13th eSim Building Simulation Conference June 5-7, 2024 at Edmonton, Alberta, Canadaa
| Development of Granular Archetypes for Canadian Existing Commercial Office and Multi-Unit Residential Buildings in Climate Zone 5 |  |
| Dana Al Jadaa, J.J. McArthur |
| Development of archetypes to represent a residential building stock | |
| Michel Bernier, Michaël Kummert, Adam Neale |
| Recharging ground heat exchangers with mobile thermal energy storage tanks | |
| Guillaume Ingelaere, Massimo Cimmino, Michel Bernier |
| Lighting and plug load energy consumption: A COVID-19 occupancy investigation | |
| Monika Mikhail, Ralph Evins, Paul Parker |
| A visualization tool for energy disaggregation | |
| Narges Zaeri Esfahani, Burak Gunay, Araz Ashouri, Darwish Darwazeh |
| An inquiry into time-series forecasting methods to quantify on-peak electricity demand savings through direct load control | |
| Burak Gunay, Brodie Hobson, Andre Markus, Farzeen Rizvi |
| Neural Ordinary Differential Equations for Simulations of Residences Heated with Electric Baseboards | |
| Gabriel Sabbagh, Massimo Cimmino, Benoit Delcroix |
| Approach for Developing the Proposed Operational Greenhouse Gas Emissions Levels for Part 9 of the National Building Code of Canada | |
| Luminita Dumitrascu, Iain Mcdonald, Adam Wills, Heather Knudsen |
| Enhancing the Business Case for Deep Building Retrofits: A Total Cost of Building Ownership Approach | |
| Sara Azimi, Mark Carver |
| Bridging Building Energy Performance Gap: A Hybrid Approach Integrating Deep Learning and First-Principles Models | |
| Navid Shirzadi, Sara Gilani, Ali Seyd, Chris Kirney, Phylroy Lopez, Meli Stylianou |
| Electricity Consumption and Demand Forecasting for Office Buildings’ Electrification in Canada | |
| Ali Syed |
| Lessons Learned From Modelling a Complex Residential Building Energy System in TRNSYS | |
| Cem Kalkan, Colin Ward, Jean Duquette, Fidel Khouli, Mehmet Akif Ezan |
| Design of a Modular Solar Driven Multi-Effect Distillation System for Producing Clean Drinking Water in Canada’s Northern Indigenous Communities | |
| Luka Khorbaladze, Jean Duquette |
| Development and validation of a TRNSYS Type to simulate the energy performance of solid-gas adsorption thermal storage tanks | |
| Ali Shahrouzian, Jean Duquette, Ron Miller |
| Optimizing Energy Use and Thermal Comfort Through Model Predictive Control for Hydronic Floors: An Experimental Case Study | |
| Grace Dhaliwal, Burak Gunay, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison |
| Comparative Analysis of Residential Occupants’ Interactions with Centralized and Decentralized HVAC Systems in Quebec | |
| Zeinab Khorasani Zadeh, Kathryn Kasper, Mohamed Ouf, Burak Gunay, Benoit Delcroix, Gilbert Larochelle Martin, Ahmed Daoud |
| Potential of cold climate air-source heat pump control strategies to mitigate the electrical demand of heating systems during high-demand periods in Canadian dwellings | |
| Sarah Mollier, Laurence Rousseau, Justin Tamasauskas, Martin Kegel |
| Nudging window use behaviour through algorithmic setpoint adjustments | |
| Ayah Hassan, Burak H. Gunay, Mohamed Ouf, Adrian Chong, Andre Markus |
| Quantifying Airflow Mixing of Diverse Air Distribution Systems Using Taguchi Method and CFD Simulations | |
| Ibrahim Reda, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu Wang, Theodore Stathopoulos, Andreas Athienitis |
| Improving building energy performance with phase change materials: a case study in Alberta for energy-savings | |
| Jie Ren, Lexuan Zhong |
| Comparison of Weather Data Sources and Their Impact on Hygrothermal Model Accuracy | |
| Jordan McNally, Cynthia A. Cruickshank, Michael Jemtrud |
| Modelling and analysis of energy flexibility strategies for a residential building cluster | |
| Megi Busho, Michaël Kummert |
| Adaptive Shading Systems: Evaluating Lighting, Glare, and Thermal Control in Subtropical Environments | |
| Ryan Sharston, Jingyuan Shen |
| Validating the Accuracy of Low-Cost IAQ Sensors through Co-location | |
| Noor Zaky, Tianyuan Li, Helen Stopps |
| Use of Imposed Boundary Conditions on Two-Dimensional Wall Assembly Models in Delphin | |
| Robin Hilbrecht, Christopher Baldwin, Cynthia A. Cruickshank |
| From time to energy use: shaping high-resolution residential Canadian appliance use models | |
| Shane Ferreira, Burak Gunay, Maya Papineau, Pedram Nojedehi |
| Quebec Elementary School Enclosure Retrofit Performance Study with Future Climate | |
| Serena Kam, Konstantinos Kapsis |
| Impact of interactions between buildings and their outdoor conditions on the calibration of an urban building energy model | |
| Miguel Martin, Mario Berges, Jantien Stoter, Clara Garcia-Sanchez |
| Characterization of Open Plenum Air Return Operation based on Field Data | |
| Sabato Leo, Sarah R. Haines, Helen Stopps |
| Multi-Perspective Evaluations for Power Demand Prediction Models: Balancing Prediction Accuracy, Interpretability, and Computational Efficiency | |
| Bowen Yang, Mustafa Gül, Yuxiang Chen |
| Exploring Disparities in Canadian Households’ Satisfaction with Indoor Environmental Quality | |
| Pedram Nojedehi, Nicole Kuchurivski, Douglas Brodie, Burak Gunay, William O'Brien, Maya Papineau-Koritar |
| Evaluating the potential of electric thermal storage devices to manage greenhouse peak heating demand in cold climates | |
| Mathieu Laroche, Danielle Monfet, Katherine D'Avignon |
| Hybrid Geometric Data Integration for Building Block Energy Modeling | |
| Noushad Ahamed Chittoor Mohammed, Kuljeet Singh Grewal, Aitazaz Farooque |
| Energy Audit Data Scraping for Rapid Building Energy Modeling: A Case Study | |
| Sudipta Debnath, Kuljeet Singh Grewal |
| Comparing simulations of deep energy retrofits for a community center using past and future weather scenarios | |
| Ahmad Shoaib Amiri, Michael Jemtrud, Karine Lavigne, Daniel Chung |
| Parametric Probability Density Function Characterization of Single Household Peak Loads | |
| Alexander Jordan, Yuxiang Chen |
| Evaluating modular parabolic solar concentrators for meeting the heating needs of Canada’s northern remote communities | |
| Matthew Newport, Jean Duquette |
| Heating and cooling of an office building using distributed heat pumps connected to a two-phase CO2 thermal management system: Detailed simulation | |
| Sepehr Gholamrezaie, Massimo Cimmino, Parham Eslami-Nejad |
| Energy Saving Potential of Internal Shading Devices: a Comparative Analysis in Canadian Cold Climate Zones | |
| Aditya Chhetri, Lexuan Zhong |
| Evaluating Global Daylight Metrics within the Canadian Context: A Comparative Analysis | |
| Fion Ouyang, Alstan Jakubiec |
| Energy and Economic Analysis of an Ice-Storage System for an Office Building Using the Time of Use Tariffs for a Major Canadian Electric Utility | |
| Kamel Haddad, Sara Gilani, Ali Syed |
| Modeling and calibration of the energy systems of a high-rise building | |
| Mohamed Sayed, Yossr Chaabene, Dahai Qi, José Candanedo |
| Tracking human light exposure, health and wellbeing using data-logging sensors and smartwatches—a pilot study | |
| Nazanin Ganjehzadeh, J. Alstan Jakubiec |
| Characterizing heating energy for residential and commercial buildings in Canada’s remote communities | |
| Sarah Brown, Julia Purdy, Galen Richardson, Ian Maynard, Sébastien Brideau, Alex Ferguson |
| Evaluation of 222 nm vs 254 nm Lamps for In-duct UVGI Air Disinfection: Irradiance Characterization, Inactivation Performance, and Environmental Implications | |
| Jay Patel, Lexuan Zhong |
| Examining Moisture Reference Years and Future Weather for Hygrothermal Analysis | |
| Daniel Chung |
| Building form influence on energy flexibility in different utility pricing schemes | |
| Samson Yip, Andreas Athienitis, Bruno Lee |
| A CFD Investigation on the Effect of Urban Morphology on Natural Pollution Removal in Metropolitan Areas | |
| Mahsa Torabi, Mohammad Tahsildoost, Ralph Evins |
| Data-Driven Modelling of Pressurized Corridor Ventilation System Performance in a Multi-Unit Residential Building | |
| Helen Stopps, Cara H. Lozinsky, Marianne F. Touchie |
| Building form influence on energy flexibility in different utility pricing schemes | |
| Samson Yip, Andreas Athienitis, Bruno Lee |
| Grey-box models supported by transfer learning for improving the prediction of chillers | |
| Hongwen Dou, Radu Zmeureanu |
| HVAC System Characterization for Enhanced Canadian Existing Building Archetypes for Climate Zone 5 | |
| Jackson Adejoke Adebisi, JJ McArthur, Steve Kemp |
| Is There A “New Normal” For Building Occupancy? A Comparative Analysis Of Pre- and Post- Lockdown Occupancy in A Library Building | |
| Muhammad Zeeshan Siddique, Mohamed M. Ouf, Mazdak Nik-Bakht, Ursula Eicker |
| Data-Driven Modelling of Pressurized Corridor Ventilation System Performance in a Multi-Unit Residential Building | |
| Stopps Helen, Lozinsky Cara H, Touchie Marianne F |
| Experimental Validation of an EnergyPlus Model with Building Integrated Phase Change Material | |
| Calene Baylis, Cynthia A. Cruickshank |
| Development of a remotely-sensed home energy labelling tool | |
| Michael Gutland, Christian Cianfrone, M'Beth Schoenfeld, Ralph Evins |
| Optimizing Ventilation Strategies for Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Collaborative Study with Practical Implications | |
| Leo Wagg, Lexuan Zhong |
| Impact of various occupant profiles on office design decisions | |
| Arefeh Sadat Fathi, William O'Brien |
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions with Solar Energy Battery or Sensible Storage Systems | |
| Ava Bebbington, Jordan McNally, Cynthia Cruickshank |
| Investigating the energy resilience performance of the old and new buildings integrated with solar photovoltaic and storage under extreme Nordic condition | |
| Hassam ur Rehman, Vahid Nik, Rakesh Ramesh, Ala Hasan |
| Optimization of Building Envelope Latent Heat Storage Integration Based on Internal Surface Solar Radiation Profiles | |
| Nathan Hay, Calene Baylis, Christopher Baldwin, Cynthia Cruickshank |
| Identifying Policy Barriers to Multi-Unit Residential Building Design Elements that Promote Good Indoor Environmental Quality in Canada | |
| Thomas Park, Marianne Touchie, William O'Brien, Tony Lee, Terri Peters |
| Transient Model Development of a Low-energy Multi-unit Residential Building Comprising a Novel Solar-driven Space Cooling System | |
| Colin Ward, Cem Kalkan, Jean Duquette, Cynthia A. Cruickshank |
| Optimizing residential mechanical ventilation against airborne infections: A computational fluid dynamics approach | |
| Fatemeh Keramat, Lexuan Zhong |
| A multi-armed bandit reinforcement learning method for occupant thermal preference learning | |
| Hussein Elehwany, Mohamed Ouf, Burak Gunay, Nunzio Cotrufo, Jean-Simon Venne, Junfeng Wen |
| Optimization of building-integrated photovoltaic/thermal-thermal storage systems for domestic hot water in cold climate | |
| Jean-Christopĥe Pelletier-De Koninck, Andreas Athienitis, Hervé Frank Nouanegue |
| Managing humidity in greenhouses using ground air heat exchangers | |
| Reyhaneh Nazmabadi, Behrad Asgari, Ali Hakaki-Fard |
| Implementing Thermal Electric Storage in EnergyPlus through an OpenStudio Measure | |
| Houssem Eddine Younes, François Laurencelle, Katherine D’Avignon |
| What cooling systems can be implemented to enhance occupants' thermal comfort in highly glazed spaces? | |
| Shengqiang Shi, Abdelatif Merabtine, Rachid Bennacer |
