International Building Simulation Conference, Nice, France, 1991.
Contains 85 abstracts.
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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…
Hot-2000 is a computer model which assists builders, engineers, and architects in the design and simulation of residential buildings for thermal…
The present means of building representation, fall short in establishing a common modelling base for the various application specific analysis and…
The need for increasingly sharp modelling of building energy behaviour allowing comfort to be evaluated within a heated, ventilated dwelling room leads…
One of the inherent problems with monitoring hourly energy use and environmental conditions in commercial buildings is efficiently processing the "sea" of…
Design Reference Years are used as climatic input data for computer calculations-simulations - mainly of solar energy systems, and of building energy…
The ever widening range of skills necessary for architectural design requires a specialisation of each player working together toward the same goal within a…
This paper describes two simulation software packages which permit building designers to understand how buildings will perform: the ESP building energy…
SIMULAR AIR is a computer code for calculating the three dimensional transient indoor air flow using a k,e-turbulence model. It solves the nonlinear partial…
In order to define a global control strategy leading to a more rational use of energy, the CSTB, in collaboration with Gaz de France (GAR), has carried out…