International Building Simulation Conference, Nice, France, 1991.
Contains 85 abstracts.
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The simulation complexity of the thermal behaviour of buildings can be reduced by splitting it up as a hierarchical system of linked components. The…
The development of an interface, which links two building simulation tools to a test version of a product model is discussed. The two simulation tools in…
Mathematical models are presented that account for the mass transport processes associated with isothermal reversible sorption in building materials. These…
This paper summarizes a study on the extent of computer use by industrialized housing producers in the U.S., Japan, Sweden and Norway. The study was…
Zonal models are a promising way to predict air movement in a room with respect to comfort conditions and gradient of temperature because they require…
This paper describes a numerical whole-building optimization method that has been developed to optimize selected residential building envelope and equipment…
In this paper, we want to show an application of fuzzy control to building thermal regulation. Thanks to a new learning method, inspired from connexionnist…
A new bioclimatic building concept based on solardriven ventilation is analysed through the use of physical and numerical modelling. Measurements are…
The developments in the computer-aided building design will enable designers to improve the energy performance in buildings, through a more appropriate…
The study is focussed on the sensibility of optimal start/stop control of hydronic heating systems on boiler and radiator sizing, supply temperature lift,…
The comparisson between measurements and simulations is a very important stage in the methodology for empirical whole model validation of building energy…
A simplified procedure is described, to model daylighting, cooling, and heating impacts of vertical glazing in commercial buildings. Both annual and peak…
Over the past seven years, Ross & Baruzzini, Inc., (R&B) has been working on a project to determine the relationship of the air conditioning load…
The present paper shows a possible way to make simulation computer codes more easy to use by nonspecialists. The basic idea is to implement a code which…
The TEF (Transfer Evolution Formalism) and the ZOOM software (Zone Organized Optimal Modelling) have been developped in order to give a flexible framework…
Because every description formalism has advantages and disadvantages, a modelling platform for ODE/DAE systems allowing several formalisms would be required…
The aim of our paper is to present a multi-discipline CAD system named CONCEPTOR which allows the user to work during the various stages of the building…
SETIS is aiming at building a computer support for building thermal design. It deals both with the envelop of building and with its HVAC system. This…
This paper describes a computer simulation program being developed at the Hong Kong Polytechnic for dynamic modelling of heat and moisture transport in…
The Energy Simulation Research Unit of the University of Strathclyde has recently undertaken a major effort to support the application of building…