer
THREE CASE STUDIES USING BUILDING SIMULATION TO PREDICT ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN OFFICE BUILDINGS
Aileen Marie Egan
AUTOMATICALLY CALIBRATING A PROBABILISTIC GRAPHICAL MODEL OF BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Daniel Tarlow, Andrew Peterman, Benedict R. Schwegler, Christopher Trigg
VALIDATION OF THE ZONAL METHOD FOR THE CASE OF ISOTHERMAL AIRFLOW IN A RECTANGULAR CAVITY
Tiago Czelusniak, Kátia Cordeiro Mendonça, Marc Olivier Abadie
GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION OF FENESTRATION
Jonathan Wright
IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF A NEW BI-DIRECTIONAL SOLAR MODELLING METHOD FOR COMPLEX FACADES WITHIN THE ESP-R BUILDING SIMULATION PROGRAM
Francesco Frontini, Tilmann E. Kuhn, Sebastian Herkel, Paul Strachan, Georgios Kokogiannakis
GOAL-BASED DAYLIGHTING DESIGN USING AN INTERACTIVE SIMULATION METHOD
Jaime Lee, Marilyne Andersen, Yu Sheng, Barbara Cutler
DYNAMIC DAYLIGHT GLARE EVALUATION
Jan Wienold



Validation in Action



VALIDATION OF VELUX DAYLIGHT VISUALIZER 2 AGAINST CIE 171:2006 TEST CASES
Raphaël Labayrade, Henrik Wann Jensen, Claus Jensen
EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF 3DS MAX DESIGN 2009 AND DAYSIM 3.0
Christoph Reinhart, Pierre-Felix Breton
A REFERENCE MODEL FOR GROUND COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER
Michael Crowley
ANALYSIS OF INDOOR PERFORMANCE OF HOUSES USING RAMMED EARTH WALLS
Veronica Soebarto



Zero Carbon Housing



INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ACHIEVING LOW AND ZERO CARBON HOMES IN THE UK USING AN INTERACTIVE CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES BASED TOOLKIT
Rajat Gupta Smita Chandiwala
USING EXISTING WHOLE BUILDING ENERGY TOOLS FOR DESIGNING NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS – CHALLENGES AND WORKAROUNDS
Rohini Brahme, Zheng O'Neill, William Sisson, Kevin Otto
RIGHT SIZING AN OFF-GRID SOLAR HOUSE
Huafen Hu, Godfried Augenbroe