Conference
Proceedings of uSim Conference 2018
IBPSA-Scotland Conference uSIM18 Urban Energy Simulation
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. November 30, 2018
List of topics
- Addtional Papers
- Session 1: Stakeholder Engagement in Energy Design
- Session 2: Urban Microclimate
- Session 3: Generating Data for Urban Energy Modelling
- Session 4: Design and Optimisation
- Session 5: Stock Modelling Tools and Techniques
- Session 6: Flexibility and Responsive Demand
Addtional Papers
UNWRAPPING THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE POTENTIALS OF THE GREY BOX MODELLING APPROACH | ![]() |
Sadaf Alam, Marcus Keane |
Session 1: Stakeholder Engagement in Energy Design
REGIONAL MODELLING OF DOMESTIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION USING STAKEHOLDER GENERATED VISIONS AS SCENARIOS | ![]() |
Simon Lannon, Heledd Iorwerth, Malcolm Eames, Miriam Hunt | |
A KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION PLATFORM INTEGRATING A BUILT ENVIRONMENT TOOL TO FOSTER COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ON THE TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON ENERGY SYSTEM | ![]() |
Giulia Barbano, Mike Oates |
Session 2: Urban Microclimate
URBAN CLIMATE – IMPACT ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND THERMAL COMFORT OF BUILDINGS | ![]() |
Urs Grossenbacher, Jan Remund | |
PREDICTING LOCAL WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS FOR OBSTRUCTED BUILDINGS USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES | ![]() |
Ioanna Vrachimi, Daniel Costola | |
TOWARDS PERFORMANCE BASED VALIDATION OF THE U.S. CLIMATIC ZONING BASED ON THE ASHRAE STANDARD 90.1-2013 | ![]() |
Angelica Walsh, Daniel Cóstola, and L.C.Labaki |
Session 3: Generating Data for Urban Energy Modelling
A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO ALLOCATE MISSING BUILDING PARAMETERS WITHIN DISTRICT ENERGY SIMULATIONS | ![]() |
Ina De Jaeger, Jesus Lago, Dirk Saelens | |
COMMUNITY SCALE DYNAMIC BUILDING SIMULATIONS USING PROBABILISTIC BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS | ![]() |
Peter McCallum David Jenkins Andrew Peacock | |
COMMUNITY-SCALE HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITY MODELLING USING TIME USE DATA | ![]() |
Yohei Yamaguchi, Yuka Kambayashi, Takeshi Okada, Ayako Taniguchi-Matsuoka, Yoshiyuki Shimoda |
Session 4: Design and Optimisation
INNOVATIVE DESIGN TOOLS FOR REFURBISHING OF BUILDINGS AT BUILDING AND DISTRICT LEVEL | ![]() |
Dimitrios Ntimos, Nick Purshouse | |
A NEW APPROACH PROPOSED TO EVALUATE THE COST OPTIMAL AND NEARLY ZERO ENERGY LEVELS OF BUILDINGS AND DISTRICT ENERGY SYSTEMS TOGETHER IN SETTLEMENTS | ![]() |
Ece Kalaycioglu, Ayse Zerrin Yilmaz |
Session 5: Stock Modelling Tools and Techniques
OPEN SCIENCE BUILDING STOCK MODELLING: AN EXAMPLE USING GBXML, OPENBUILDING AND ENERGYPLUS | ![]() |
Steven K Firth, Bianca Howard, Jonathan A Wright | |
BUILDING ARCHETYPES IN URBAN ENERGY MODELS. A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY BETWEEN DETERMINISTIC AND STATISTICAL METHODS IN ANDORRA | ![]() |
María Paula Guillaumet, Patricia Borges, Martí Rosas-Casals, Oriol Travesset-Baro | |
DEVELOPING HIGH-RESOLUTION BOTTOM-UP BUILDING STOCK MODELS USING AERIAL IMAGES AND DYNAMIC SIMULATION | ![]() |
Jack Byres, Ioanna Vrachimi, Daniel Cóstola |
Session 6: Flexibility and Responsive Demand
REVIEW OF TECHNIQUES TO ENABLE COMMUNITY-SCALE DEMAND RESPONSE STRATEGY DESIGN | ![]() |
Rami El Geneidy, Bianca Howard | |
SOURCES OF ENERGY FLEXIBILITY IN DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS: BUILDING THERMAL INERTIA VERSUS THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE IN THE NETWORK PIPES | ![]() |
Annelies Vandermeulen, Glenn Reynders, Bram van der Heijde, Dirk Vanhoudt, Robbe Salenbien, Dirk Saelens, Lieve Helsen | |
MODELLING RESPONSIVE DEMAND FROM ELECTRIFIED DOMESTIC HEATING AND STORAGE UNDER DIFFERENT OPERATING STRATEGIES | ![]() |
John Allison, Andrew Cowie, Graeme Flett, Jon Hand, Graeme Hawker, Nick Kelly |