Proceedings of BSO Conference 2018
Proceedings of the 4th IBPSA-England Conference on Building Simulation and Optimization
Cambridge, UK: 11-12 September 2018
List of topics
Poster Presentations
Session 1A: Daylighting
| Daylight Performances in Typical Inner Spaces with Climate-Based Daylight Modeling Approach |  |
| Tiziano Dalla Mora, Annalisa Leorin, Giovanni Nardo, Nicola Busatto, Fabio Peron |
| Circadian Lighting Experiences in an Health Residence for Non Self-Sufficient Elderly People | |
| Nicola Busatto, Tiziano Dalla Mora, Fabio Peron, Piercarlo Romagnoni |
| Validation of Simplified Visual Discomfort Calculations | |
| J. Alstan Jakubiec |
| Towards Subjectivity in Annual Climate-Based Daylight Metrics | |
| J. Alstan Jakubiec, Geraldine Quek, Thanyalak Srisamranrungruang |
| A lighting simulation tool for the new European daylighting standard | |
| Bernard Paule, Julien Boutillier, Samuel Pantet, Yannick Sutter |
Session 1B: District Energy Systems
Session 1C: Optimal Controls
| Energy Saving Potential of Different Setpoint Control Algorithms in Mixed-Mode Buildings | |
| Charalampos Angelopoulos, Malcolm J Cook, Efi Spentzou, Yashkumar Shukla |
| Demonstrating a Qualitative Control of a Hybrid Energy System in Reducing Energy Costs of a Residential Building | |
| Mehdi Taebnia, Marko Heikkilä, Janne Mäkinen, Jenni Kiukkonen-Kivioja, Jouko Pakanen |
| Evaluation of Water Heaters Control Strategies For Electricity Storage And Load Shedding At National Scale | |
| Baptiste Bejannin, Thomas Berthou, Bruno Duplessis, Dominique Marchio |
| Deep Reinforcement Learning for Building Optimization | |
| Adam Nagy, Hussain Kazmi, Cheaib Farah, Johan Driesen |
| Phase Change Materials in Buildings: Combined Optimisation of Melting-Peak Temperature and Melting Temperature Range. | |
| Gilles Baudoin, Geoffrey van Moeseke |
Session 2A: Ventilation
| Modelling Computational Fluid Dynamics with Swarm Behaviour | |
| Ljubomir Jankovic |
| An Evaluation of Computational Algorithms in the Automatic Generation of Zonal Reduced-Order Models from CFD Simulations | |
| Thibault Marzullo, Marcus Keane, Marco Geron, Rory Monaghan |
| Calculation Examples Using the NETS Simulation Program as a General-Purpose Network Model for Heat, Air, and Gas Movement in Buildings | |
| Atsumasa Yoshiura, Hiroyasu Okuyama, Mao Yamaguchi, Nanase Ishigaki, Ryunosuke Harada, Tatsuki Someya |
| Sensitivity Analysis of Sustainable Urban Design Parameters—Thermal Comfort, Urban Heat Island, Energy, Daylight, and Ventilation in Singapore | |
| Elif Esra Aydin, J. Alstan Jakubiec |
| Indoor Environment Quality Within The Rose Bowl, Leeds Beckett University | |
| Paul Ajiboye, Vyt Garnys, Glyn Cash |
Session 2B: Building Stock Modelling
| A New GIS Based Decision Support Tool For Enabling Local Energy Retrofits | |
| Rajat Gupta, Matt Gregg |
| GIS-Based Residential Building Energy Modeling at the District Scale | |
| Usman Ali, Mohammad Haris Shamsi, Cathal Hoare, James O’Donnell |
| Building Stock Modelling and the Relationship between Density and Energy Use | |
| Stephen Evans, Philip Steadman, Daniel Godoy Shimizu, Rob Liddiard |
| One step further for electrifying rural households in Africa: A novel electricity demand modelling approach | |
| Cristina Dominguez, Kristina Orehounig, Jan Carmeliet |
| District-aware Building Energy Performance simulation model generation from GIS and BIM data | |
| Georgios Nektarios Lilis, Georgios Giannakis, Kyriakos Katsigarakis, Dimitrios Rovas |
Session 2C: Optimization
Session 3A: Energy Systems 1
Session 3A: Energy Systems 2
Session 3A: Energy Systems 3
Session 3A: Energy Systems 4
Session 3A: Energy Systems 5
Session 3B: Retrofit Analysis
| Effect of Energy-related Occupants’ Interaction with The Control of Indoor Environment on Residential Energy Consumption: Case Study on Energy Efficiency of Social Housing in Germany | |
| Jie Zheng |
| Uncertainty Reduction for Retrofit Saving Estimates in Residential Buildings Using Validated Building Energy Simulation Models | |
| Maja Miletic, Chiara Dipasquale, Peter Grant, Roberto Fedrizzi |
| Environmental and Economic Impact of Demand Response Strategies for Energy Flexible Buildings | |
| Thibault Quentin Péan, Jaume Salom, Joana Ortiz |
| Evaluating Energy Savings Retrofits for Residential Buildings in China | |
| Christopher Tsang, Eftychia Spentzou, Miaomiao He, Kevin Lomas |
| Development Of A Guidance Tool For Sustainable Renovation Of Social Housing In Flanders | |
| Els Van de moortel, Karen Allacker, Frank De Troyer, Luc Stijnen, Erik Schoofs |
Session 3C: Data-centric Models
| Feedback and Feedforward Mechanisms for Generating Occupant Datasets for UK School Stock Simulation Modelling. | |
| Duncan Grassie, Ivan Korolija, Dejan Mumovic, Paul Ruyssevelt |
| A Stochastic Data-centric Model for Quantification of End-use Energy Demand in Buildings | |
| Rebecca Ward, Ruchi Choudhary, John Aston |
| An Open Science Approach for Building Performance Data Schemas and Analysis Algorithms | |
| Steven K Firth, Gareth Cole, Tom Kane, Farid Fouchal, Tarek M Hassan |
| Occupant Heating Practices in Dwellings: A Methodology for Identifying Scheduled Heating Periods and Manual Override Events | |
| Adorkor Bruce-Konuah, Rory Jones, Alba Fuertes, Pieter de Wilde |
| Data-driven Behavioural Modelling for Building Energy Simulation Based on Scripted Profiles | |
| Federica Naspi, Marco Arnesano, Gordon Aird, Birthe Klebow, Francesca Stazi, Marco D’Orazio, Gian Marco Revel |
Session 4A: Energy Systems 2
Session 4A: Energy Systems 3
Session 4A: Energy Systems 4
Session 4A: Energy Systems 5
Session 4A: Energy Systems 6
Session 4B: Digital Modelling
| A Framework To Assess The Interoperability Of Commercial Buildings At A District Scale | |
| Mohammad Haris Shamsi, Usman Ali, Fawaz Alshehri, James O’Donnell |
| Automatic Building Geometry Creation from Point Clouds for Simulating Industrial Building Energy Use | |
| Tom Lloyd Garwood, Dominic O’Connor, Michael R Oates, Ben Richard Hughes |
| Impact of Model Simplification at Geometric Modelling Stage on Energy for Office Building | |
| Jiangshan Zhao, Yue Wu, Xing Shi, Xing Jin, Xin Zhou |
| Integration of Thermal Simulations in REVIT for Decision Support and National Building Code Compliance | |
| Steffen Petersen, Andreas Bøving, Christine Nielsen |
| Urban Scale Simulation Of Energy Demand Of Buildings Based On Parametric Simulation Schemes For Real-Life Applications | |
| Massimiliano Condotta, Tiziano Dalla Mora, Giovanni Borga, Fabio Peron |
Session 4C: Overheating Risk
| What are the Implications of Building Simulation Algorithm Choice on Indoor Overheating Risk Assessment? | |
| Giorgos Petrou, Anna Mavrogianni, Phil Symonds, Ivan Korolija, Anastasia Mylona, Rokia Raslan, Dane Virk, Mike Davies |
| Parametric Simulation Of Design Measures Affecting Compliance With CIBSE TM59 Methodology For The Assessment Of Overheating Risk In Homes | |
| Simona Vasinton, Peter Burgon, Tom McNeil |
| Improving the Building Performance and Thermal Comfort of an Office Building to Reduce Overheating Risk | |
| Heba Elsharkawy, Sahar Zahiri, Bertug Ozarisoy |
| Evaluation Of Multi-Year Convection Permitting Climate Model Data For The Assessment Of Overheating In Flemish Office Buildings | |
| Delphine Ramon, Hendrik Wouters, Nicole Van Lipzig, Karen Allacker |
| Prediction of Internal Temperatures During Hot Summer Conditions with Time Series Forecasting Models | |
| Matej Gustin, Rob S. McLeod, Kevin J. Lomas |
Session 5A: Facade Modelling 1
Session 5A: Facade Modelling 2
Session 5A: Facade Modelling 3
Session 5A: Facade Modelling 4
Session 5A: Facade Modelling 5
Session 5B: Simulation Approaches
| Heavy Weight Thermal Calibration and Validation Methodologies: from Modelling to Full Scale Built Test Cells in Lebanon | |
| Philippe Saleh, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Colin Gleeson |
| Comparative Analysis of Protocols Used in Measurement and Verification of Energy Performance: Dealing with Practical Issues of Data Availability and Granularity in a UK School Building | |
| Nishesh Jain, Esfand Burman, Dejan Mumovic, Michael Davies, Andrew Tindale |
| Architects’ Approaches to Early Stage Design Energy Modelling – an Organisational Perspective | |
| Sonja Oliveira, Elena Marco |
| A Decision Support Tool for EPC Contract design using Grey Box / parameter approximation Approach | |
| Sadaf Alam, Raymond Sterling, Magdalena Hajdukiewicz, Marcus M Keane |
| Optimizing Interior Layout for Effective Experiential Indoor Environmental Quality in Low-income Tenement Unit: A Case of Mumbai, India | |
| Ahana Sarkar, Ronita Bardhan |
Session 5C: Model Calibration
| Hygrothermal Assessment of Two Solid-brick Walls Under Varying Internal and External Parameter Settings | |
| Roelandus Maria Tersteeg, Christina Johanna Hopfe, David Allinson |
| Learning About Error Terms In Energy Models By Bayesian Calibration | |
| Kathrin Menberg, Yeonsook Heo, Ruchi Choudhary |
| Utilising Meta-model Based Optimisation to Determine the Effects of Data Granularity on Model Calibration Accuracy | |
| Chris van Dronkelaar, Mark Dowson, Spataru Catalina, Dejan Mumovic |
| Contrasting the Capabilities of Three Different Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Building Energy Model-based Investigations | |
| Steffen Petersen, Martin Heine Kristensen |
| Optimal Design of Zero Energy Buildings Considering Weather Uncertainty in Subtropical Regions | |
| Hangxin Li, Shengwei Wang, Howard Cheung |
Session 6A: Facade Modelling 2
Session 6A: Facade Modelling 3
Session 6A: Facade Modelling 4
Session 6A: Facade Modelling 5
Session 6A: Facade Modelling 6
Session 6B: Climate
| Influence of Climate on the Daylight and Thermal Performance of Buildings in Kerala (India) | |
| Renjith Jayapalan Nair, Eleonora Brembilla, Christina Hopfe, John Mardaljevic |
| The Effect of Climatic Data on Building Performance Optimization | |
| Giorgio Lupato, Marco Manzan, Amedeo Pezzi |
| Development Of A REST API For Obtaining Site-Specific Historical And Near-Future Weather Data In EPW Format | |
| Hu Du, Phillip Jones, Eva Lucas Segarra, Carlos Fernández Bandera |
| UWG -TRNSYS Simulation Coupling for Urban Building Energy Modelling | |
| Massimo Palme, Agnese Salvati |
| The Effect of Urban Spatial Characteristics on Microclimate | |
| Wei Liao, Yeonsook Heo |
Session 6C: Occupant Behaviour
| Towards A Comprehensive Model Of Window Control Behaviour: A Survey-based Investigation On Interdisciplinary Drivers In Danish Dwellings | |
| Verena Marie Barthelmes, Rune Korsholm Andersen, Yeonsook Heo, Valentina Fabi, Stefano Paolo Corgnati |
| A Critical Investigation of Methods Applied to Multi-Configuration Households on Energy Consumption Patterns within the Building Performance Gap in the UK | |
| Abdelrahman AIM Aly, Amira ElNokaly, Glen Mills |
| The Importance of Occupancy and Energy Use Patterns on Predicting Building Energy Performance: a case study of a residential building in London | |
| Sahar Zahiri, Heba Elsharkawy, Wei Shi |
| Modelling of Window Operating Behavior in Open-plan Offices | |
| Tiance Liu, Xin Zhou, Xing Shi, Xing Jin |
| Evaluation Of Occupancy Impact In A Residential Multifamily nZEB Through A High Resolution Stochastic Model | |
| Antonio Tejero Peregrina, Joana Ortiz Ferrá, Jaume Salom |
