Conference


eSim 2026

Proceedings of eSim 2026

14th Conference of IBPSA-Canada
June 17–19, 2026
Longueuil Campus, Université de Sherbrooke
Longueuil, Québec, Canada

eSim 2026 Front_Matter



Towards greater interoperability between BIM and energy simulation software: A comparative analysis of exchange formats and processes
Narimene MIDOUNE, Ivanka Iordanova
Semi-Analytical Finite Line-Source Modeling of Horizontally Installed Geo-Exchange Piles
Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Andrew Kaseb, Seth B. Dworkin
Assessing Indoor Exposures to Wildfire-Induced Fine Particulate Matter in the Greater Toronto Area
Carolina Espinoza Sanhueza, Helen Stopps
Quantifying the Cooling Potential of an Irrigated Golf Course using Urban Microclimate Simulations and Field Measurements
Zachary Gauthier, Clément Nevers, Katia Lamer, Aytaç Kubilay, Jan Carmeliet, Dominique Derome
Bayesian Building Modelling for HVAC Control Using Simulated and Operational Data
Chou Shen, Seungjae Lee, Chi-Guhn Lee
Low-order Modelica model for latent thermal energy storage.
Alixe Degelin, Kenny Couvreur, Wim Beyne, Michael Wetter, Michel De Paepe, Ilya T'Jollyn
Modélisation d'une serre : comparaison de deux outils de simulation thermique dynamique
Junior Zannou, Didier Haillot, Gilbert Larochelle Martin, Danielle Monfet
Multiscale modeling of the greenhouse indoor environment in Nordic climate
Francklin Gaël NYAMI, Clément Nevers, Sébastien Poncet, Dominique Derome
FLUME: Fast localized urban microclimate emulator
Shaoxiang Qin, Theodore Potsis, Dongxue Zhan, Xue Liu, Ted Stathopoulos, Liangzhu Leon Wang
Enhancing Building Climate Resilience through Shelters: PV-Battery System Sizing for Extreme Heat Events
Jean-Christophe Pelletier-De Koninck, Michal Bartko, Andreas Athienitis
Graph-Based Data Fusion for High-Resolution Mapping of Urban Air Temperature
Edwin Oluoch Awino, Abdelatif Merabtine, Reda Snaiki
Microclimatic Adaptation Strategies in a Semi-Arid City: A Living Lab Approach in Oujda, Morocco
sabrine htit, dominique derome, clement nevers, catherine choquette
Optimizing Urban Temperature Monitoring Networks through Reduced-Order Reconstruction and Constrained Sensor Placement
Md Tasim Ferdous, Reda Snaiki, Abdelatif Merabtine
Comparison of Preliminary CFD Simulations of Novel Round House Designs for Northern Canadian Housing
Shawn Somers-Neal, Christopher Baldwin, Cynthia Cruickshank
Developing and calibrating multi-unit residential building prototypes in Québec in the framework of Archetype-QC
Oriol Gavalda, Mostafa Saad, Kotaiba Mokadam, Mohamed Osman, Ursula Eicker, Kato Vanroy, Michaël Kummert, Benoit Delcroix, Simon Sansregret, Brice Le Lostec, Christian Chabot, Mahmoud Awad
A Generalized HVAC Simulation Apparatus for Building Performance Research: Illustrative Study of Load Diversity and System Configuration
David Rulff, Ralph Evins
Where Does the Energy Go? The enBalance Model for Decomposing Energy Flows and Tracing Uncertainty through Commercial Buildings
David Rulff, Ralph Evins
Indoor thermal comfort evaluation in hot arid zones for different conditions
Hacene Kadi, Abderazak Bennia, Mohamed Lateb, Ahmed Benabed, Hachimi Fellouah, Abdessamia Hadjadj, Abderrahim Reffas
Cross shaped and 8-lobes jets investigation for preventing the contamination spread among the occupants in indoor environment
Abderazak Bennia, Hacene Kadi, Mohamed Lateb, Ahmed Benabed, Abderrahim Reffas, Hachimi Fellouah
Co-simulation of agent-based modeling and building performance simulation for dynamic demand side management
Yuxin Lu, Elie Azar, William O'Brien
Advancing Integrated Assessment of Energy, Carbon, and Cost in Building Performance Modelling
Hugh Nolan, Martina Soderlund, Ralph Wells
Trees impact on thermal comfort in a controlled neighborhood using different background conditions
Clément Nevers, Jan Carmeliet, Aytaç Kubilay, Dominique Derome
Inverse Surrogate Modelling to Infer Unknown Building Features from Operational Data
Elin Markarian, Shane Ferreira, Farzeen Rizvi, Narges ZaeriEsfehani, Burak Gunay, Elie Azar
Field Deployment and Evaluation of Model-based Predictive Controls with Sequential Parameter Estimation
Andre Markus, Jayson Bursill, Burak Gunay, Grace Dhaliwal
Optimized Borehole Configurations for Reducing Drilling Costs in Ground Source Heat Pumps
Farzad Dadbakhsh, Seama Koohi-Fayegh
Optimizing Solar Thermal Energy Potential on Façades and Roofs of Urban High-Rise Residential Buildings
Ferdows Lotfipoor, William O'Brien, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
Assessing the operational performance and financial incentive of a large-scale demand response program
Yiran Chai, Hongwen Dou, Kun Zhang
A wildfire-oriented CONTAM framework for modeling indoor air quality and mitigation strategies in mechanically ventilated buildings
Ahmed Taha, Islam Gomaa, Laura Minet, Nour Elsagan, Dahai Qi
Simulating Building Energy Systems Using LTI Blocks
Louis Jacques, Alain Nguyen, Alex Lachance
Evaluating Indoor Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations and Mitigation Using Portable Air Cleaners in Canadian Community Housing during the Colder Season
Duy Anh Dinh, Chang Shu, Cara Lozinsky, Qixuan Li, Fatima Sultani, Elahe Moazzen, Justin Berquist, Liang Zhou
Climate Change Impacts on Greenhouse Energy Consumption Using a Transient Model: A Winter Case Study in Quebec
Mohamad Hout, Seyed Mojtaba Hosseinnia, Leyla Amiri, Sébastien Poncet
Clustering-Based Development of Control-Oriented Archetypes for Predictive Load Management in Québec School Buildings
Mohsen Lotfi, José Agustín Candanedo
Agent-Driven Generative Design of Urban Public Spaces via LLM-MCP Integration
Yue Jin, Yuhan Zhao, Zeyin Song, Xun Liu, Runjia Tian
Development and Validation of a Steady-State OpenFOAM Solver for Multi-Component Buoyant Flows: Application to Urban Anthropogenic Heat Dispersion
Kexin Zheng, Xinshuai Geng, Clément Nevers, Murad Aldoum, Theodore Potsis, Xin Zhang, Chang Shu, Dominique Derome, Ted Stathopoulos, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Dahai Qi
CFD-based evaluation of green firebreak design for wildfire smoke dispersion and building protections
Zhonglin Gu, Dahai Qi, Hachimi Fellouah, Ahmed Taha, Xinshuai Geng, Chang Shu
Wi-Fi-based demand-controlled ventilation for airport terminals
Milad Babadi Soultanzadeh, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Mohamed M. Ouf, Guillermo Quesada Ramos, Hirohito-Hugues Séraphin, Louis Bennett
Thermal Anomaly Identification and Energy Model Construction Methods for Existing Sports Buildings in Cold Regions Using UAV-IRT
Tianshuo Ren, Peng Luo, Xianglu Ding, Tianyuan Zheng
How Much Accuracy Do We Lose with Fewer Simulations? Evaluating Reduced CFD Training Datasets for Indoor Airflow Prediction
Ibrahim Reda, Chang Shu, Liangzhu Leon Wang, Dahai Qi
A Simulation-based Investigation of a Large-Scale Heat Pump-Driven Dual Thermal Storage System for Peak Load Management
Salah Eddin Musmar, Burak Gunay, Jean Duquette, Farzeen Rizvi
Transfer Learning for Building Energy Prediction Across Canadian Climate Zones: A Deep Learning Approach
Navid Shirzadi
A Proof-of-Concept Framework to Support Carbon-, Resilience-, and Cost-Informed Retrofits
Gabriela Aguilar Giron, Seif Qiblawi, Elie Azar
Research on Constructing Strategies of Ice Sports Buildings from the Perspective of Renewable Materials Utilization: A Case Study of Building Retrofits for China's 9th Asian Winter Games
Tianshuo Ren, Peng Luo, Xianglu Ding, Zheyuan Zhao
Energy Audit Reporting Automation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
Sajan Dhakal, Dr. Alan S. Fung, Livio Nichilo, Ramy Rizkalla
Evaluation of air change rate measuring techniques for CFD model validation
Roya Missaghian, Shawn Somers-Neal, Frank Suerich-Gulick, Christopher Baldwin, Cynthia A. Cruickshank
Energy-Efficient Industrial Building Model for Reliable Off-Grid Operation in Cold Climates
Leonardo G. T. C. Melo, Scott Simmons, W. David Lubitz
Sequential Identification of Inverse Models for Supervisory Control in Buildings
Harry Vallianos, Mohamed Ouf, Jayson Bursill, Burak Gunay
A practical approach to HVAC Fault Detection and Diagnosis
Donnell Biscette
Multi-Objective Optimization of Building Retrofit Scenarios Using Wallacei: A Case Study for a Detached House in Winnipeg
Bahador Ziaeemehr, Mehdi Ghobadi, Michael Lacasse, Hua Ge
Can Building Energy Graphs Help? Studying Surrogate Peak-Demand Prediction Under Geographic and Climatic Shift
Agata Dalach, Zijian Wang, Stavros Nousias, André Borrmann
Integrating BIM-Based Energy Models into the Integrated Design Process: An Analytical Mapping of Performance Indicators and Information Requirements
Narimene MIDOUNE, Ivanka Iordanova
Enriching 5th generation thermal energy network feasibility studies with solar thermal integration
Rana Mousavi, Hossein Bagherzadeh Kouhbanani, Jenn McArthur
Inferred energy disaggregation using building automation system data to support portfolio-scale retrofit strategies
Muntasyir Al Wafi, Mohamed S. Kandil, J.J. McArthur
Experimental Dataset and Performance Impacts of Single and Multiple Faults in an AHU-Air-Source Heat Pump System under Heating and Cooling Operation in a Cold Climate
Jing Li, Radu Zmeureanu, Hua Ge
Comparative Analysis of Green Roof and Conventional Roof Thermal Performance in Winter Conditions
Daryoush Dadpour, Ahmed Jafri, Martin Agelin-Chaab, Hassan Peerhossaini, Horia Hangan
Development of Heating Energy Flexibility in Canadian Houses with PV-Battery Systems Using Model Predictive Control under Weather Uncertainty
Ahmed Khedr, Matin Abtahi, Andreas K. Athienitis
Residential Building Stock Model of the Province of Quebec, Canada: Methodology & Preliminary Results
Gilbert Larochelle Martin, Benoit Delcroix, Brice Le Lostec, Seyedsaeid Hosseini, Simon Sansregret, Mike Coillot, Aziz Mbaye
Data-driven framework for practical HVAC system control in commercial buildings
Alexandre Santana Cruz, Mohamed M. Ouf, Mazdak Nik-Bakht, Maxym Martin, Steve Lupien
Archetype QC: Prototype Building Models for the Province of Québec
Benoit Delcroix, Simon Sansregret, Kato Vanroy, Oriol Gavaldà, Brice Le Lostec, Michaël Kummert, Ursula Eicker, Gilbert Larochelle Martin, Christian Chabot
Twin4Build: Automating Building Digital Twins from Semantic Models to Differentiable Optimization
Jakob Bjørnskov, Andres Sebastian Cespedes-Cubides, Muhyiddine Jradi
A comparative study of field measurements and manufacturer technical specifications of a high-temperature heat pump performance
Yashar Bezyan, Etienne Saloux
Characterizing thermal and electric behaviour of existing buildings using system-level key performance indicators
Etienne Saloux, Qiwei Qin
Developing hourly heating energy demand profiles for the residential building stock in Canada’s northern and remote communities
Micael Gourde, Julia Purdy, Brodie Hobson, Galen Richardson, Anil Parekh
Integrating Microclimate Modelling and Building Simulation to Assess the Impact of Green Roofs on Building Performance
Zahra Behzad, Jennifer Drake, Elie Azar
Development and calibration of single-family dwelling prototype models for Archetype QC
Kato Vanroy, Michaël Kummert, Oriol Gavalda, Ursula Eicker, Benoit Delcroix, Simon Sansregret, Brice Le Lostec, Christian Chabot
Assessing district energy scenarios: how detailed should building models be?
Guilwen Meunier, Michae¨l Kummert
Decarbonization Strategies and Planning for Net Zero Energy in an Existing Dormitory-Style Accommodation Building: A Case Study in a Cooling-Dominated Climate
Milad Mahmoodzadeh, Matt Doiron, Samira Zare Mohazabieh
Enhancing Residential Energy Resilience in Extreme Weather: Solar PV and Battery Storage Performance and User Perceptions in Atlantic Canada
Hadia Awad, Natalia Cooper, Jennifer A. Veitch, Ajit Pardasani, Sara Mudge
Parametric design of natural‑ventilation systems for a low‑heat industrial potroom using CFD
Loan Grimm, Olivier Rouch, Bowen Xu, Daniel Levesque
Case Study - Whole-Life Carbon Analysis for University Precinct Decarbonization Study
Elizabeth LeRiche
CFD evaluation of worker comfort and heat stratification in gravity‑ventilated industrial process rooms
Olivier Rouch, Loan Grimm, Bowen Xu, Daniel Levesque
From framework to guidance: investigating retrofit solutions for outage resilience across Canadian climates
Ahmad Shoaib Amiri, Michael Jemtrud, Daniel Chung
Optimizing node density for accurate hygrothermal simulation of cross-laminated timber
Yash Vyas, Russell Richman
Identifying typical urban Canadian neighborhoods based on LCZ classification for UHI mitigation solutions
Maude Dias, Lili Ji, Abishek Gaur, Jan Carmeliet, Aytac Kubilay, Clément Nevers, Dominique Derome
A CFD model prediction of internal fan driven airflow in a commercial scale greenhouse
Peter Sharp, William Lubitz
Evaluation of Mesh Refinement Effects in 2D RANS k-ε Simulation of Bluff-Body Flow
Bowen Xu
Socio-Demographic Determinants of Urban Electricity Consumption: Evaluating Demand-Side Management Strategies in Québec
Masood Shamsaiee, Ursula Eicker
Household Diversity in Residential Demand Response: The Role of Program Design and Smart Thermostat Ownership
Mina Safari, Burak Gunay, Mohamed Ouf, Benoit Delcroix, Brice Le Lostec
Development of Technical Guidance to Advance Surface and Air Temperature Mapping in Canada
Liangzhu Leon Wang, Yurong Shi, Peng Liu, Forough Gholami, Iris Guan
Renewable district energy for Canadian communities: model development and energy analysis
Isabelle Kosteniuk, Raymond Boulter, Jeff Thornton
Occupant-Centric Thermostat Control: Causation-Based vs. Association-Based Approaches
Jinyoung Ko, Linbo Wang, Seungjae Lee
Improving the resilience of solar thermal collectors through enclosure design and simulation
Dylan Bardy, Christopher Al-Rahi, Cynthia Cruickshank
Evaluating Battery Storage Performance in a Remote Northern Canadian Microgrid
Isra Abo Iqsaysa, Mohamed Abdelghany, Oriol Gavalda, Daniel Curwin, Caroline Hachem-Vermette, Ursula Eicker
Urban microclimate variation in historic urban environments
Yishak Tsehay Sewasew, Bomani Khemet, Aziza Chaouni, Alstan Jakubiec, Anwar Awol, Girma Bitsuamlak
Deep Retrofit Pathways for Affordable Housing: A Total Cost of Building Ownership Approach
Sara Azimi, Mark Carver
Estimating the potential for sufficient housing in Canada
William O'Brien, Ruth Tamas, Ali Gulamhussein, Mojtaba Nateqi, Pedram Nojedehi
Climate change impact on hygrothermal performance and ventilation effectiveness in New Zealand
Stephen McNeil
A simulation case study to explore the impact of dynamic ground temperature on indoor temperature estimation using Kiva and EnergyPlus
Chun Yin Siu, Sébastien Brideau, Brodie Hobson
Embodied carbon impact of high-rise hybrid and concrete buildings.
Calvin Go, Haibo Feng
Lighting characterization, human-centric analysis, and simulation of a Toronto intensive care unit
Fion Ouyang, Nazanin Ganjehzadeh, Stephen Verderber, Chris Parshuram, J. Alstan Jakubiec
Comparative Evaluation of Clustering Algorithms for Climate Zone Classification in Support of Building Energy Efficiency Analysis
Tahmineh Sokhansefat, Masoud Sokhansefat, Bruno Lee
Ventilation Performance Evaluation for a Long-Term Care Facility Room Based on CFD Simulations
Xinshuai Geng, Chang Shu, Dahai Qi
Energy Optimization Approach for Mass Timber Office Building Design under Climate Change
Tesfatsyon S. Ochono, Anwar Awol, Katarina Grolinger, Girma T. Bitsuamlak
Short-Term Load Forecasting for Day-Ahead Planning and Real-Time Control: An Approach Based on Time-of-Day Modeling and Ensemble Learning
Zhuoqun Xing, Yiqun Pan, Shengyang Hu, Xiaoyu Jia, Zhizhong Huang
A method of Personalized Thermal Environment Model Predictive Control for Open-plan Office
Yuming Li, Yiqun Pan, Zhizhong Huang, Ying Wang
Green Mobility for Climate Research: Bicycle Transects to Monitor UHI and Thermal Comfort in Seville
EDUARDO DIZ-MELLADO, CARLOS RIVERA-GÓMEZ, CARMEN GALAN-MARIN
Intégration de l'énergie solaire dans les systèmes de refroidissement par adsorption pour contribuer à la lutte contre la surchauffe urbaine
Riad BENELMIR, Yassine RAMI, Valentin BERNOVILLE
Analyse thermo-économique et exergétique d'un système photovoltaïque-thermique et solaire thermique connecté en série en climat froid
Soroush Entezari, Meysam Khatibi, Mikhail Sorin
Whole-Life Carbon Modelling of Passivhaus Dwellings: Integrating Dynamic Simulation with Lifecycle Assessment
Ali Badiei, Harshul Singhal, Champika Lasanthi Liyanage
Multi objective optimization of an integration of thermal energy storage and ground-source heat pump for building heating in a Nordic climate
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseinnia, Leyla Amiri, Gildas Tapsoba, Sébastien Poncet
Rock Thermal Energy Storage System with a Perforated Injection Pipe: A Residential Thermal Battery
Seyed Soheil Mousavi Ajarostaghi, Sébastien Poncet, Leyla Amiri
The Impact of Defrost Cycles on Air-Source Heat Pumps Energy Modeling
Sabrine Anjjar, Patrick Belzile
Freely accessible data sets for two different refrigerating systems
Stefan Hudjetz, Daniel Pfeiffer, Sebastian Hausser, Martin Becker
Exploring the benefits of energy retrofits in institutional buildings using building performance simulation
Tareq Abuimara, Brodie W. Hobson, Ahmed Saleem
A Physics Informed Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) Framework for a Non-Conventional VAV AHU of an Airport Building
Nabil Bleibel, Aya Doma, Helen Stopps, Mohamed Ouf, Darwish Darwazeh
A Study on Utilizing YOLO Models for Passenger Flow Counting in Metro Stations
Meilian Li, Weihan Wang, Hongda Zhang, Ying Sun, Guodan Liu, Songtao Hu
Towards Semantic Interoperability for Scalable Building-to-Grid Services: A Multi-Layer Annotation Pipeline for SCADA Hierarchies
Matin Abtahi, Andreas Athienitis
3D Energy Modeling and Validation of a Solar Greenhouse for Year-Round Hydroponic Lettuce Production in Ottawa, Canada
Amir Imanloozadeh, William David Lubitz
Experimental evaluation of adaptive automated demand response for residential cooling systems
Zeinab Khorasani zadeh, Mina Safari, Burak Gunay, Mohamed Ouf, Farid Bahiraei, Benoit Delcroix, Fernando Sutama
High-Performance Multi-GPU Implementation of the CityFFD Solver for Urban Microclimate Modeling
Jinbin Fu, Liangzhu Wang
Control vs. Comfort: Are We Measuring the Wrong Metric for Smart Buildings?
Tugce Aker, H. Burak Gunay
Parametric Analysis of Protruding & Recessed Balconies in MURBs: A Framework for Evaluating Daylighting, Operational and Embodied Carbon Performance of Balconies
David McCuaig, Terri Peters, Alstan Jakubiec
Longitudinal Analysis of Occupancy-Driven Energy Demand in Canadian Residential Buildings (2005–2025)
orcun koral iseri, Caroline Hachem-Vermette
Quantifying Useful Thermal Energy in a BIPVT System: A Real-World Case Study
Benjamin Roy, Erin Gaucher-Loksts, Véronique Delisle
Scalable district archetypes for heuristic Life Cycle Assessments
Maximilian Schildt, Sushruth Shivaraju, Christoph van Treeck, Jérôme Frisch
Bridging the Gap: Implementing ASHRAE Guideline 36 High-Performance Control Sequences in EnergyPlus via Python API for VAV AHU Systems
Arya Parsaei, Burak Gunay, Liam O'Brien, Ricardo Moromisato
Comparaison de la performance énergétique de serres de petite taille au Canada
Léa Lachat, Adam Wills, Danielle Monfet
Rule-Based Classification of Commercial Building Envelopes Using Observable Architectural Features
Dana Al Jadaa, Violeta Rodriguez Zurita, J.J. McArthur
Modelling and Control Strategy Assessment of a Data Centre Waste Heat Recovery System with Integrated Thermal Energy Storage
Nour Alaya, José Candanedo
Operational decision-making tool for implementation and evaluation of retrofits in EnergyPlus models
Zoe Rae, Hussein Elehwany, Burak Gunay, Elie Azar, Farzeen Rizvi, Narges Zaeri Esfahani
Evaluation of future scenarios for energy use and CO2 emissions at regional levels in low-income housing
Doris Chi Pool
Sensitivity of CFD accuracy on PET index thermal stress level
GUILLAUME CANIOT, Eric Tromeur, Zixiao JIANG
Early Stage Multi-dimensional Evaluation of Glazing Design - A Case Study
Saurabh Shrestha, Noeline Tharshan
Block-scale optimization for feasible thermal energy network design
Hossein Bagherzadeh, JJ McArthur
Decarbonizing Residences Through Design for Zero Waste
Avi Friedman
Approaches to Thermal Resilience Simulation - Interviews with Industry Practitioners
Chun Yin Siu, Marianne Touchie, Liam O'Brien
Model predictive control of active shading and lighting systems in a biophilic design solarium
Yearim Yang, Andreas Athienitis
Mesh Partitioning Effects on Buoyancy-Driven and Wind-Induced Flow for Disaster Prediction Simulations
Liqi Zhang, Xin Zhang
Leveraging Extended Energy Simulation Horizons to Inform More Resilient Building Design: An Institutional Case Study in Québec
Antoine Ruel, Dominique Derome, José Candanedo
CFD Simulation of Indoor Air Distribution with Displacement Ventilation in a Classroom
Farah Youssef, Katherine D'Avignon, Stéphane Hallé
Assessing the Potential of Electric Thermal Storage Implementation in a Hospital Setting
Rosalie Tremblay, Kun Zhang, Katherine D'Avignon
Watch the Clock: Implementing Time-of-Use Pricing into a Model Predictive Controller for Hydronic Floors
George Aljamal, Grace Dhaliwal, Burak Gunay, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Farid Bahiraei
Boarding Duration and Occupancy Effects on Thermal Conditions and Indoor Air Quality in Airport Terminal Gates: A Field Study
Ana Palma Florido, Milad Babadi Soultanzadeh, Mohamed M. Ouf, Liam O'Brien, Hadia Awad, Natalia Cooper
Simulating Passive Cooling Retrofits for Overheating Resilience in Canadian Homes under Climate Change Scenarios
Pedram Nojedehi, Farid Bahiraei, Burak Gunay, William O'Brien
From Steady Setpoints to Rich Data: Neural Ordinary Differential Equations Insights
Gabriel Sabbagh, Massimo Cimmino, Benoit Delcroix, Luis Rueda
Potential of electric thermal storage as auxiliary to ground-coupled heat pump system
Wiem Mootamri, François Laurencelle, Katherine D’Avignon
Assessment of Industrial Waste Heat Recovery for Greenhouse Heating in Cold Climates
Reyhaneh Nazmabadi, Ali Hakkaki-Fard, Louis Gosselin
Comparative Analysis of Large Eddy Simulations for Solar Roof Fires under Wind Effects Using Fire Dynamics Simulator and OpenFOAM
Xin Zhang, Liqi Zhang
Characterizing the Building Performance Gap in the GTHA
Michael Wong, Samantha Menard, Ekaterina Tzekova, Natalia Enriquez Goyes
Urban energy resilience in hot climates: a comparative study of residential neighborhoods in Mediterranean and Tropical Monsoon zones
Carlos Rivera-Gómez, Victoria López-Cabeza, Javier de Sola-Caraballo, Anthony Maradiaga-Galindo
Lab-scale testing of an adsorption thermal energy storage system for residential heat applications in remote northern communities
Alex Christie, Cem KalKan, Ron Miller, Jean Duquette
A Temporal Graphical Neural Network Surrogate Modelling Approach for Scalable and Adaptable Building Performance Analysis
Shengbo Zhang, Seungjae Lee
Data-Driven Simulation of a Micro-Combined Heat and Power System for Comparing Operating Strategies in a Mixed-Use Building
Trong Nghia Phung, Yuxiang Chen
Integrating building geometry changes into reduced-order modeling for rapid retrofit performance assessment
Seif Qiblawi, Marianne Touchie, Elie Azar
FEASIBILITY OF MINING RESIDUES AS PARTIAL CEMENT REPLACEMENT IN 3D-PRINTED CONCRETE
Rayene MEHREZ KHALIL, Ahmed SOLIMAN, Kaouther BEN AZOUZ
Sufficient Life Cycles: Quantifying Overconsumption in the Residential Sector
Ali Gulamhussein, William O'Brien, Elie Azar
Impact of Moisture Intrusion on Mold Growth in Arctic Building Junctions: A WUFI 2D Simulation Study
Mir Hedayat Moosavi, Jean Rouleau, Louis Gosselin
Comparing three approaches to predict and represent electric vehicle charging loads in a building energy model
Mais Karaki, Adam Weiss, Elie Azar
Beyond the Building Envelope: Exploring the Viability of Compartmentalization-Based Retrofits to Improve Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality in Existing Buildings
Danielle Y. Mizuno, Cara H. Lozinsky
Quantifying Uncertainty in Community-Scale Energy Simulations Using Data-Calibrated Inputs
Sara Sadeghi, Shawn Somers-Neal, Christopher Baldwin, Cynthia Cruickshank
Ground Air Heat Exchanger for Dehumidification and Cooling in Cold-Climate Greenhouses
Reyhaneh Nazmabadi, Ali Hakkaki-Fard
CFD Modelling of Double-Skin Façades with Photovoltaic Panels and Automated Shading Systems: Thermal Performance Analysis
Mahmoud Reza Hamidpour, Andreas Athienitis
Performance Degradation of Water-to-Water Heat Pump Coupled with Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage in Hydronic Space Cooling System: Experimental Case Study
Mai Ismail, Sarah Brown, Jean Duquette, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
Assessing the Accuracy of Finite Line Source Models for Ground Heat Exchangers under Groundwater Flow
Yasaman Tohidi, Gael Garcia, Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Seth Dworkin
Toward Automated Generation of EnergyPlus Models for Existing Buildings Through Operator Descriptions
Mahjouba Fadel, Burak Gunay, Liam O'Brien, Hussein Elehwany, Darwish Darwazeh, Narges Zaeri Esfahani
Assessing Thermal Comfort in Institutional Buildings: A Survey-Based Study in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
Tareq Abuimara, Julia K. Day, Violet Baerman, Ian Ladd
Model Development and Performance Analysis of Brick Facade Retrofit with Integrated Photovoltaic/Thermal (PV/T) Systems
Hamidreza Zarrinkafsh, Navid Morovat, Andreas K. Athienitis
Hybrid DRL-MPC Framework for Optimal Bidirectional EV Charging in Office Building
Gia-Khanh Phi, Ayevide Follivi Kloutse, Andreas Athienitis
Modélisation et simulation d’accumulateurs thermiques centraux de type résidentiel avec contrôle prédictif idéal
Michel Bernier