Proceedings of eSim 2014, the 8ᵗʰ conference of IBPSA-Canada
Ottawa, Canada, May 7-10, 2014
| Verification of a Multizone Airflow and Energy Network Model by Analytical Solutions to Stack-driven Flows in Buildings |  |
| Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang, Radu Zmeureanu |
| New-Trend Natural Ventilation Potential & Analytics for Various Climates in Canada | |
| Liam Buckley |
| Towards Voxel-Based Algorithms for Building Performance Simulation | |
| Rhys Goldstein, Simon Breslav, Azam Khan |
| Opportunities and constraints in the use of simulation on low cost ARM-based computers | |
| Jon W Hand |
| Optimization of a Battery Charging Schedule in a Net Zero Energy House using Vehicle-to-Home functionality | |
| Florence Berthold, Benjamin Blunier, David Bouquain, Sheldon Williamson, YuXiang Chen, Andreas Athienitis, Abdellatif Miraoui |
| Recursive thermal building model training using Ensemble Kalman Filters | |
| Brent Huchuk, Cynthia A. Cruickshank, William O’Brien, H. Burak Gunay |
| A multi-level architecture to facilitate MPC implementation in commercial buildings basic principles and case study | |
| José A. Candanedo, Vahid R. Dehkordi, Phylroy Lopez |
| A Linear Data-Driven System Identification Methodology for an ActivePassive Solar Thermal Storage System and Application to a Solar House | |
| Amélie Allard, Andreas K. Athienitis |
| The Effect of Input Uncertainty in Model-based Predictive Control | |
| H. Burak Gunay, William O’Brien, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Brent Huchuk, Michael Palmer, Jim Fletcher, Alexandre Pavlovski |
| 2013 Solar Decathlon Technologies, Modelling Tools and Canadian Applications | |
| Austin Selvig, William O’Brien, Craig G. Merrett |
| Impact of Future Climate Change on the Overheating of Canadian Housing Retrofitted to the PassiveHaus Standard A Case Study | |
| Ali Sehizadeh, Hua Ge |
| Flexible Terraced Passive House Design and Performance Evaluation using Building Simulation | |
| Hasim Altan, Nicola Gasperini, Antonio Frattari |
| The role of building performance simulation in the design of ECHO, Team Ontario’s entry to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 | |
| Michael Brown, Jenny Chu, Cynthia Cruickshank |
| Feasible upper boundaries of passive solar space heating fraction potentials by climate zone | |
| Ted Kesik, William O’Brien |
| Impact of the Representation of Interior Loads on the Calibration of an eQuest Energy Model for a Case Study | |
| Andreea Mihai, Radu Zmeureanu |
| Natural ventilation in residential building archetypes a stochastic approach based on occupant behaviour and thermal comfort | |
| Olivier Neu, Valentin Evon, Simeon Oxizidis, Damian Flynn, Donal Finn |
| Effect of Window Blind Use in Residential Buildings Observation and Simulation Study | |
| Isis Bennet, William O’Brien, H. Burak Gunay |
| A probabilistic activity model to include realistic occupant behaviour in building simulations | |
| Dorien Aerts, Joeri Minnen, Ignace Glorieux, Ine Wouters, Filip Deschamps |
| Simulation du confort thermique intérieur pour l’orientation d’un bâtiment collectif à Biskra, Algérie | |
| Belkacem Berghout, Daniel Forgues, Danielle Monfet |
| Potential benefits in terms of thermal comfort and energy use of adding a control loop to an existing multizone Air Handling Unit in a hospital setting | |
| Eduard Cubi |
| Setting Building Energy Performance Targets Econometric versus Baseline Models | |
| Curt Hepting, Lillian Zaremba |
| Natural Ventilation of a Tall Industrial Building Investigation on the Impact of Modeling Assumptions | |
| Ruijie Zhao, Louis Gosselin, |
| Savings by Design Benefits of Live Energy Modelling in Integrated Design Charrettes | |
| Daniel Knapp, Clement Guénard, Brett Kerrigan |
| Graphical Method for Characterization of Space Conditioning Requirements for a House with Improved Building Envelope | |
| Alexandra Giroux, Michael Collins, John Wright |
| Implementation of Meta-modelling for Sensitivity Analysis in Building Energy Analysis | |
| Jitian Song, Lai Wei, Yu Sun, Wei Tian |
| From the first sketch of your design, instantly simulate your project’s bioclimatic performance with the 3D simulation software ArchiWIZARD Bioclim | |
| Audrey Bastonero, Philippe Alamy |
| Study of Electrical Heating Setpoint Modulation Strategies for Residential Demand Response | |
| Michaël Fournier, Marie-Andrée Leduc |
| Mitigation of Peak Cooling Demand through the Combination of Residential Zoned Cooling and Window Shading A Building Simulation Case Study | |
| B.A. Lomanowski, J.L Wright |
| Exploring the Demand Response Potential of a Smart-Grid Ready House Using Building Simulation Software | |
| Fabiano Pallonetto, Simos Oxizidis, Donal Finn |
| Demand Response Strategies in a Small All-Electric Commercial Building in Quebec | |
| Karine Lavigne, Ahmed Daoud, Simon Sansregret, Marie-Andrée Leduc |
| High-resolution residential electricity consumption trends under fixed and time-of-use rates | |
| Nathaniel Pearre, Lukas Swan |
| RayBooster An efficient, robust, generic and easy to use basic component for high performance radiative simulations | |
| Jean-Patrick Roccia, Vincent Forest |
| Lasers, Light, and God 3-D scanning assisted lighting analysis of a house of worship | |
| Juan Sebastián Carrizo, William O’Brien, Mario Santana Quintero |
| Physically Based Global Illumination Calculation Using Graphics Hardware | |
| Nethaniel Jones, Christoph Reinhart |
| Predicting the Daylit Area – A Comparison of Students Assessments and Simulations at Eleven Schools of Architecture | |
| Christoph Reinhart, Tarek Rakha, Dan Weissman |
| A tool for integrated thermal and lighting analysis of spaces with controlled hardware Fenestration Systems and artificial lighting | |
| German Molina, Sergio Vera, Waldo Bustamante |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis of Air Based Building Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal (BIPVT) Systems for Efficient Performance | |
| H. Getu, T. Yang, A. K. Athienitis, A. Fung, |
| Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Solar Combisystem using Engineering Equation Solver (EES) | |
| Xiao-Nan Wen, Radu Zmeureanu |
| Wind effects on the performance of solar collectors on roofs | |
| Dimitrios Ladas, Ted Stathopoulos |
| Applications of Large Scale Solar Modeling in the Built Environment | |
| Ryan Danks |
| Automated multi-zone building energy model generation for schematic design and urban massing studies | |
| Timur Dogan, Christoph Reinhart, Panagiotis Michalatos |
| Simulation approaches to smart solar communities | |
| Scott Bucking, Jim Cotton |
| Effectiveness of a Ventilated Concrete Slab on an Air Source Heat Pump Performance in Cold Climate | |
| Navid Ekrami, Raghad S. Kamel, Alan S. Fung |
| CFD Modelling of an Underground Water Tank Heat Storage System | |
| M. Mahdi Salehi, W. Kendal Bushe, Paul Marmion, Ray Pradinuk |
| Experimental assessment of a phase change material in walls for heating and cooling applications | |
| Benoit Delcroix, Michaël Kummert, Ahmed Daoud, Jonathan Bouchard |
| PCM Thermal Storage System Analysis Using EnergyPlus and BCVTB | |
| Aidan Jones, Donal Finn |
| Modélisation sur TRNSYS d’un réservoir d’eau chaude sanitaire et comparaison avec des mesures expérimentales | |
| Célia Térache, Radu Zmeureanu et François Laurencelle |
| Pre-design tools and procedures for efficient integration of smart windows | |
| Jean-Michel Dussault, Louis Gosselin |
| A Case Study on the Daylighting and Thermal Effects of Fixed and Motorized Light Louvers | |
| Yuxiang Chen, Samson Yip, Andreas Athienitis |
| Dynamic commercial façades versus traditional construction energy performance and comparative analysis | |
| Hui Shen, Athanasios Tzempelikos, Anna Maria Atzeri, Andrea Gasparella, Francesca Cappelletti |
| Study of different glazing modelling approaches in assessing energy performance of curtain wall systems using EnergyPlus | |
| TC Lam, Hua Ge, Paul Fazio |
| Thermal Response Characterization of an Environmental Test Chamber by means of Dynamic Thermal Models | |
| Ali Saberi Derakhtenjani, Andreas K. Athienitis, José A. Candanedo, Vahid R.Dehkordi |
| Cloud-Based Model Calibration Using OpenStudio | |
| Elaine Hale, Lars Lisell, David Goldwasser, Daniel Macumber, Jesse Dean, Ian Metzger, Andrew Parker, Nicholas Long, Brian Ball, Marjorie Schott, Evan Weaver, Larry Brackney |
| CSA C873 Building Energy Estimation Methodology- A simplified monthly calculation for quick building optimization | |
| André Legault, Lyle Scott, Alexander Rossemann, Mike Hopkins |
| Application of data mining techniques for energy modeling of HVAC sub-systems | |
| Mathieu Le Cam, Radu Zmeureanu, Ahmed Daoud |
| Bottom-up simulation calibration of zone and system level models using building automation system (BAS) trend data | |
| Nicholas Zibin, Radu Zmeureanu, James Love |
| ExCalibBEM Tool Development to Calibrate Building Energy Models | |
| Simon Sansregret, Karine Lavigne, Ahmed Daoud, Louis-Alexandre Leclaire |
| Comparing Design and As-Built Simulations with Actual Measurements for a Large Multi-Use University Building | |
| Belgin Terim Cavka, M. Mahdi Salehi, Andrea Frisque, Kendal Bushe |
| Whole Building Annual Energy Analysis of Air Curtain Performance in Commercial Building | |
| Liangzhu Wang, Zhipeng Zhong |
| Virtual Flow Meter for Chilled Water Loops in Existing Buildings | |
| Eric Mcdonald, Radu Zmeureanu, Daniel Giguère |
| Cooling Tower, Pump and Fan 004 – Component Constraints of EnergyPlus when performing the whole building energy simulation for LEED | |
| Zhuzhou Fu, Annie Marston, Oliver Baumann |
| Simulating a Passive Downdraft Evaporative Cool Tower | |
| Liam Buckley |
| Model Development for Tube-in-Subfloor Radiant Floor Heating and Cooling | |
| Sébastien Brideau, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison |
| TRNSYS Modelling of a Hybrid Membrane Liquid Desiccant Air Conditioning System | |
| Ahmed Abdel-Salama, Gaoming Geb, Carey Simonsonc |
| Calibrating Dynamic Building Energy Models using Regression Model and Bayesian Analysis in Building Retrofit Projects | |
| Wei Tian, Qiang Wang, Jitian Song, Shen Wei |
| A case study in actual building performance and energy modeling with real weather data | |
| Cherag Mehta, Alan S. Fung |
| Using Calibrated Energy Models to Help Understand, Manage and Improve Existing Building Energy Performance | |
| Luka Matutinovic |
| simuwatt—A Tablet-Based Electronic Auditing Tool | |
| Daniel Macumber, Andrew Parker, Lars Lisell, Ian Metzger, Matthew Brown |
| Development of a Trade-off Path for HVAC National Energy Code for Buildings 2011 Compliance | |
| Elisabeth Girgis, Michael Parent, Patrique Tardif |
| Should building energy simulation tools integrate life cycle assessment A discussion of the potential benefits and challenges | |
| Eduard Cubi |
| Parametric Analysis of Energy Recovery Ventilation Performance in the High Rise Residential Sector | |
| Adam Barker, Ramani Ramakrishnan |
| Modelling the Use of Exhaust Air Heat Recovery Coils Coupled with Heat Recovery Chillers | |
| Alex Blue, Christian Cianfrone |
| Feasibility Study of Multiple-Pass Total Energy Recovery Ventilator with Built-in Economizer Using TRNSYS A Case Study for Toronto, Ontario | |
| Jun Long Zhang, Alan S. Fung |
| Measured and Simulated Economizer Performance with Demand-controlled Ventilation in an Institutional Building | |
| Annie-Claude Lachapelle, James Andrew Love |
| Optimization of a Thermodiode Panel (TDP) Sizes by Employing Genetic Algorithm (GA) | |
| M. Ebrahim Poulad, Alan Fung, Meijian Li |