Proceedings of eSim 2016, the 9ᵗʰ conference of IBPSA-Canada
Hamilton, Canada, May 4-5, 2016
| Dynamic performance of a forced convective direct storage system using water and PCMs for low temperature applications |  |
| HebatAllah Teamah, Marilyn Lightstone, James Cotton |
| Development of optimization methodology for increased energy efficiency of PV integrated curtain wall systems | |
| Mohamed Elsayed, Caroline Hachem-Vermette |
| Is heat recovery cost effective in Canadian commercial buildings? | |
| Daniel Knapp |
| User interface for atrium daylight and thermal performance | |
| Mahsan Mohsenin |
| Stockage thermique rŽsidentiel par puits gŽothermiques | |
| Pauline Brischoux et Michel Bernier |
| Calibration of EnergyPlus HVAC models using optimization | |
| Gilbert Larochelle Martin, Danielle Monfet, HervŽ-Franck Nouanegue, Simon Sansreret, Karine Lavigne |
| Simplified Model For Sizing and Characterizing Natural Convection Heat Exchanger Systems | |
| Nicholas Cramp, Stephen J. Harrison |
| Steady-state modelling of falling film drain water heat recovery efficiency using rated data | |
| Ramin Manouchehri, Michael Collins |
| Potential for virtual daylight sensor using daylight simulation and high-resolution measurement of solar radiation | |
| Sara Gilani, William O’Brien |
| Development of a thermal model for thermal mass coupled with hybrid ventilation in an institutional building | |
| Sophie Yuan, Andreas Athienitis, Yuxiang Chen, Jiwu Rao |
| High-resolution residential electricity use data for improved realism in building energy simulations | |
| Alain Joseph, Willem Paynter, James Thomson |
| Using building simulation software to quantify the savings of a model predictive control implementation | |
| Trent Hilliard, Lukas Swan, Miroslava Kavgic, Zheng Qin, Simon DeWolf |
| Empirical model of a 11 kW (nominal cooling) R134a water-water heat pump | |
| SŽbastien Brideau, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Micha‘l Kummert |
| Energy flow analysis on a multi-zonal building scale using Sankey diagrams | |
| Aly Abdelalim, Zixiao Shi, William O’Brien |
| A Web-based interactive 3D visualization Tool for geospatial data | |
| Zixiao Shi, William O’Brien, Aly Abdelalim |
| Evaluation of thermal bridges in vacuum insulation panel assemblies through steady state testing in a guarded hot box | |
| Brock Conley, Cynthia A. Cruikshank |
| Numerical and experimental analysis of a demand-side heat exchanger for domestic hot water heating | |
| Kristen Jaczko, Stephen J. Harrison |
| Use of heat from a snow melting installation in a parking lot surface as a heat regeneration source for underground heat storage via borehole heat exchangers | |
| Tomasz Sliwa, Marc A. Rosen, Marek Poniedzialek |
| PCM-water thermal storage for BIPV/T + ASHP | |
| Peter Dash, Alan Fung |
| ModŽlisation et simulation de puits gŽothermiques en sŽrie pour stockage saisonnier | |
| Corentin Lecomte, Michel Bernier |
| Sensitivity of the solar heat gain coefficient of complex fenestration systems to the indoor convection coefficient | |
| S , S , M. Foroushani, John Wright, David Naylor |
| An improved numerical method for predicting snow melting on photovoltaic panels | |
| Ali Rahmatmand, Stephen J. Harrison, Patrick Oosthuizen |
| Developing and testing a new course for teaching the fundamentals of building performance simulation | |
| Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Christina Hopfe |
| A detailed model of multi-storey double skin facades with integrated photovoltaic panels | |
| Zissis Ioannidis, Annamaria. Buonomano, Andreas Athienitis, Ted Stathopoulos |
| Urban solar reflection identification, simulation, analysis and mitigation: learning from case studies | |
| Ryan Danks, Joel Good |
| A CFD study of natural convection inside a BIPV/T system | |
| Derek Roeleveld, Rakesh Kumar, David Naylor, Alan Fung |
| Enviro-economic comparison of district energy systems using natural gas and waste energy resources | |
| Behnaz Rezaie, Bale V. Reddy, Marc A. Rosen |
| The importance of thermal mass in predictive control. Case study: a zone with floor heating and a chilled beam | |
| Anastasios Papachristou, Andreas Athienitis |
| Validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of airflow infiltration through building entrance doors | |
| Sherif Goubran, Dahai Qi, Wael F. Saleh, Liangzhu Wang, Radu Zmeureanu |
| A fast and accurate CFD solver for indoor airflow | |
| Mohammad Mortezazadeh Dorostkar, Liangzhu Wang |
| Building zone fault detection with Kalman filter-based methods | |
| Zixiao Shi, William O’Brien, H.Burak Gunay |
| Building-integrated PCM-TES for peak load reduction | |
| Vasken Dermardiros, Andreas Athienitis |
| Numerical parametric analysis of hybrid thermal energy storage system using phase change materials (PCMs) under indirect sequential charging and discharging | |
| Mohamed Abdelsalam, James Cotton, Marilyn Lightstone |
| Teaching a building simulation course at the graduate level | |
| Michel Bernier, Micha‘l Kummert, Simon Sansregret, Denis Bourgeois, Didier Thevenard |
| Evaluation of liquid desiccant and water membrane systems for heating and humidification in cold-dry climates | |
| Ahmed Abdel-Salam, Carey J. Simonson |
| Modeling of a solar driven liquid desiccant air-conditioner equipped with desiccant storage | |
| Chris McNevin, Stephen J. Harrison |
| An annual model of a solar hydrogen energy storage system | |
| Brendan McCormick, Stephen J. Harrison, Jon G. Pharoah |
| Modeling of photovoltaic, solar thermal, and photovoltaic/thermal domestic hot water systems | |
| Jonathan Berger, Stephen J. Harrison |
| Natural ventilation of attics coupled with BIPV/T in arctic climates | |
| Ahmad Kayello, Andreas Athienitis, Hua Ge |
| Assessment of green roof energy savings compared to conventional roof | |
| Ghassem Heidarinejad, Arash Esmaili |
| Impact of including pre-defined objects on high resolution assessments | |
| Jon Hand |
| Short term forecasting of the electric demand of HVAC system | |
| Mathieu Le Cam, Radu Zmeureanu, Ahmed Daoud |
| A new algorithm for sensors verification and correction in air handling units | |
| Nunzio Cotrufo, Radu Zmeureanu |
| Multiple-inlet BIPV/T: modelling and design including wind effects | |
| Efstratios Dimitrios Rounis, Andreas Athienitis, Theodore Stathopoulos |
| Evaluation of the design length of vertical geothermal boreholes using annual simulations combined with Genopt | |
| Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Michel Bernier, Micha‘l Kummert |
| Energy optimization of an existing building based on a neural network and a genetic algorithm | |
| Johannes Maderspacher, Philipp Geyer, Thomas Auer, Werner Lang |
| Model validation of a residential solar thermal combisystem | |
| Anthony Rey, Radu Zmeureanu |
| Using TRNSYS Types 4, 60 and 534 to model residential cold thermal storage units using water and water/glycol solutions | |
| Christopher Baldwin, Cynthia A. Cruikshank |
| Method for validation of statistical energy models | |
| Miroslava Kavgic, Trent Hilliard, Lukas Swan, Zheng Qin |
| Validating a simplified PV model against TRNSYS model | |
| Danilo Yu, Ragnheidur Gudmundsdottir, RŽmi Catteau, Raghad Kamel, Alan Fung, Farahnaz Mohammadi, Kaamran Raahemifar |
| Development of a simplified model for analyzing a heating system with STES and investigation into the effects of component efficiency on economic and environmental aspects | |
| Stuart Self, Seama Koohi-Fayegh, Marc A. Rosen, Bale V. Reddy |
| Intelligent control of hybrid cooling for telecommunication base stations | |
| Jiaqiang Wang, Quan Zhang, Yuebin Yu |
| The effect of hourly primary energy factors on optimal net-zero energy building design | |
| Scott Bucking, Vasken Dermardiros, Andreas Athienitis |
| Investigation of design strategies for improved energy performance in supermarkets: a case study | |
| Anders MacGregor, Caroline Hachem-Vermette |
| Climate change in Canada: impacts on building energy use intensity | |
| Nathan Kegel |
| The influence of passive features on building energy demands for space heating and cooling | |
| Aylin Ozkan, Ted Kesik, William O’Brien |
| Design and simulation workflow of an office building in New Delhi, India | |
| Karno Widjaja, Huishan He, Rufei Wang, Palak Gadodia |
| Energy performance for ASHRAE 90.1 baselines for a variety of Canadian climates and building types | |
| Randy Irwin, Jeanie Chan, Andrea Frisque |
| HVAC control and demand management development using smart predictive operational strategies | |
| Nima Alibabaei, Alan Fung, Kaamran Taahemifar, Farah Mohammadi, Xavier Fernando |
| Evaluation of source net-zero performance for community-scale retrofit photovoltaic systems in Canadian locations | |
| Adam Wills, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Ismet Ugursal |
| Green roof retrofits: combined simulations to assess the outdoor microclimate benefits and the energy savings | |
| Umberto Berardi |
| Hybrid solar ground-source heat pump case study using TRNSYS | |
| Lam Dang, Wey Leong, Alan Fung |
| Multi-criteria assessment of a mixed-mode ventilated office building | |
| M. Mahdi Salehi, Ghazal Ebrahimi, W. Kendal Bushe, Hadi Dowlatabadi |
| Dynamic effect of thermal bridges on the energy performance of residential buildings in BC | |
| Fuad Baba, Hua Ge |
| ASHRAE’s zero-net energy challenge – lessons learned | |
| Liam Buckley, Nathan Kegel |
| Energy analysis of solar chimney assisted solarium with semi-transparent photovoltaic system | |
| Afrooz Ravanfar, Hua Ge, Zaiyi Liao |
| Comparison of different mechanical systems models for a passive solar greenhouse with two thermal zones | |
| FrŽdŽric LŽveillŽ-Guillemette, Danielle Monfet |
| A combined heating and cooling system for a solar community with borehole thermal storage | |
| Farzin Rad, Alan Fung |
| Practical building energy simulation applications | |
| Ralph Culham |
| A case study in energy modeling of an energy efficient building with gas driven absorption heat pump system in eQuest | |
| Altamash Baig, Alan Fung |
| Retrofit measures to approach net zero energy status for the Canadian housing stock: air to water heat pump + PV | |
| S. Rasoul Asaee, V. Ismet Ugursal, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison |
| Modelling for daylight autonomy for LEED V4 – implications for cities in northern latitudes | |
| Marc Trudeau, Charling Li, Andrea Frisque |
| Solar energy potential for commercial building facade retrofit | |
| Edvinas Bigaila, Caroline Hachem-Vermette, Mohamed El-Sayed, Andreas K. Athienitis |
| Occupant behaviour diversity modelling and its applications | |
| William O’Brien, H. Burak Gunay |
| A toolkit for developing data-driven occupant behaviour and presence models | |
| H. Burak Gunay, William O’Brien, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison |
| Detecting occupants’ presence in office spaces: a case study | |
| H. Burak Gunay, Anthony Fuller, William O’Brien, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison |
| A comparison of electricity “smart meter” data with high resolution measured residential electricity loads | |
| Dane George, Lukas G. Swan |
| Modeling, design and control of rooftop greenhouses equipped with semi-transparent photovoltaics | |
| James Bambara, Andreas Athienitis |
| Prediction of thermal comfort, IAQ, and energy consumption in a dense occupancy environment with the under floor air distribution system | |
| Ghassem Heidarinejad, Mohammad Hassan Fathollahzadeh, Hadi Pasdarshahri |
| CFD modeling of wind-driven rain wetting of building facade | |
| Ali Khalilzadeh. Hua Ge, Hoi Dick Ng |